• One in four British women find the idea of proposing empowering
• Paris the top destination for women who want to propose to their partners, along with Rome and Venice
• Dinner for two, on the beach and on a boat top list of romantic proposals

British women are looking to take charge of love this February 29^th, with four in five considering plucking up the courage to pop the question to their partners this leap day.

Busting traditional gender norms, a new study by the UK’s fastest growing tour operator, easyJet Holidays, has revealed one in four women claim they're more likely to propose on a Leap Day than any other.

To help those planning a romantic proposal, easyJet Holidays has revealed the top destinations for leap year proposals. Paris tops the list of top destinations as the unofficial city of love, closely followed by Rome, and Venice with its idyllic canals. The package holiday provider is asking women who are planning to propose to get in touch with them via their social channels.

Further, British women said their ideal proposal location would be during a romantic private dinner (61%), on the beach (43%) or on a romantic boat trip (35%). Other top choices included on a cliff top at sunset (28%), while watching the Northern Lights (24%) and on top of a mountain (16%).

The top destinations for leap year proposals:

1. Paris (55%)
2. Rome (45%)
3. Venice (34%)
4. Santorini (24%)
5. Amsterdam (15%)
6. Prague (15%)
7. Tuscany (14%)
8. Madrid (12%)
9. Athens (11%)
10. Copenhagen (10%)

According to folklore - in the 5th century, St Brigid of Kildare complained to St Patrick that women had to wait too long for shy men to propose. So, St Patrick decreed, that on a given day every four years, a woman is allowed to propose herself.

With two in five (39%) British women thinking the leap year tradition creates an opportunity for a fun story to tell in the future, a leap year could be time to change the relationship game.

Despite a quarter (24%) believing their partners wouldn’t like it if they proposed, over a third (37%) think women proposing to their partners is great, and one in four (23%) believe a leap day proposal would help take the stress off him.

Matt Callaghan, Chief Operating Officer at easyJet Holidays said: “We’re passionate about helping our customers create lifelong memories, so we’re pleased to offer some of the most romantic spots in Europe for a leap year proposal.

“It’s clear from our research that women across the UK have the desire to propose to their significant others on holiday, to kick off the rest of their lives together in the best possible way, and our getaways offer the perfect backdrop to this. What’s more, our unbeatable value leaves more budget for the all-important engagement ring!” 

Visit https://www.easyjet.com/en/holidaysto book your 2024/2025 package holiday at the best value.

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For more information, please contact the easyJet Holidays press office on easyjetholidays@taylorherring.com/ 020 8206 5151 

   

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About easyJet Holidays:

 

easyJet holidays, which launched in 2019 is the UK’s fastest growing tour operator, having taken almost 2 million people away in 2023. Named Rising Brand of the Year by Travolution It offers great-value beach, city and lakes holidays to over 5000 hotels, in more than 100 destinations across Europe, directly through its website and through over 5000 travel agent partners. The ATOL-protected holidays can be secured with a deposit of just £60 per person, including flights, hotel, 23kg luggage and transfers on beach holidays. easyJet holidays is a member of ABTA, and all packages are covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee. In 2024 the holiday provider will also start operating from Switzerland, France and Germany.

 

Winners of the Sustainable Future Award at the Globe Travel Awards, easyJet holidays has a sustainability strategy focusing on three key pillars – create better holiday choices which is about making sustainable travel affordable and accessible to everyone; keep our holidays special which is maximising the benefits and minimising the negative impacts of travel and tourism, and transform travel for everyone which means embedding sustainability into business decisions and behaviours and driving meaningful change in the industry. The tour operator has partnered with the UNWTO to help develop the first environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework for tourism businesses, co-designing a measurement tool that is meaningful and feasible for better monitoring how tourism businesses impact, and depend on, people, planet and prosperity.

 

easyJet holidays has been named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 – being called out as one of the most loved employers and highly commended as a great place to work for LGBTQIA+ employees, as well as being named one of the Best Workplaces in Travel 2023.