Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Want to find some winter sunshine?
"Want to know where to find some winter sunshine?", asks the Telegraph.
"Then don't ask a high-street travel agent," they urge.
And, I don't know why not, because most of them recommended the Canary Islands! And, based on the slightly better odds on the weather here, I would too.
Of course, if you want to know about Tenerife in particular, I'd also suggest asking someone who knows the place - like me, for instance :) - before asking someone who has probably only seen the destinations they sell in their own brochures.
The writer though, obviously, finds the travel agents' advice to be a bit unimaginative.
On the other hand, based on the requirements s/he gave them, I think they gave those answers, because they were the "right" answers, i.e the most suitable destination. Reading between the lines, there is still this feeling that the Canary Islands are not seen a serious option and more of a poor relation.
This, obviously, is because people still have this mistaken brochure image of a barren Canary Island landscape with hideous holiday resorts, stuffed with hotels and drunken youths and ... nothing else. Alright, those things exist too, but, as we try to show here, there is a LOT more besides - with reasonably decent weather in winter.
Want to know where to find some winter sunshine? Then don't ask a high-street travel agent
