Silly season shorts: All girls together

Girls want to have fun together but ‘grumpy old men’ prefer to holiday alone, suggests research. A 'travel insurance' survey by Portman Building Society reveals 20% of both boys and girls aged 18-24 enjoy holidays with single sex groups, but only girls continue to holiday with their girlfriends later in life. It’s still a small proportion though, as the research suggests 8% of 55-64 year old women expect to take a girls-only break in the next year and 7% of 65s and older do. This compares to just 1% and 2% of men in the same respective age groups planning a ‘lads’ holiday. Furthermore...