Most Romanian tourists now book a holiday three to six months inadvance in order to get the early bird discounts, and buy up tothree holidays a year. Five years ago, Romanians would book theirholiday a short while ahead of the departure date and opted for oneholiday a year in the peak summer season.
The changes in Romanians' consumption behaviour led to adoubling of the turnovers of the main local travel agencies in thepast five years. "I booked a one-week summer holiday in Santoriniin early March. I paid 390 euros, 20% less than I would have paidhad I bought this holiday after the end of the early bookingprogramme, i.e. after the end of March," said Viorica Gavrilov fromTulcea.
On the other hand, representatives of travel agencies sayplanning the holiday three to six months in advance was not a habitfor Romanian holiday consumers five years ago. "But now we are onthe right track, Romanians are looking out for early bookingopportunities more than before," said Antonio Niţu, general managerof travel agency Aerotravel Lufthansa City Center. Travel agenciessell holiday packages for the summer season at an up to 30%discount, if booked until the end of April at the latest.
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