Parent allow kids to go out alone on holiday

Recent high profile cases of children disappearing whilst on holiday does not seem to have affected holiday maker’s attitudes when on a break.

A whopping 70 per cent of Brits admit to being more trusting of people when they are on holiday, despite not knowing the crime statistics for the area, or that they are more likely to become a victim of crime for their cash or passport.

Astonishingly, one in four parents allow their children to play alone in the resort centre or head to beach entirely by themselves. Of the 24 per cent of parents that allowed this to happen, only six per cent would still allow the children to do this back at home.

The figures come from a study of 1,424 Brits, commissioned by www.sunshine.co.uk.

As well as keeping less of an eye on their children, 64 per cent were also happy to leave their belongings unattended on the beach or by the pool. Only 6 per cent of the same people would consider doing this in the UK.

The final contradiction is that despite being less trusting of people in the UK, 64 per cent of Brits admitted that they would feel more trusting towards someone else they met on holiday if they were British.

Managing Director of Sunshine.co.uk, Chris Brown said: “It is important to remember that even though you feel completely safe and relaxed on holiday, you probably don’t know the area very well and as a tourist you are likely to be more appealing to criminals because of the wad of cash and passport you may well be carrying.

“I completely recommend relaxing on holiday but we should all put our safety and our families’ safety first. Always make sure you are supplied with a safety deposit box and unless you absolutely need to take your possessions out with you, don’t, and rather than let the children run wild throughout the resort, book a family-friendly hotel that has organised and safe entertainment for the kids.”