Just starting out...

I love going on Holiday, but I do NOT love planning to go on holiday. I never know quite where to start.

It's okay when you initially book a holiday because you do it long enough in advance that you have all the time in world to get ready for it and plan everything else that you have to.

Or so you'd think...

Why is it that we, or maybe its just me, leave everything to the last minute?

• Buying suncream and all the other holiday essentials; sun hat, flip flops, new book for the plane, updating the mp3 player....
• Booking Airport Parking: www.parkbcp.co.uk/airport-parking.html
• or sorting out the taxi for the trip to the airport
• asking someone to look after the cat and the house, turning the lights on and off to warn away all the burglers
• finding your passport...

I never manage to plan ahead! All these things are left until a few days before I actually leave to go on holiday!!

So this year I have decided to make sure I really do plan ahead, I may even plan exactly what clothes I am taking a week in advance and then plan my outfits for the week before the holiday around what I am not taking... or is that taking it a little bit too over the top?

I wonder if anyone else has the same problem as I do?

Passenger growth is declining consistently in the UK and many airports and UK airlines wait hesitantly for what is to come, as the price of fuel rises, consumers are spending less and less, the waiting time at security becomes longer and longer and consequently the interest in rail travel is growing which is all contributing to falling numbers in the airline business.

A recent report that was released by the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) showed a possible decrease in the two principal UK air travel markets, the CAA report states:

“Growth in domestic air travel, which accounts for one fifth of all trips, seems to have been mainly affected by competition from other transport modes, particularly due to improvements in long distance rail services and changes in airport security that have increased total journey times for air travel.”

However, it is not all bad news because many passengers have been travelling to see relatives and friends abroad and this figures has increased 12% in the past year.

"The growth in UK resident passengers visiting friends and relatives abroad has been sustained mainly by nationals of other EU countries resident in the UK, with annual growth rates in the last couple of years exceeding 20%," reports the CAA.

I am Charlotte Kay, an employee of BCP Airport Parking– the UK’s number one in airport parking. I am embarking on a blogging adventure to explore travelling and the weird and wonderful ways of the world.

I am aiming to find out as much as I can about the problems encountered while travelling and the best ways to set out from your home country.

I am looking to go travelling and have come to find out as much as possible about travelling before I do so.

I hope you enjoy my blogs.

BE BACK SOON!

Charlie