Just 10 days in to the shiny new year and a record number of people are browsing for holiday home accommodation around the world on the UK’s busiest holiday home website, holidaylettings.co.uk. Visitors to the website are up 55 per cent year on year, with a million people visiting the site since 2010 began.

Around a third of people searching are enquiring about holidays in July and August. Many others are looking at breaks in the UK and on the slopes for February half term, Spain and Florida are particular favourites for the Easter holidays and staycation weekends are proving popular for Valentine’s weekend.

The following lists show the five most popular destinations for a range of holiday types. This data is based on searches carried out since Boxing Day.

Five most enquired about destinations overall
1, UK
2, Spain
3, Canary Islands
4, France
5, Portugal

Five most popular Easter holiday destinations
1, UK
2, Spain
3, Canary Islands
4, France
5, Portugal

Five most popular February half term destinations
1, Canary Islands
2, UK
3, Spain
4, France
5, Austria

Five favourite summer holiday destinations so far
1, Spain
2, France
3, UK
4, Portugal
5, Turkey
5, Portugal

Five most popular ski holiday destinations
1, France
2, Austria
3, Bulgaria
4, Switzerland
5, Canada

Five most popular winter sun destinations
1, Canary Islands
2, Spain
3, Florida
4, Australia
5, Egypt

“2010 has begun at lightening pace. We’re delighted to see that the value and space factors associated with renting a holiday home remain prominent ideals during this peak booking period and that more people than ever are seeking this type of holiday,” comments Ross Elder, managing director, at holidaylettings.co.uk.