Colleagues get on so well on business trips that more of them now take holidays together, according to a survey.

As many as nine per cent of people have been on holiday with a work colleague, a survey by www.sunshine.co.uk found.

Of those picking people from the office to travel with, around half said they had become good friends while at work or on a work-related event abroad.

Based on responses from 1,283 adults, the survey showed that nearly all (89 per cent) had been on holiday with their family, while 61 per cent had taken trips with their partner and 59 per cent had gone abroad with friends. Just two per cent had holidayed alone.

Sunshine.co.uk co-founder Chris Brown said: “It can only be a good thing that you get on so well with your colleagues that you can face going on holiday together.

“I think it’s a good sign that so many co-workers go abroad together, but it must be a bit of a nightmare getting time off at the same time, particularly in smaller companies.”