December is fast approaching and the places are filling up. Is this year a case of local is lekker? The reason I ask is that I have contacted numerous resorts locally to find out they have no availability. Forever resorts is one and this is the reply I received:
We are fully booked for that period of stay all our resorts.
Yes by all means I have left it really late to decide to take the family away and get some holiday time away in between Xmas and new year. The dates I requested was from the 26 Dec to the 02 Jan. They have half a dozen resorts. The fullness does not stop there another holiday option was Port Alfred. I have emailed numerous places and only found 2 cottages that had availability. So has the recession not hit South Africa? Or has it hit and people have opted for a local holiday this year?
Judging by the prices of flights and the usual fullness of flights between mid December and middle January one can certainly say that the recession has certainly not frozen December holiday vacations. If you would like to fly to London for December and come back before Christmas then you must be prepared to fork out at least R10 000 for a return ticket, if not more depending on the dates you need to travel. Early jan the flights to Europe are not out to disappoint with regards to charging premium fares, if you want a one way ticket to fly to London on the 05th January 2010 you will be paying in excess of R11 000 yes that is for a one way ticket!
There are still bargains to be had over December have a look at these specials from Club Med for December / that is all inclusive! Click here for the specials.
