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"punishable by a fine" just means "legal for the rich"
Except it's also legal for the poor after that woman got a £240 fine while saving £3,000 booking a holiday out of school holiday times:
https://lemmy.world/post/17681861
If you're booking a 3k+ holiday you aren't poor mate
Flights to the US can be £1000+ when you hit summer holidays, and £250 for leaving a week before.
You can save £3000 by only spending £500/750 for your annual holiday.
They aren't booking a £3k holiday because they are booking it early.
Sorta underestimates how poor.
Few low income families get the oppertunity, to fund holidays where the saving is 250 or more.
Most poor have difficulty spending a few hundred on a holiday. So most out of term stuff gets to expensive. Sorta lucky if a UK campsite is affordable for some. (Also about 50% more expensive during school holidays. Than other warm season times.)