Rising home journey to Halifax driving up flight, lodge costs

Higher summer season journey prices have not hampered home air journey to Halifax, in keeping with a tourism knowledgeable and a significant journey group.

Amra Durakovic, the pinnacle of public relations and communications at Flight Centre Travel Group Canada, stated they’ve seen big demand for home journey to Halifax in latest months.

Some of the elevated tourism quantity to Halifax is because of altering journey patterns for Canadians, she stated, with fewer bookings to the United States, one thing that is uncommon for the summer season. As nicely, airways have been providing extra direct flights to Halifax from different Canadian cities, stated Durakovic.

“Typically, the East Coast is known to be the more affordable place to travel to. I think that’s why suddenly, Canadians decided, ‘We’re going to go to the East Coast’ at the same time,” she stated.

“But when we all decide to do that, that’s when we drive up demand. When we drive up demand, that means there are less options, which means the prices are higher.”

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Wayne Smith, a professor of hospitality and tourism at Toronto Metropolitan University, stated Halifax “might be one of the hottest destinations in all of Canada this summer.”

Like Durakovic, Smith stated Canadians are making totally different selections this summer season with regards to their trip locales, due partially to the ongoing buy-Canadian motion and a boycott of all issues American.

“We’re seeing that a lot of people who would have gone to Maine and Vermont and stuff like that are going to the Maritimes,” Smith stated.

Halifax is a draw for Canadian travellers since it is the “ultimate safe destination in Canada,” he stated, although it is not the one place within the nation seeing larger journey prices this season.

“Prices have been aggressive across Canada, particularly for the hotels and for the airlines,” he stated.

Last-minute bookings elevate prices

Durakovic stated late bookings are additionally taking part in a job within the larger costs.

She gave an instance of a household of three in Toronto making an attempt to guide a four-night keep in Halifax this month a couple of week out from their desired departure date. They needed to incorporate premium airfare seating as nicely, so that they had been a price of round $6,000.

“High seasonal demand, limited availability,” Durakovic stated. “Everything will be a little bit more expensive, and travelling within Canada has long carried that sort of premium price tag.”