easyJet holidays has reported its best ever sales day on ‘Sunshine Saturday’, typically known in the travel industry to be the busiest day of the year for Brits to book a foreign holiday.

The best ever sales day since easyJet holidays launched in 2019 saw Tenerife, Palma and Lanzarote being the most popular beach destinations booked, while Amsterdam, Paris and Iceland led the way in city breaks. All inclusive getaways proved to be the holiday of choice, with over 50% of beach breaks being for this board basis.

June was the busiest month for beach bookings, with Palma topping the table for holidaymakers taking advantage of the great value sale prices, while March is the most popular month for a city escape. Cyprus holidays saw the biggest growth in popularity compared to 2022.

Sunshine Saturday coincided with easyJet holidays’ ‘Big Orange Sale’, which offers up to £300 off all package holidays.

Garry Wilson, easyJet holidays CEO, said: “We know that as January sets in people like to book a holiday to look forward to, so we’re really excited to have seen our best sales day since we launched our business back in 2019.

“With the cost of living still very much at the top of the agenda, what we’re seeing is that people are still prioritising holidays. We expect demand will continue with great value playing a more key role than ever, so we’re absolutely committed to continuing to offer brilliant holidays at unbeatable prices.”

easyJet holidays is offering savings of up to £300 off all package holidays currently on sale, by simply using the code ORANGESALE when they book before 11pm on 31 January 2023. Holidaymakers can save £300 when they spend a minimum of £3000, £150 when they spend a minimum of £1500, and £100 when they spend a minimum of £700. Book at easyjet.com/en/holidays

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About easyJet holidays:

easyJet holidays offers great-value beach, city and lakes holidays to more than 100 destinations across Europe, directly through its website and through over 3000 travel agent partners. The ATOL-protected holidays company combines easyJet’s flexible flight programme, with handpicked hotels and best-in-class technology to provide hassle-free personalised holiday experiences which can be secured with a deposit of just £60 per person. The holidays operator is an ABTA member too, providing additional reassurance to customers under the UK’s most trusted travel scheme. With a range of holiday types, from adult and family to luxury and undiscovered, transfers included on beach holidays, 23kg hold luggage included on all bookings, and over 5,000 hotels, across over 500 resorts, customers can holiday the way they want.

All easyJet holidays are covered by its Protection Promise, an industry leading policy giving customers ultimate flexibility, protection and reassurance and letting them book with total confidence. The Promise offers a refund guarantee, freedom to change a booking, a reduced balance due date, a Best Price Guarantee, and deposit refunds.

In 2021 easyJet holidays launched its inaugural 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. Through ongoing collaboration with the Travel Foundation, the University of Oxford, and as a member of the GSTC, easyJet holidays is focused on building its research, partnerships and certifications, and taking action to make a positive impact on the people and places that make its destinations so special.