


“Australians think holiday plans have become much harder to budget for and they made conisdered changes to prioritise spending,” Hartley said. NAB retail customer executive Tara Hartley said holidays were still high of the list of Australians but they were prioritising their spending. The bank said that 85 per cent of Australians had intentions to take a holiday in the next 12 months, but 60 per cent had cancelled or postponed their holiday in the past three months.Ībout 40 per cent had scaled back their plans with some opting for a domestic holiday rather than head overseas. Mediterranean holidays could be losing their allure as costs jump (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Ībout two-thirds of people of the 2000 people the bank surveyed believed travel had become too expensive.
