A UK company is encouraging travelers to book a winter holiday to avoid high energy bills.
TravelTime World launched a marketing campaign last Friday called ‘The Heat Is On’ highlighting the low cost per day of long-stay holidays.
Ashley Quint, a holiday designer at the company, said the idea came about after reports that the energy price cap in the UK could be as high as £7,000 (€8,120) a year by April 2023.
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An 80 per cent rise in the energy price cap was confirmed from October that could take the average UK household’s gas and electricity bill up to £3,549 (€4.116) a year. The next rise between January and March could cause it to skyrocket up to £5,000 (€5,799).
Forecasters are now predicting that it may rise as high as £7,700 (€8931) by April.
“£7,000 works out to