The Online Travel team
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Researching and booking travel online has never been more popular - 55 per cent of internet users in the UK book their holidays directly online, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. But with so many sites on offer it can be difficult to see the wood for the trees.
That's why, here at Online Travel, we've divulged the contents of our favourites, quizzed our travel contacts, and surfed until we're square-eyed to bring you our favourite sites.
We recommend the sites on the basis of their content, design, ease of use, navigability and fulfilment, so they've jumped through all the right hoops to get onto this list. However, if you disagree with our choices, or can think of one we've omitted, let us know.
To make it easier, we've split them into ten categories, which you can search from this page.
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2007
£30,000
2006
£14,337
2008
£39,937
Great car insurance deals online
c.£75,000
GlosFirstmeansbusiness
Gloucestershire
c. £90,000 + PRP
Essex County Council
Essex
£
Not Specified
The Bar Standards Board
London
Competitive Package
Npower
West Midlands
1 & 2 Bed apartments
From £249,995
Great Investment, River Views
http://www.mappedtravel.com is a simple website with a simple idea: keeping all information about a particular city on a map. If you like to think locations like I do, it may be right for you. It also allows for easy contribution of information.
Pierre, Sevres, France
oneworld365.org is a great website if you are looking to work and volunteer around the world. There are so many useful companies listed it really helped when I was planning my gap year.
Lucy Dudley, London, England