93% have holiday wish-list

THE Irish are the most meticulous travellers for forming lists of must-do travel activities, according to a survey.

But Irish travellers are also the tourists who tend to book holidays at the eleventh hour.

As many as 93% of Irish tourists have a check list of things they want to do on a break, the poll by lastminute.com found.

The second most-meticulous planners were the Germans, with 90% having to-do lists. The figure for British travellers was 76%.

The poll of more than 10,000 European travellers, including 2,050 in Britain and 1,030 in Ireland, also showed visiting all the wonders topped the wish-list of travellers.

Second was going on safari and third was staying in a luxury hotel abroad. Other activities people would be keen to do included swimming with dolphins, learning a foreign language and going off the beaten track.

The poll also found:

* The Irish were the travellers most keen on doing extreme sports while away.

* The Irish leave as little as 11 days between booking a trip and going away, compared with 45 days for Britons and as many as 86 days for the Spanish.

* 85% of European have compiled a range of travel experiences to complete.

* 24% of Britons have not yet achieved any of their travel ambitions.