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Evening Standard readers are prolific travellers taking an average of 5 holiday trips per year. They are demanding travellers willing to pay more for the exact service they require.

  • Evening Standard readers are 76% more likely than the UK AB average to take 5 or more holidays per annum
  • On their last trip lasting 5 days or more Evening Standard readers spent an average of £1428 per person
  • 81% of Evening Standard readers have been on a short trip during the last 12 months and 71% have taken two short trips during this period
  • Evening Standard readers spend more per person on holidays than readers of any other UK daily quality publication
  • Of those who were personally responsible for booking their last flight 78% booked online
  • 68% of Evening Standard readers would pay extra for short haul flights to fly from an airport of their choice
  • 45% of Evening Standard readers consciously chose the airline they flew with on their last holiday, as opposed to it being part of a package deal - the highest of all UK daily quality newspapers
  • Evening Standard readers are also 81% more likely to have a large amount of knowledge about individual airlines than the UK AB average
  • 28% have also talked about airlines to many different people - more than any other UK daily quality newspaper


Source: London Voice Travel 3, TGI 2008 Q2