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Hello and welcome to today’s edition of BBCFactual. Today we will be examining the facts of all inclusive holidays and we are privileged to have the owner of the award winning all inclusive holidays website www.holidaysallinclusive.com along with us to answer your questions. Holidaysallinclusive.com have been in business since 2003 and were the first website to specialise their services to an all inclusive audience.

Question one comes from Frank in Manchester, Frank asks what should be the most important thing he should look out for when booking all inclusive holidays. Mr Patterson from holidaysallinclusive.com replied,” Well there are more and more hotels getting in on the popularity of all inclusive holidays. Some of these hotels were never set up to specialise in all inclusive, and this is where problems can begin. The largest mistake many people make is to book with one of these hotels. Their terms and conditions of all inclusive board may state that all inclusive runs for 12 hours per day and begins at 5am. This in reality means that unless you are going to sit down to your dinner before 5pm that dinner will not be included in your package. What we recommend is you look closely at what you are booking and if you can, do not accept less than a 24 hour package that will include everything.”

Next question comes from Pam in London, Pam asks is there any real saving by going on an all inclusive board basis compared to full board or self-catering. “The answer to this is rather complex, but the short answer is yes. Holidays All Inclusive has been awarded in the past for their research carried out with the cost factors and savings in all inclusive holidays. An example for a family of 4 travelling to the Caribbean, we have found that an average saving of £300 over a two week period is the general saving.”

The audience question is, has there been any research into the effects on holiday resorts when so many hotels are choosing to go all inclusive? The reply to this was, “Yes this has been steadily researched over the years by holidaysallinclusive.com, as all inclusive holidays have become more and more popular. We have been campaigning for sustainable tourism, a form of holiday that the whole resort becomes part of the holiday. This may be some years away yet, but we see our ideas have to be put in action so that sustainable tourism will become a reality.

This brings us to the end of the latest BBCFactual interview; we hope this has brought you a little more knowledge about all inclusive holidays. We thank holidaysallinclusive.com for their in depth knowledge of this subject, and until next time, enjoy.