Since the immergence of the internet, holiday consumers now have the option of booking their holidays online. Finding a suitable holiday package has become highly efficient and increasingly cheap with regards to cost, and practically thousands of holidays can be accessed at the click of a mouse.

All the major tour operators have online booking facilities with even smaller less known tour operators now beginning to add this facility. Even companies that offer niche holiday services have their own online booking facilities such as flight networks, accommodation, car travel, airport transfers and travel insurance, giving the holiday consumer the ability to create their very own DIY style holidays where they can pick and choose what they want with their own holiday, without having to rely on the sometimes inflexible tour operator holiday packages.

There are also travel comparison websites that offer price comparing which search for the cheapest flights, accommodation, vehicle rental, airport transfers etc from all the major tour operators with up to the minute prices showing discounts offers so holiday consumers can get fantastic last minute holiday deals.

The flexibility and choice for booking holiday packages online has in the last two years resulted in more and more holiday consumers becoming more confident with booking their holidays through travel companies online knowing they are going to get a bargain holiday deal.

With the constant online discounts for booking online and various holidays offered on the travel websites, this trend of holiday consumers booking holidays online is set to increasingly grow and grow.