| According to timesonline.co.uk, the recent barrage of | | | | With this sudden interest in famously hot holiday |
| wet weather in the UK is causing an increasing | | | | destinations, some holiday providers eager to |
| number of families to book last minute breaks in | | | | compete in the increasingly tough recession-hit |
| famously hot areas. But what happens if you take | | | | industry are offering your well earned money back |
| the risk and opt for sunny holiday at a sunny | | | | should the sun fail to shine - ensuring that we get |
| destination and the sun fails to rear its head? Well, | | | | what we pay for on our sun holidays. The scheme |
| now some companies are offering money-back | | | | has been implemented by insurance company Aon |
| guarantees. | | | | France, who state that if anyone can prove that it |
| The Times, reports from data collected by Expedia, | | | | rained over at least four days of their holiday, they |
| that foreign travel searches have increased | | | | will receive a significant refund (according to |
| compared to the same time last year - going against | | | | mailonline.co.uk). |
| what many were predicting during these recessionary | | | | Additionally, the company are also offering smaller |
| times. One of the biggest movers, Spain's east coast | | | | refunds should the weather simply not live up to |
| - Costa Dorada, saw an increase of 119 percent as | | | | expectations. Aon use satellite photos from France's |
| the UK succumbed to more rain. Yet, it also seems | | | | weather centre, and then calculate the likelihood of |
| that if we are eager to travel then we might as well | | | | bad weather in relation to how much money they |
| go the distance - with interest in holidays in Hawaii | | | | offer to pay back should it rain. |
| being up 90 percent too. | | | | |