Travel bookings jump as Queen’s memorial becomes 4-day long weekend

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Travel companies have already started taking bookings to make a four-day long weekend following announcement of the Queen’s memorial day on Thursday next week.

Travel companies have had an uptick in bookings around the Queen’s memorial public holiday on Thursday next week as families consider turning it into a four-day-long weekend., people in other states have started exploring whether to take an extended weekend of their own.Paul Harris

Bookings for that period on Flight Centre’s website were 70 per cent higher on Sunday than bookings for that same period on previous Sundays. WA will have two public holidays in the space of five days as its own Queen’s birthday public holiday is on the Monday September 26 after the national day of mourning for the late monarch, Elizabeth II.

“That Friday is already a public holiday in Victoria for the AFL grand final and I suspect many people in other states will be keen to take the opportunity for a four-day weekend – especially as school holidays will already be underway in Queensland and Victoria and are scheduled to start in NSW, the ACT and NT on September 23,” she said.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

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