The dreadful May Public Holiday weather and heavy rainstorm which met workers on their way back to the office on the Tuesday, following an extended weekend, has led to a big increase in orders for vacations abroad. Many people it seems are trying to dodge the unpredictable weather of the UK and go somewhere with a sunnier clime. Over the course of the bank holiday and particularly around Tuesday lunch time, online travel companies like, Thomson and First Choice experienced dramatic increases in online holiday bookings, some even by twenty one per cent.

The climate of the UK is a leading reason in pushing British holiday makers abroad in record numbers again this year, bookings alone for winter breaks have dramatically increased and demand for short city breaks is ever growing. With the state of global financial anxiety in the UK at the moment, short city breaks are becoming in style with people not ready to fork out for full price vacations. The average cost for a week's holiday has recently been put at ?2,057, according to a recent survey of around two thousand travellers abroad.

The small, city breaks, with cheap prices are rising in demand, promoted by costs of 2 weeks abroad as opposed to shorter breaks, a recent survey by an online travel website, reported that over eighteen percent of holiday makers are opting for these short city breaks as opposed to only 23 per cent taking a fortnight or more.

A major reason for the expansion in city breaks and enticement of far away sunny destinations is due to the pound's current standing against the Euro. The pound is not very strong against the Euro,at the moment, a Euro costs 78pence. This has led to traditional destination haunts like Greece and Spain take a down turn in bookings with holiday makers looking at less expensive alternatives in countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Morocco where the pound is stronger.

One of these countries, Romania, have certainly noticed an influx of tourism to their seaside resorts and towns over the last couple of years. Last year alone the tourism market made 34 million Euros more than in the previous year. Although, many Britons choose to holiday now in eastern European countries, the infrastructure and facilities does not have enough fascination to make foreign tourists spend more money and so aid their economy. Even still, the forecasts for this year is that the number of tourists should increase by around 12-16%.

19% of people surveyed were also looking to visit countries were the pound is strong. This means that the USA, with its weak dollar is particularly charming with cities such as Orlanda and LA touted as potential break destinations.

All in all the upcoming insecurity surrounding the strength of the Uk currency against other currencies as well as rising utility, fuel and mortgage payments, will certainly mean that holidays abroad to traditional destinations like Spain and Greece, become less and breaks to eastern European cities like Bulgaria increase, from our need to get the most from our money in today's tough financial climate.