Sarah Slattery

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1,696 appearances 14 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard yesterday

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The Last Word with Matt Cooper · The Last Word On Travel: Family City Breaks · 21 Sep 2026 podcast

It's instead, but they're certainly travelling differently. voice-verified

I think we're all probably travelling differently over the last number of years. voice-verified

But we have a few statistics behind it now. voice-verified

According to the CSO, whilst numbers are up 11%, travel numbers are up to 15 million on 2024 to 2025. voice-verified

The average length of trips is actually down. voice-verified

So we are travelling more, but for shorter periods. voice-verified

And I think just kind of listening to people, I suppose, and just from the industry as a whole, I think we're still taking maybe a week's holiday in the summer, but it's not the two week holiday we would have once taken. voice-verified

So you might take a week in the summer, you might do a couple of days around Ireland, you might do a city break. voice-verified

We're just doing, I suppose, more trips, but for shorter durations. voice-verified

Well, I think we all, we're all looking for that, aren't we? voice-verified

I think, I know we probably blame COVID on it, but I think it's been evolving. voice-verified

We all want these unique experiences now. voice-verified

We want, and even kids too, you know, they're seeing the Eiffel Tower, they're seeing like Big Ben, all the famous European attractions in New York, at the place in New York, all on their social media feeds now as well. voice-verified

They want to get the snaps with them too. voice-verified

So, and even from an educational point of view, you know, you're studying kids, voice-verified

World War and school and all of a sudden if you're standing there at Checkpoint Charlie with the guards beside you like it's a different experience you do sort of it brings it all to life for you I suppose you see the Berlin Wall it's definitely from an educational point of view as well as experience it's really good I think to bring voice-verified

uh kids on on those kind of trips and one other thing that i think sometimes gets forgotten that when we go on um sun holidays you know the kids might be in the kids club or they could be in the pool on the slides all day or they might meet other friends and you kind of mightn't see them till tea time whereas when you're on a city break you really do connect you they're with you the whole time so it it's a different sort of experience but it's it's a worthwhile one and i think something more family should embrace really voice-verified

Yeah, it's really particularly good with younger kids. voice-verified

It's a flat city, relatively flat city. voice-verified

A lot of the cities we like to visit have these old towns, not ideal with buggies. voice-verified

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