Overseas school-leaver holidays skyrocketing at start of booking seaso
It’s booking season for Schoolies and interest has boomed, with Unleashed Travel – Australia’s leading provider of overseas travel packages for school leavers – selling nearly 1400 of its packages in the first 15 minutes of their release to the public.
Unleashed Travel’s growth figures reveal a spike in island hopping in Fiji, already up 35 per cent compared with 2015; European coach travel, which is more than doubling in capacity; and the newly launched Vanuatu Adventure Grad Trip, highlighting an adventurous shift in our youth’s priorities when it comes to celebrating the end of their schooling.
Jot Lynas, Unleashed Travel CEO, says, “We’ve had a waiting list of students build up in the two-to-three weeks pre-launch, and it was encouraging to see that so many teens, having heard so much about the anti-social behaviour at the Gold Coast and in Bali, have chosen to experience new cultures and more rewarding holidays. The strong bookings for our 2016 packages are proof of that.”
“The shocking documentary television series ‘What really happens in Bali’ gave viewers unprecedented access to underage drunken rampages that was enough to embarrass a nation and for our youth to turn their back on mirroring those stereotypes. Not every teen wants to spend a whole week avoiding creepy toolies and nursing a constant hangover, which is why these packages are becoming so popular. “
With bookings for 2016 packages already skyrocketing, Lynas has forecasted the strongest trends for schoolies next year. “Bookings for 2016 Fiji packages are already up by 35 per cent compared to last year, proving that Island destinations will continue to go from strength to strength. The recently launched Vanuatu Adventure Grad Trip is also showing enormous interest among Year 11s who are booking in advance for next year.”
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