Quarter of Dutch not going on summer vacation
6 years, 6 months ago

Quarter of Dutch not going on summer vacation

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A quarter of Dutch people will not be going on summer vacation this year, according to the annual Vacation Survey by Nibud. Around 54 percent of Dutch skipping summer vacation this year, said that they couldn't afford it. According to Nibud, the number of people with a below average income who do not go on summer vacation is on the rise. Half of the holiday makers reserved 1,500 euros for their trip, compared to 2 thousand euros last year.

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Fewer Dutch people planning vacations this year than in the last two years
6 days, 12 hours ago

Fewer Dutch people planning vacations this year than in the last two years

NL Times  

Slightly fewer Dutch people are planning on going on vacation this year, according to a study from ANWB. Just over 85 percent indicated that they would like to go on vacation, whereas nine in ten people said they had plans to do so in 2023 and 2024. People are either choosing to stay home for this reason or they do …

Fewer holidays for 15% of Dutch households as prices continue dramatic rise this year
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Fewer holidays for 15% of Dutch households as prices continue dramatic rise this year

NL Times  

Spiraling costs are impacting Dutch household vacation planning, with roughly 15 percent of people in the Netherlands indicating they are either going on holiday less often, and 13 percent saying they plan on spending less on vacations in the coming year. Airline ticket prices and rising airport fees were among the main factors that forced Dutch households to spend about …

Dutch workers leave vacation days unused, study finds
1 month ago

Dutch workers leave vacation days unused, study finds

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A new study reveals that Dutch employees receive an average of 27.5 vacation days per year, but 43.5 percent of workers do not use their full allocation. Workers in publishing The study also found significant differences in the number of unused vacation days across sectors. Construction workers tend to leave only one vacation day unused per year, while employees in …

Three-week summer breaks are the norm in the Netherlands
1 year, 5 months ago

Three-week summer breaks are the norm in the Netherlands

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Three-week summer holidays away from work have become the norm in the Netherlands, news website Nu.nl reported on Monday. “Pay and conditions deals don’t include this and there is nothing in law to say it can’t be done,” employers’ advisory group AWVN told the website. “A worker can decide themselves what to do about their holiday and a request can …

More NL residents plan to go on vacation this year
2 years, 9 months ago

More NL residents plan to go on vacation this year

NL Times  

Eight out of ten Netherlands residents plan to go on holiday this year, an increase compared to last year's seven in ten, the Netherlands Bureau for Tourism and Congresses said in its holiday monitor. The holiday monitor also shows that fewer Netherlands residents plan to holiday in their home country this year than last year. "Based on the new results …

More Dutch vacationing in the Netherlands, fewer Belgians and Germans
3 years, 1 month ago

More Dutch vacationing in the Netherlands, fewer Belgians and Germans

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Residents of the Netherlands vacationing in their own country last summer led to an increase in the number of guests at Dutch hotels, campsites, and other overnight locations. The number of foreign guests fell in the third quarter of the year by 13 percent compared to the previous year. Hotels, group accommodations, and camping and cottage parks combined received 5 …

20% of Dutch workers denied contractual holiday pay
3 years, 7 months ago

20% of Dutch workers denied contractual holiday pay

NL Times  

One in five employees will not receive vacation pay this month due to their employer facing financial troubles, which is twice as many as last year. In a survey the CNV labor union conducted among 3,500 people, 19 percent of them indicated that they will not receive any holiday pay this year. This means that 1.7 million workers do not …

Many Dutch still waiting to book holidays; Men more eager to go on vacation
3 years, 8 months ago

Many Dutch still waiting to book holidays; Men more eager to go on vacation

NL Times  

Many people in the Netherlands are still hesitant to book their summer holiday, according to the research center Trends & Tourism. The study showed that while 57 percent of men were ready to go on holiday, only 47 percent of women said they wanted to go on vacation this coming summer. Women thought more about, ‘Can we afford it?’ They …

Fourth of all Dutch vacationers will go abroad, another fourth going nowhere
4 years, 7 months ago

Fourth of all Dutch vacationers will go abroad, another fourth going nowhere

NL Times  

A survey of 1,000 people showed that about 26 percent of people who had planned to take a summer holiday will still leave the country for their vacations. This week, a study from DVJ Insights for RTL Nieuws showed that slightly fewer than a quarter of respondents will take no holiday at all, while 29 percent will get their holiday-making …

Netherlands residents starting to book domestic vacations
4 years, 8 months ago

Netherlands residents starting to book domestic vacations

NL Times  

Holiday home rental companies are seeing a massive increase in Dutch booking vacations somewhere in the Netherlands. "You see that people are looking again at how they are going to fill in their summer," a spokesperson for rental company Landal said to NU.nl. The holiday home rental company expects that even more people will make bookings in the run-up to …

Almost no Dutch making plans for summer holidays: report
4 years, 9 months ago

Almost no Dutch making plans for summer holidays: report

NL Times  

Due to the coronavirus, most people in the Netherlands aren't even thinking about going away for the summer holidays. Travel organizations received virtually no bookings for the period between May and August, the Telegraaf reports after surveying various travel providers. "All questions to which we don't have the answer yet," Ramon van Reine of camping specialist ACSI said to the …

Nearly 10 million tourists visited Netherlands in the summer
5 years, 1 month ago

Nearly 10 million tourists visited Netherlands in the summer

NL Times  

Accommodations in the Netherlands attracted nearly 10 million tourists during the summer months of July and August this year, 4.4 percent more than in the same months last year. In total these guests accounted for nearly 35 million overnight stays, 7.6 percent more than last year, Statistics Netherlands reported on Monday. In these two months 5.53 million tourists from within …

Dutch households' disposable income up 2.4 percent
5 years, 6 months ago

Dutch households' disposable income up 2.4 percent

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The disposable income of Dutch households increased by 2.4 percent in the first quarter of this year, mainly thanks to an increase in jobs and hours worked, Statistics Netherlands reported on Monday. Adjusted for price increases, Dutch workers received 1.8 percent more salary in the first quarter than in the same quarter last year. Adjusted for price increases, consumer spending …

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