Industry outlook and bookings survey – Easter/Summer 2022

Booking Trends

This survey is designed to monitor bookings trends within the UK travel industry and will help to inform the government of the situation facing travel businesses, following the removal of all inbound COVID travel restrictions in March 2022.

All data collected is anonymous and will be aggregated before it is shared, and the information collected will be used for the purpose of assisting industry lobbying and communication efforts.

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Please note that questions refer to departures/arrivals due to the inclusion of both outbound and inbound travel businesses within the survey. Wherever this reference is made the intention is that it denotes the arrival of your customers in the destination of choice, whether that be the UK or overseas.

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* 1. Please indicate which associations you are a Member of (tick all that apply):

ABTA - The Travel Association

The Advantage Travel Partnership

AITO - The Specialist Travel Association

ATTA - African Travel and Tourism Association

ANITA - Association of Northern Ireland Travel Agents

ATAS - The Association of Touring & Adventure Suppliers

BTA - Business Travel Association

CLIA - Cruise Lines International Association

KeepTravelAlive

LATA - Latin American Travel Association

PATA - Pacific Asia Travel Association

SBIT - Seasonal Businesses in Travel

SPAA - Scottish Passenger Agents Association

The Travel Network Group

UKInbound

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* 2. Please indicate which applies to your business

a travel agent operating from commercial premises

a self-employed travel agent working from home

a tour operator (primarily outbound)

a tour operator (primarily inbound)

a travel management company

a cruise company

a coach tour operator

a destination management company

other (please specify)

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* 3. Region or Nation (where your business is headquartered):

Greater London

South East England

East of England

Midlands (England)

North East (England)

Yorkshire and North Midlands (England)

North West England

South West (England)

South Wales

North Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

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* 4. Looking at bookings made (successful departures/arrivals) for Easter 2022 [school holidays – 2 week period] by volume, how does this compare with Easter 2019 bookings (successful departures/arrivals) by volume?

(e.g. if you took 2,000 bookings in this period in 2022 and 20,000 in 2019 that would be 10%). Answers should be given as a percentage.

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* 5. Looking at bookings made since 14 March (announcement of removal of testing/PLF), please rank the following in order of most popular departure date:

Spring 2022
Summer 2022
Winter 2022/23
Spring 2023 and beyond

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* 6. Looking at bookings made up to 24 April (inclusive, i.e. up to the end of Easter holidays), and comparing with the same period in 2019, are current booking levels for departures/arrivals scheduled for summer 2022 [select only one]:

lower than booking levels from the same point in time in 2019 for summer 2019

roughly approximate to booking levels from the same point in time in 2019 for summer 2019

higher than booking levels from the same point in time in 2019 for summer 2019

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* 7. Looking ahead to peak summer 2022, please indicate which of the following you expect to be closest to the truth for your business comparing bookings against 2019 by volume (number of bookings with departures/arrivals between 1 June 2022 and 31 August 2022)

Bookings will be above 2019 levels

Bookings will be about the same as in 2019

Bookings will be 81-99% compared to 2019 levels

Bookings will be 61-80% compared to 2019 levels

Bookings will be 41-60% compared to 2019 levels

Bookings will be 21-40% compared to 2019 levels

Bookings will be 20% or lower compared to 2019 levels

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* 8. If bookings haven't recovered to 2019 levels, please indicate the main reason for this (pick one)?

Potential sudden changes to the entry requirements

Cost of testing

Possibility of reintroduction of UK restrictions

Rules in destination – e.g. mask wearing on beach etc

Queues at border

No concerns – bookings are back to normal

Other (please specify)

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* 9. rSince the beginning of April, have you experienced a significant volume of cancellations for:

	The Easter holiday period	The summer holiday period
No	No The Easter holiday period	No The summer holiday period

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* 10. If yes to either, can you give the main reason why?

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* 11. Are you seeing a significant change in purpose for travel in 2022, compared to 2019:

	Decrease	Roughly the same	Increase
VFR	VFR Decrease	VFR Roughly the same	VFR Increase
Leisure	Leisure Decrease	Leisure Roughly the same	Leisure Increase
Business	Business Decrease	Business Roughly the same	Business Increase
School/educational	School/educational Decrease	School/educational Roughly the same	School/educational Increase

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* 12. Are you seeing a significant change in destination for bookings made for 2022 departures/arrivals, compared to 2019:

	Decrease	Roughly the same	Increase
Europe	Europe Decrease	Europe Roughly the same	Europe Increase
The U.S	The U.S Decrease	The U.S Roughly the same	The U.S Increase
Rest of the world	Rest of the world Decrease	Rest of the world Roughly the same	Rest of the world Increase