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Card spending on overseas travel in September continued to be ‘significantly up” on last year despite cost of living uncertainty continuing to impact other sectors.

Travel agents saw the largest spend growth per customer at almost 95% last month, followed by airlines at 60%, the latest Barclays UK consumer spending report revealed.

People are more confident to holiday abroad than the same time last year when Covid travel restrictions limited overseas trips.

“Spend on overseas travel continues to be significantly up on last year’s level but overall growth in non-essential spending was only 1% compared to September ’21 and has slowed since July this year (3.6% in August, 8% in July),” Barclays said.

Spending in restaurants in September dipped by more than 12% year-on-year and more than half of those polled plan to have more nights at home to save money.

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