A summer holiday does not always need to start at the airport.

In my new article for The Conversation UK, I discuss how warmer UK summers may gradually change the financial logic of holidays for UK households.

This is not about presenting climate change as good news. It is not. Warmer summers bring serious risks for communities, infrastructure, and the environment.

But they also raise an important question: if more warm days are becoming part of the UK summer, should households rethink the assumption that a proper holiday requires flying abroad?

From a finance and sustainability perspective, staycations can make sense. They can reduce exposure to travel disruption, exchange-rate costs, insurance complications, and expensive flights. They can also keep more spending in local economies, supporting coastal towns, rural communities, small businesses, and hospitality.

But UK staycations are not automatically cheap or sustainable. Domestic tourism needs better planning, affordable accommodation, climate-resilient infrastructure, and stronger support for local communities.

Read the full article here:

https://lnkd.in/eTCDd83N