One fifth of the Dutch will not go on holiday this year. Families go on holiday most often and single people without children most often do not go. The percentage of people who do not go on holiday has fluctuated around 2003 percent since 25, this year it is 22 percent of the Dutch. 42 percent of people who don't go think a holiday is too expensive. Last year, 35 percent thought so, according to Nibud.
Other reasons for not going on holiday are that people prefer to do something else with their money (30 percent) or that they prefer to save (13 percent). 34 percent of below-average incomes will not go on holiday this year. They use the holiday allowance to pay off debts, among other things. The people who do go on holiday, go for an average of 15 days.
Most spend 2000 euros on vacation
The respondents spend around 2000 euros on the most important holiday of the year. Compared to 2016, people with an income around or above the average expect to spend about 500 euros less this year. More than two-thirds of people who do go on holiday calculate in advance whether they can afford the holiday.
The holiday is almost always paid for from holiday money, savings and money that is present in the current account. People who have difficulty making ends meet and do go on holiday pay for their holidays more often with holiday pay than people who can easily make ends meet. They also wait longer to book a holiday. 25 percent of people who have difficulty making ends meet use the money to pay off debts or settle arrears.
There is more than enough room for a pay rise, even Klaas Knot says. is even desirable. So almost all of us can go on holiday. The fact that there will not be a wage increase is due to the submissive attitude of the Dutchman.
Just a little while and the VVD will point out to the Dutch employee that it is now really time to demand a wage increase. In the interest of the economy, of course, not of the worker.
Wage increases do not lead to more spending. It just drives up prices. The entrepreneurs have to get that money from somewhere.
Wage increases therefore cause inflation. Exactly what the high gentlemen have been pursuing for decades, and has certainly not shown any improvement in purchasing power. Increasingly higher profits for multinationals and higher tax revenues.
Only tax cuts can provide better purchasing power, but the big lords don't want that because it is at the expense of their profits and tax revenues.