Norwich coacher pegs holiday surcharge
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• Mascot Coaches (Norwich) Ltd has pegged the surcharge holiday-makers are having to pay as a result of the floating pound.
They have placed a £4 ceiling on the extra money which tourists have to pay for holidays abroad.
Tours manager, Mr Bill Smith, told CM this week: "We had about 20 cancellations of the El 5 holidays before introducing this measure. On that sort of holiday we make a surcharge of £3.85 per person."
This means that Mascot is subsidizing the surcharge by £2 per person per holiday.
"But," Mr Smith added. "this is better than running empty coaches. And in any case our season finishes in October."
Looking to next year, he said that some adjustments will have to be made to keep holiday prices down.
"We are thinking of travelling Dover / Calais instead of Harwich to the Hook of Holland, one of the most expensive ways of travelling to the Continent. And we are looking at the possibility of cutting out lunch. At present we offer three meals a day at the inclusive price," he explained.