This statistic illustrates how far in advance United Kingdom (UK) travelers planned their holidays between 2014 and 2017. Overall, only a small proportion of respondents reported planning their holidays less than a month in advance. In 2015 close to a third of respondents planned their holidays 3 to 4 months in advance and 16 percent booked theirs 2 months in advance.
How far in advance will or have you book(ed) your main holiday?
UK adults; nationally representatitive sample according to age, gender, region and social grade
Method of interview
Online interview
Supplementary notes
* Number of respondents in 2017. Surveys are conducted in January of each year with around 1,000 UK adults. Figures for 2014 taken from BDRC's Holiday Trends 2016 report.
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BDRC Continental. (February 20, 2017). How far in advance will or have you book(ed) your main holiday? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/320998/lead-time-between-holidy-booking-and-departure-uk/
BDRC Continental. "How far in advance will or have you book(ed) your main holiday?." Chart. February 20, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320998/lead-time-between-holidy-booking-and-departure-uk/
BDRC Continental. (2017). How far in advance will or have you book(ed) your main holiday?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320998/lead-time-between-holidy-booking-and-departure-uk/
BDRC Continental. "How Far in Advance Will or Have You Book(Ed) Your Main Holiday?." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320998/lead-time-between-holidy-booking-and-departure-uk/
BDRC Continental, How far in advance will or have you book(ed) your main holiday? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320998/lead-time-between-holidy-booking-and-departure-uk/ (last visited December 24, 2024)
How far in advance will or have you book(ed) your main holiday? [Graph], BDRC Continental, February 20, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/320998/lead-time-between-holidy-booking-and-departure-uk/
