Well it would appear that my first e-mail as a Raw Outdoors employee went a bit wrong so please accept my most humble apologies - there's a new one winging it's way through cyber-space as I type. I've extended the mondo offer so it is valid for a week from today and nobody misses out.
Does anybody read The Times? There was a great article in this weekend's Travel supplement called Adventurers have never had it so good
As fuel surcharges and currency fluctuations force the cost of holidays ever higher, adventure specialists are slashing prices in a desperate attempt to fill their tours.
The problem, says Noel Josephides, of the Association of Independent Tour Operators, is that there are too many adventure specialists competing for a decreasing number of clients.
“There’s too much capacity, and I would be surprised, at the end of this season, if we didn’t start seeing casualties,” he said. “I’ve been involved in the travel industry since 1972 and I’ve never seen conditions as bad as this. It’s horrific.”
“Bookings for all the traditional long-haul destinations have been flat,” said one industry insider, who declined to be named. “We’ll be struggling to bring in our budget this year.”
Operators also report a slump in forward bookings for 2009, turning the adventure travel trade into a buyer’s market as expedition prices are cut by hundreds of pounds.
To read more go to http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article4124433.ece
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