Short-haul trips hailed as most popular

Britons are increasingly tending to favour shorter distance trips overseas during the recession as a way of ensuring they can still enjoy holidays despite the credit crunch, it has been stated.

Travel firm Expedia.co.uk's travel hotspots barometer showed that the majority of the most popular locations are close to the UK, something that may benefit investors in holiday rental property in locations such as France.

Noting this, head of product marketing at the company Jonathan Cudworth said: "The most recent data saw [that] seven of the ten destinations featured were less than a three-hour flight away from the UK."

He added that this suggested European destinations will still be favoured this year, as there are bargains to be had even with the weakness of the pound against the euro. French property could offer a number of possible cheap holiday destinations, the Daily Telegraph noted earlier this month.

Among the deals featured by the paper were a Brittany cottage, a village stay in the French Alps and lakeside apartments in the Dordogne.

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