Provides up to the minute information for road journeys, alerting drivers to potential delays. Check before you leave home.
Clear, simple site, search by road or town.
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.
Useful currency converter from more or less any currency to any other.
Bonusprint - order prints of your digital camera photos online. Also order albums, calendars, cards and other gifts made from your
own digital photos.
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.
BA and Virgin Atlantic's home sites where you can book flights, (look out for special deals), check prices, check arrival
and departure times, and view all other information related to the airline eg baggage allowance, security procedures, assistance for
the elderly and more. NB all airlines have their own websites.
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.
Thomson's home site, book flights, holidays, cruises, get reviews of holidays, build your own holiday or just the bits that suit you,
look out for deals.
Thomas Cook's home site, book flights, hotels, holidays and cruises and find all services that Thomas Cook traditionally offer.
Wide range of reviews of popular holiday resorts all round the world. Photos and opinions of people who have stayed there.
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.
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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.
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.
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