This travel blogger is a bit of a geek, actually, more than a bit, but whilst updating my travel video map I noticed a few new features on Google Map that I thought would be really useful for travellers. You can now view tons of ...

In the past few weeks I have received emails from consumers asking me if a number of holiday rental companies are reputable enough to book a holiday through them. It’s worth remembering that the rental company is advertising the accommodation on behalf of the owner ...

Interesting investigation on BBC Watchdog last night regarding issues with consumers credit or debit cards being frozen abroad by their own bank. It’s an issue I featured back in September 2007, so I thought it was worth updating that blog post with some additional ...

There’s a worrying trend of travel consumers going on holiday abroad, without taking out adequate travel insurance. A survey by the review centre revealed up to ten per cent of people will head off on holiday without insurance. I have to admit that ...

Maybe US airlines Skybus, ATA and Aloha read my blog post on cheap flights being extinct by 2012, panicked and went bankrupt. Joking aside, it’s a worrying trend that hopefully won’t continue over here in Europe, not because we’ll loose our cheap flights, but because ...

One question I get asked a lot is what are the advantages of booking a premium economy seat and my reply is that it depends on which airline you are flying with. All of the airlines offering premium economy give you extra leg room, and ...

In keeping with the theme of online booking experiences, tonight I road tested seven flight comparison websites with the aim of finding the cheapest flight from Manchester direct to New York, for the 17 – 24 September, for 1 passenger, that’s me. Here are the reviews.. Kayak Cheap ...

User experiences still has a massive impact on how other consumers book their holiday – a work colleague has returned back from France, she drove down to Dover, and got the ferry to Calais, then travelled to her ‘villa’ that she had booked independently, just ...