easyJet holidays is ramping up to take its first customers of the year away on Monday to Faro, Portugal.

While awaiting the good news from Portugal, easyJet holidays had contacted customers due to travel this month to update them on the situation and remind them of the testing requirements to go on holiday and return home.

Following the announcement today that Portugal will allow UK tourists from Monday 17 May, customers booked to travel with the firm can start packing their bags. easyJet holidays will be putting the finishing touches ahead of restarting holidays, with its first send off of 2021 taking off from Luton to Faro on Monday morning. The holiday operator had cancelled all holidays since December 2020 in response to travel restrictions and FCDO travel warnings.

Garry Wilson, easyJet holidays CEO, said: “This is the news we’ve been waiting for, and we’re really excited to be taking our customers on their first overseas holidays of 2021 from Monday.

“We may not have been able to take people away over the past few months, but we’ve been taking the time to focus on delivering safe and enjoyable holidays and provide industry leading choice and flexibility to our customers.

“Here’s to the start of summer 2021 and sending many more people away safely on their well-deserved holidays once again."

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About easyJet holidays:

easyJet is the largest operator to both Portugal and the European Green countries combined with more than 1.6m seats there this summer

easyJet holidays offers great-value beach, city and lakes holidays to more than 100 destinations across Europe, directly through their website and through over 3000 travel agent partners. The ATOL-protected holidays company combines easyJet’s flexible flight programme, 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 as standard 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, deposit refunds, and Covid commitments to ensure flexibility if there are known restrictions at home or in destination.