![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/glum-brits-booking-last-minute-summer-holidays-abroad-in-bid-to-escape-miserable-weather/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Mature-Couples-Looking-Around-Old-Town-Italy.jpg&description=With the UK weather forecast somewhat bleak and summer reaching a miserable end, travel agencies across the UK have noticed a rise in Brits dashing abroad for some sun Brits are dashing to book last-minute holiday bookings abroad due to record rainfall in the UK, travel agencies say. Bookings in July for travel in August more than quadrupled, Advantage Travel Partnership, which represents about 20 per cent of travel agents, has confirmed. One tourist, desperate for some sun, says she'll pay "pay whatever" for a last-minute getaway. Katie Lodge, a hairdresser from Eastbourne, East Sussex, said: "You can't really get cheap last-minute holidays anymore. I don't want to book time off for my holiday and for it to be raining all week. I'm wearing winter clothes and it's August. I don't mind what it takes, I'll be getting on the plane." Her determination is shared by scores of Brits following heavy rainfall across the country in July and August. More than 43mm of rain fell in Scarborough, North Yorkshire – almost half of August's average rainfall - in just a few hours on Saturday. Storm Antoni caused localised flooding and the evacuation of homes in some areas. It's caused 18 per cent of bookings with Advantage Travel Partnership within the last month to be for travel in August. This is a much higher proportion than the four per cent the group, a network of independent travel agents, would normally expect, boss Julia Lo Bue-Said told BBC News. Speaking to the Mirror, a spokesperson for Holiday Warehouse, an independent travel agency in Solihull, West Midlands, said the business has seen a peak in last-minute getaway bookings too. "Bookings increased as soon as the forecast was for rain for most of July. So people were booking trips for July and August, and that trend remains," they said. "People are desperate for some summer sun, which we haven't really had in the UK, so they're looking for anything abroad or even cruises. Cruises have been particularly popular since the e){kind=link}
With the UK weather forecast somewhat bleak and summer reaching a miserable end, travel agencies across the UK have noticed a rise in Brits dashing abroad for some sun
Brits are dashing to book last-minute holiday bookings abroad due to record rainfall in the UK, travel agencies say.
Bookings in July for travel in August more than quadrupled, Advantage Travel Partnership, which represents about 20 per cent of travel agents, has confirmed. One tourist, desperate for some sun, says she’ll pay “pay whatever” for a last-minute getaway.
Katie Lodge, a hairdresser from Eastbourne, East Sussex, said: “You can’t really get cheap last-minute holidays anymore. I don’t want to book time off for my holiday and for it to be raining all week. I’m wearing winter clothes and it’s August. I don’t mind what it takes, I’ll be getting on the plane.”
Her determination is shared by scores of Brits following heavy rainfall across the country in July and August. More than 43mm of rain fell in Scarborough, North Yorkshire â almost half of August’s average rainfall – in just a few hours on Saturday. Storm Antoni caused localised flooding and the evacuation of homes in some areas.