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Post‐war conditions—the prosperity of manual and clerical workers; paid holidays; a natural reaction against being cooped up for so long in a tight little island—have brought about a remarkable increase in foreign travel. Factory workers, shop assistants, clerks, and typists undertake as a matter of course trips in search of sunshine to the Riviera, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Spain. The non‐U traveller of today, inexperienced and ignorant of foreign languages and foreign ways, is justifiably nervous about finding accommodation at the height of the holiday season, for holiday‐makers from Germany, Benelux, and Scandinavia also feel the call to the South, especially in this year of grace, when each country has waived petrol restrictions for foreign motorists. He also worries about money, for his travel allowance is limited by the Government and he must know in advance how much his fortnight's holiday will cost him. The result is that, as the advertisement pages of the national newspapers show, he puts himself into the hands of a travel agent, who arranges a conducted tour or at least a programme for him, books his railway, coach, or air tickets and his hotel accommodation, and even chooses his excursions.