Under construction - watch this space. By popular request we are planning a number of holiday options in the south of France.
Travel related Websites
Air Travel
Airlines offering online booking facilities for transatlantic flights:
<http://www.virgin-atlantic.com> - Virgin
<http://www.twa.com> - TWA
<http://www.ual.com> - United Airlines
<http://www.delta-air.com> - Delta
<http://www.continental.com> - Continental
Online flight shops:
<http://www.ebookers.com> - ebookers
<http://www.deckchair.com> - deckchair
<http://www.cheapflights.co.uk> - cheapflights
<http://www.airtickets.co.uk>- Airtickets Direct
For budget European flights: Go
<http://www.go-fly.com>, GO
<http://www.ryanair.com> - Ryanair
<http://www.easyjet.co.uk> - Easyjet
<http://www.buzzaway.com> - Buzz
All offer good deals and cover an ever-expanding range of destinations.
Hotels
Web-based hotel-booking agents:
<http://www.globe-market.com> - The France Hotel Guide - an excellent site for French hotels.
<http://www.hotel-denmark.com> - Hotel Denmark, is another good site with
links to hotels in other Scandinavian countries.
<http://www.bhrc.co.uk> - British Hotel Reservation Centre - many London
hotels but none in the rest of the UK despite claims to the contrary.
Companies such as Hotel Hotel and 123 Go have online enquiry forms: submit
the city you wish to stay in and they
will respond with suitable hotels:
<http://www.room-service.co.uk> - Room Service - has small, family run hotels in Western Europe.
<http://www.hilton.com> - Hilton chain has special offers online and will email
value rates every week on request.
<http://www.sheraton.com> - Sheraton worldwide reservations.
<http://www.travelodge.co.uk> Travelodge bookings for the UK.
<http://www.interconti.com> - Intercontinental, with good weekend
offers in luxury hotels, such as the Carlton in Cannes.
Rail Travel
Virgin trains: <http://www.virgintrains.co.uk>
<http://www.thetrainline.com> - times and seat reservations for any
train operator in the UK mainland -easy to use.
<http://www.eurostar.com> - Eurostar online booking - requires registration.
<http://www.europeanrail.com> - European Rail
<http://www.eurorail.com> - Eurorail
Both these sites useful for timetables and fares, but no online booking for UK residents yet.
Britain's Railway Industry Web Sites
National Information
<http://www.railtrack.co.uk/> - Railtrack web site
<http://www.railtimetable.co.uk/> - Railtrack online timetable service
<http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/> - new National Rail site set up by the
Association of Train Operating Companies.
<http://www.rail.co.uk/atoc/public/index.htm> - site set up to provide a
central online information source for Britain's fragmented network.
<http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/detect.exe/bin/query.exe/e> - Deutsche Bahn’s
pan-European journey planner.
Tickets and Fares
<http://www.thetrainline.com/> - the only national online source for rail tickets -
unable to sell tickets overnight.
<http://www.traindirect.co.uk/> - service being developed by FirstGroup, holders of three UK franchises.
<http://mml.secured.co.uk/> - Midland Mainline’s booking site.
<http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/> - c2c site; operates from London Fenchurch Street.
Offers free callback service for advance tickets.
<http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/> - Virgin Trains site - currently has the best ticket sales.
Train Operators
The National Rail Web site provides links to each train company website.
<http://www.swtrains.co.uk/> - South West Trains, incorporating real-time train
running information linked to company control rooms.
<http://www.thamestrains.co.uk/> - Thames Trains, allows passengers to view
the departures and arrivals screen of any station on the network.
<http://www.midlandmainline.com/> - Midland Mainline recently suspended
its Real-Time Train Running Information service due to speed restrictions currently in force.
<http://www.connex.co.uk/> - Connex site, allowing passengers to download
an electronic version of their local pocket timetable.
<http://www.silverlink-trains.com/> - Silverlink site, with Flash animation and nasty sound effects.
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