High street travel agents have been warned to change - or become extinct - as fewer holidaymakers opt to use their services for booking annual trips abroad. Up to 50% of independent holidaymakers, those who book hotels, flights and other arrangements separately, are ...

Danger money The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has called for more travel insurance companies to include cover against terrorism. Research by the US State Department showed that the number of terrorist attacks worldwide increased to 655 last year compared with 175 in 2003. BIBA ...

Tour operator Budget Travel has announced it will cease taking bookings via independent travel agents from December. The company will concentrate instead on dealing directly with its customers via its 40 Budget Travel shops, its call centre and its website. .. the full travel news ...

The majority of the public do not believe high street agents offer the expertise they are looking for and only sell pre-arranged packages, according to new research. Pollsters Populus surveyed a total of almost 13,000 people over a nine-month period and found confidence ...

Eleven million UK holidaymakers could be paying up to twice as much as they should for travel insurance – wasting up to £546m a year, states a report released by Churchill Insurance. The study reveals that 30% of travellers are paying up to double the price ...

Opening the debate on search engines as the new distribution channel for travel, Google head of vertical markets group, Ian Carrington told the audience that Easyjet spends £18,000 per day on Google. Further compelling evidence came from Tim Frankcom, head of travel Europe at Yahoo. ...

A Texas travel agency which organises clothing-optional holidays, is to run what it claims is the world`s first nude flight. Houston-based Castaways Travel says sex won`t be allowed on the flight from Miami to Cancun in Mexico. It has chartered a Boeing 727 for up ...

One in three young travellers don't bother with travel insurance despite heading to some of the most off-the-beaten track countries in the world, a new study has found. Research conducted by Halifax revealed that Britons aged 18-20 holiday overseas an average of three ...