Rush for foreign trips starts early

Some people with a hankering to get out of the capital during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day Holiday are finding they have already left it too late to book the trip they want.

"I asked several travel agencies and almost all the groups to Europe at the end of the month are full," said Chen Min, who had been hoping to visit Europe during the upcoming holidays in late September and early October.

Industry insiders say the rush to book holidays this year started earlier than usual.