UK’s fastest growing holiday price comparison site sees sharp spike in holiday searches to party destinations as holidaymakers look to keep the feelgood factor alive following the World Cup
icelolly.com has seen an incredible 34% increase in holiday searches in the days since England exited the World Cup – with European party destinations high on the list as holidaymakers seek to continue celebrating following England’s best performance at an international tournament since 1996.
Popular European party destinations are up across the board, with Benidorm searches up by 19%, Ibiza up by 17% and Crete up by 23%. Searches for holidays to Croatia – victors against England in the World Cup semi final and eventual runners-up to France – are down 13%.
“Many of our customers are planning for a quick getaway now that the World Cup is over,” said Richard Singer, CEO, icelolly.com. “As is the case after most football tournaments, we have seen a strong spike in search demand since the World Cup ended – after all, the British public love a holiday abroad regardless of the weather in the UK.”
Top Party Holiday Deals
A quick search on icelolly.com shows there are still a huge range of amazing deals for holidays in party destinations where sterling is guaranteed to go a long way, including:
- El Arenal, Majorca from £149 – amazing value for this 4-night holiday staying at the highly rated Hotel Torre Azul & Spa in October from just £149pp. Plus receive a FREE upgrade to half board and a room with a pool view.
Holiday subject to availability, based on selected departure dates & airports and two adults sharing a twin or double room. View online at https://bit.ly/2Lab79n or call 03331 227 424
- Ibiza from £249 – book now for the closing parties. Incredible value, 4-star all-inclusive, 4 nights stay in October staying at the Occidental Ibiza including return flights from only £249 per person. Departures available from a wide range of UK departure airports including Belfast.
Holiday subject to availability, based on selected departure dates & airports and two adults sharing a twin or double room. View online at https://bit.ly/2m1yfIG or call 03334 143 534
- Benidorm from just £359 – 7 night, 4-star all-inclusive holiday to the MedPlaya Flamingo Oasis with excellent reviews on TripAdvisor. Travel in August from just £359 per person. Departures available from a wide range of UK departure airports including Belfast.
Holiday subject to availability, based on selected departure dates & airports and two adults sharing a twin or double room. View online at https://bit.ly/2uqv024 or call 03332 207 993
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For further information, please contact Ian Benjafield at: ian.benjafied@icelolly.com or call 07951452007
About icelolly.com
Founded in 2005, icelolly.com is now the UK’s fastest growing holiday comparison website according to Hitwise data Q1 2018, with more than 20 million visitors each year generating over 40m search queries annually. Users of icelolly.com’s holiday meta search and travel deals platform can compare millions of great deals on package holidays, cruises and UK breaks from the UK’s leading travel companies. All holidays advertised in the icelolly.com marketplace are ATOL protected. Being able to compare deals from more than 30 different travel companies, who add their best offers daily, allows customers to save time researching their holiday and save money, making icelolly.com a firm favourite with British holidaymakers.