Coach holidays, hostels and cheap destinations are enjoying a surprise boom as holidaymakers downshift their travel plans to cheaper alternatives.
Skiweekends.com, the coach-based wintersports firm, last week reported that its bookings for the coming season were 150 per cent up on the same time last year. It has increased capacity by 40 per cent, and is running coaches to two new resorts, Chamonix and Zermatt. 'We are quite simply having the best season we've ever had,' says Daniel Fox, the managing director. Prices start at £179 for a three-day weekend and £239 for a week.
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