Summer holiday rush as deals spark last-minute travel boom

Busiest weekend on record expected as Britons grab cut-price breaks after Brexit uncertainty The great British holiday getaway is usually the most anticipated weekend of the year, a culmination of months of fretting and planning. But this is the year of the last-minute summer. Huge numbers of people have delayed making bookings thanks to a messy cocktail of weather, politics and a plunging pound. Travel agents, tour operators, hotels and B&Bs all say they have been battling Brexit uncertainty to get people to make bookings for months. Continue reading...