Travel Bulletin
Travel Bulletin 
Following the suggestion by an academic in Norway that overweight passengers should be charged more money to travel on flights to enable the airline to get back the extra fuel costs involved in carrying them, www.sunshine.co.uk ?conducted a poll of 2,472 Brits to see if the idea is something that would be supported.
Social media is now the most popular way for travellers to communicate with friends and family back home, while only 6% now send a postcard when they go on holiday, according to Skyscanners latest survey of 1,200 travellers.
According to research by AeroMobile, 78% of British travellers are happy to use their mobile phones on holiday, despite concerns about the cost, while almost two thirds of people are worried about the effect roaming abroad will have on their pockets.
UK holidaymakers aged 25 and above are expected to spend ?27billion on hotel stays this summer, according to a new survey released by Room Key, a hotel meta search engine built by hoteliers. The average traveller is also planning to book an average of ten room nights during the main summer holiday period.?
Figures recently released by Amadeus show that there are opportunities ahead for travel agents to capitalise on UK travellers? appetites for cruise holidays, with many being tempted by far-flung destinations and the thought of exploring the world.
