Holiday Tax - Affecting The Cost Of Your Holidays

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 31, 2009 – Tax is something that we have all grown to accept. However at the minute it seems like new taxes are being levied on us and our holidays all the time. Airlines are constantly announcing that they are struggling to manage their fairs and keep them low when they have to include these new tax charges.
Recent figures which have been released showed that last year Britons paid over £1.5 billion into the treasury’s coffers from the taxes levied on their holidays alone. With this figure only set to increase over the coming years, as the level of tax increases to help offset the governments Climate Saving targets, it looks like the cost of holidays are only going to get more and more expensive.
Currently a Family holiday for four people to Florida will cost over £200 in taxes alone, that’s before any accommodation or plane tickets have been accounted for. With figures like this in this tough economic climate, holiday makers need to ensure that when they book there holidays they finding the best possible deals at the lowest prices.
Shopping around when you are looking to book your holiday can mean that you are able to save more money than you think. Booking a package deal can be one way; however you run the risk of being hoarded around like sheep when you arrive as the holiday company try to save as much money as possible with transfers and travel times.
An popular and ever growing holiday option is to arrange everything individually. This ensures that you are able to take advantage of the cheaper flights from your local airports, whilst still managing to book accommodation which suits your ideal location and every luxury need.
Organising your own holiday in this way can mean that you avoid paying VAT on the cost of the holiday rental villa. Normally these type of holiday accommodation bookings are organised and paid for direct with the villa owner who is not a registered in the UK so does not need to pay VAT.  These simple savings, can amount out to a huge saving which can be obtained from the total of the family holiday.
Some low cost airlines such as Ryan Air have started to reduce the number of flights out of the UK due to these taxes which have to be paid on every passenger, as they are find it too hard to provide a low cost service. Unless the travel industry has some serious tax relief in this current economic climate, the number of cheap, affordable holidays is only set to decrease.

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