Lakeland - much loved kitchenware, crafts and gifts website. Browse or order on line in case you've lost your catalogue! Home delivery.
Money Supermarket compares prices on a wide range of services such as loans, mortgages, insurance, motoring, gas and electricity,
mobile phones, broadband providers.
Famed for its honest reviews of hotels world wide from people who've stayed there. Type a hotel name in the search slot at the
top of the page for reviews and information or use the city search function to get a full range of hotels and rates in a chosen
city. Wide range of reviews of popular holiday resorts all round the world. Photos and opinions of people who have stayed
there.
Shopping & Travel
The Silversurfer's Seventy
Reasonably simple site.
Not many categories.
Results in a few clicks.
Modest sized site.
A few more categories.
Medium sized site.
Several categories which may be multi-layered.
May require clicking back and forth.
Fairly complex site.
Multi-category, layered.
Requires clicking back and forth.
Large complex site.
Multi-category, layered.
Requires clicking back and forth.
We rate our own website as:
Internet help for the elderly
Copyright Silver Surfer's Seventy 2007
Updated July
2010
Find cheap flights fast - this site searches a wide range of agents and airlines with links to the sites offering the deals.
Also compares holidays, hotels, car hire prices. Keep an eye on which site you are in. Some sponsor ads.
The AA and RAC's home sites - crucial things to do with motoring, try their online route finders with maps and instructions
which you can print out. Other useful information on insurance, breakdown advice and their recommended hotels.
Very comprehensive "encyclopaedia" of cruises. Search by liner, destination and price. Look out for last minute deals and special
offers. Links you to all relevant shipping lines for booking. Reviews.
Ikea online - everything you need for the home - check stock, prices, get ideas or send for a catalogue before driving to your nearest
branch. Most but not all products available online. Delivery available. Big site with several ways of searching. Kitchen planner
tool for the adventurous.
Buy groceries on line from these well known supermarkets, and have them delivered. Vast range of foods and other services
available.These huge sites are not for novices, and take time at first but are worth the initial effort. Look for links that indicate
shopping for groceries. Browse any time, but register before first order.
Amazon - famously popular, huge online store, originally for books but now sells music, dvds, electronics, toys, home and
garden products and more. Reliable site with good deals to be had. Customer reviews on all products are very helpful. Browse
for free and register if you want to buy. Make sure you are in the the UK not the US site (with prices in $).
Discount Age - a useful and simple site offering several ways to save money and find discounts on health, shopping, travel, money, phones,
internet and more. A small joining fee. Click on topics which link you to specific sites.
Train travel information site, most useful for checking train arrival and departure times (live departures and arrivals), planning
train journeys and checking prices. NB to purchase tickets online you will be directed to ticket agent sites where you will have to
re-enter your choices. Rather a complex procedure in total.
John Lewis online. Very clearly presented site with all John Lewis's usual departments. Good close-up photos of the products, other
features like wedding lists. Browse any time but register before ordering for the first time. Various delivery options.