How many people have researched and booked travel online (in the UK) in the last 10 years?

Question

I'm interested in travel as a general industry but if anyone has any information for particular sectors e.g. car hire, holidays, hotels and accommodation, flights, ferries and so forth, then I'd appreciate that too.

I'm not actually looking to book travel myself - I'm researching the travel industry and I'm after some stats or some help with where I might find them. Sorry for not being clear!

Answer 1

I regularly book online with P&O Ferries, Brittany Ferries and book flights.

I have never encountered any problems when booking online with any of the company’s I use and British Airways is easy to book with too, I book a flight every 6 weeks and a ferry every three months.

When booking ferries though if you have a van or car over a certain size you cant book online you have to phone the company instead.

Answer 2

HI. We used to do last minute holidays, before we had the kids, then since then have done 2-3 package holidays, but for the last 4 years have found it SO much easier and cheaper to book online, and seperately.. We tend to research where we want to go, and book flights up to 1 year ahead (this is cheaper then nearer the time). WE then can spend time reseaching the area, type of accomadation, food, and what we want to stay in, resorts and facilities. It gives us flexibilty to get cheap flights and then have the time to really choose where to stay. Having the time to really find out what is available is valuable!
We book the hotel through cheap websites, such as 'reserveahotelonline.com' . We have a minimum of 2 holidays a year on the same budget as we would if we booked in a travel agents for 1 holiday. AND the choice is so much better.
We reccomend this way to our friends and family and in fact, my husband is often asked to research holidays/flights/accomadation. And the they just book and pay!
Oh, and we book our transfers online too, normally in a taxi. We have also booked car hire online and this has been straight forward and easy!

Answer 3

We went to London and Paris last year and actually booked all of our flights and hotels online. I had a Holiday Inn Priority Rewards (I think that's the name of the frequent stayer program...)card so we booked through the Holiday Inn site to take advantage of the Rewards discounts.

We booked our flights through Virgin Atlantic and Air France's websites as well. Normally we'd go through a travel website like expedia or orbitz, but in our situation it turned out that by going to each of the carriers' websites, we were able to get a combined cheaper deal. Worked out pretty well!

We didn't rent a car in either location - since we were staying in the city for both destinations, we just took the tube everywhere in London and the Metro all over the city in Paris. It worked out REALLY well.

Answer 4

I used the Internet to research and book our holiday to California this year. In the end I used a company called Bon Voyage who did all the booking for us. Their website was very user friendly and I basically told them where I wanted to stay and for how long etc.
I work for a international car hire company and I would say that a lot of our bookings are via the net. Very often pre-paid rates are most competitive.

Answer 5

I was nervous when I first started to book my holidays..trips in this country etc on line ..but after a few times you become more confident ..I have never had any problems and find that I usually save money too...I pre book trips by train to London (from Newcastle) and often get them for £10 each way..the odd flight for £22 .there are lots of bargains out there once you are confident enough to go for it.

Answer 6

I booked rail tickets to London on-line (May 06) 17:00 hours on a Friday and they arrived ( from Edinburgh to Birmingham) in the post next morning.
Booked a holiday on-line to Lanzerote Feb 06.
Last year I booked to NYC with Virgin Atlantic on-line.
Also on-line booking for bus from JFK into NYC as well as trips, theatre and attractions while there.

Answer 7

I always book my holiday online. The cheapest way (i think) is to always book things individually. I always book my flight then go direct to a hotels website to book the hotel. I have never had any problems doing it this way.

I always research my holidays online and regulary use tripadvisor.co.uk

Answer 8

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Answer 9

The last one was the first time I've booked exclusively on interweb. I used British Airways, Trip advisor (invaluable!), and loads of tourist sites for New York.

Answer 10

I used Expedia.co.uk. to book my flights to South Africa every year. Expedia also does car and hotel bookings, but since I have family there I don't use those facilities. I would highly recommend it.