How many group bookings do you make on an average month in your company? What’s your average booking size? Have these figures gone up or down over the past few years?

In the majority of cases, the average booking size will have gone down. It’s probably around the 2–3 mark. The amount of group bookings you’re getting has probably dropped too. Perhaps you’re considering removing the ‘groups’ tab/team.

What you don’t realise though is that your ‘Group Booking’ number is actually likely to have gone up.

Continue reading The Modern Group Booking

There is no doubt about the fact that travelling as a group can be a challenge. From having to rely on someone else to bring the tickets to managing communication between an excited clamour of holidaymakers, all sorts of issues come to light when we have to organise a large team.

But what are the biggest challenges faced when you book a group holiday. We spoke to a focus group of youngsters aged between 21 – 29 and found out the biggest hurdles to their group tripping.

  Continue reading The Top Ten Challenges of Travelling as a Group