Holiday comparison  

Comparison websites slated

Posted on April 12th, 2008 in Featured, Holiday comparison

We have been advising you for over a year to treat holiday comparison web sites with caution.

These sites claim to be able to give you the best deal when in fact they have a small list of suppliers to choose from, and strangely the best deal for them, tends to float to the top..

To be effective in comparing holiday deals you have to know the size of the party involved, these sites do not, plus they show deals that are going to give them the best commission…

Review sites under fire

Posted on March 28th, 2008 in Featured, Holiday comparison Holiday reviews in doubt

We have been saying this for years. The end, it seems, could be nigh for those cheeky hoteliers who pretend to be customers on TripAdvisor Holidays-uncovered, holidaywatchdog and other review sites and write themselves glowing reviews.

As of April 6, Brussels will be banning such underhand activities as the EU’s Unfair Commercial Practices Directive comes into force, making commercial blogging, or flogging as it’s known, an offence.

In a recent survey most UK holiday makers said “they would rather make their own minds up than follow the views of people they didn’t know (and therefore, by implication, could not trust)”. see also Holiday reports

Holiday comparison

Posted on March 19th, 2008 in Featured, Holiday comparison Holiday comparison made easy

Holiday comparison booking made simple, so lets cut through the confusion of who should I book my next holiday with and cut straight to the chase.

Consider if you will that the 2 major tour operators in the UK are, Thomson holidays and Thomas Cook holidays.

Thomas Cook holidays have 38% share and Thomson Holidays have 35% of the holiday market, and between them they sell over 70% of the package holiday deals in the UK.

What you may not be aware of is, Thomas Cook own. Airtours, Mytravel , Panorama, Direct holidays the Going places holiday travel agents and Style holidays.