Expedia.co.uk

The last time I travelled by air was in the year 2000, when people generally went to a travel agent's, waited ages until a member of staff was free, and then ages more to get information and have journeys and hotels booked for them. I had no idea just how easy things had become online using sites such as Expedia. I wanted to make a short trip to Europe towards the end of August – just a short one, not having the heart to put my cat in a cattery, ...
...or Brussels by Eurostar, I eventually decided that I would to go and join my son in his partner in Zurich (at their suggestion). They would be staying for three nights, I would join them on the third day, and we would fly back together the following evening. I mentioned the idea to a colleague who had recently been to Switzerland. She enthused over Zurich and recommended flying on British Airways from Heathrow, as the majority of Easyjet flights ...

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...the claim laid down by Expedia.co.uk and I'm always up for a challenge. (",) What is Expedia.co.uk (",) Expedia.co.uk is a website used to book holidays, plan your travel, buy your tickets, choose a hotel, incorporate travel insurance and if your very lucky get a great last minute bargain. You essentially become your own travel agent. Expedia.co.uk was launched in 1998 and since this time their website has become of the most used for booking holidays ...
...you have a look on Expedia.co.uk to check for that last minute bargain and it saves a lot of time and effort when going into a high street travel agent to book your holiday, everything is there for you on the screen. You are also able to log back into Expedia at any time to look at your itinery. Expedia for me was really easy to use, I feel happy with the choices that I have made and I am even happier knowing that I have saved some money in the ...

kappaslappa 09.06.2005 · Read full review
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If you want get information or book a flight fast and with the minimum of hassle, this is the best site I've found so far. I've been using Expedia for quite some time for information purposes, but it's only recently that I actually took the plunge and ordered something from it. EXTENSIVE DATABASE I have found that it's a really good starting point for investigating the cost of flights. The search facilities are comprehensive and relatively simple ...
...in Start and end destinations and the dates you require, and the extensive database will go away and think about it. After a few (15 - 30) seconds wait the flights fitting your requirements are displayed (assuming there are some), and you can click on any of the search results to obtain further details, such as flight number, stopover details, airline terms and conditions and so on. BUILT-IN FLEXIBILITY The interface allows you go back to the search ...

Paiceyjohn 04.08.2000 (02.07.2001) · Read full review
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Only this afternoon I asked the good people at Ciao to add Expedia to the site so I could write a lovely review for all you great readers out there and low and behold they have outdone themselves and added it already, so here goes. I will admit I have only used the expedia website on one occasion, but I cannot fault them at all. Their site is so simple to use, you pick whether you want flights, flight & hotel or flights, hotel & car hire all together. ...
...many adults are going, how many children (including their ages). You pick your departure airport and your destination, then you just hit the search button and it does a very fast search. Unlike most travel sites (going paces, etc) they do not have a cut off time for searching for your holiday, I noticed a lot of them shut this function off at midnight, only to resume the next morning (weird huh?), Expedia are there for you 24/7. Once it has finished ...

purplifried 19.02.2007 · Read full review
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...all has won my confidence for buying on-line with a respectable outfit. A major downside was that it does not compare 'No Frills Airlines' in it's european flight searches. Still never mind, there is one site that checks these with mainstream carriers: http://easyvalue.com I would certainly recommend EXPEDIA.CO.UK ...

phil2001 26.02.2002 · Read full review
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Wow the title is a bit of a sweeping statement but then, I don't usually mince my words....in a way it is true that expedia fund my holidays because I save so much cash booking most of my itinerary through them it enables me to fund other aspects of my Holiday.. I first discovered www.Expedia.co.uk a couple of weeks ago, whilst on my continual search on the web for a reliable, dependable honest travel broker who can supply with with most if not ...
...wall in charges and extras.... For the last three years I have booked all my travel almost exlusively on the Internet, from rail travel down to London to Flights half way across the world, I have searched all corners looking for that elusive bargain and cheap deal...but so far ( taking into account my criteria) I think as far as Air travel is concerned Expedia has come up trumps.. I am was looking for an alternative itinerary to travel to my Timeshare ...

Dalesman 06.05.2002 · Read full review
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Expedia.co.uk. has completely turned around my experience of online ticket booking. Using it has saved me time, money and stress. I was looking for a certain trip, the details of whichcould not be altered, which is where many of the other online booking sites fell flat, and where Expedia impressed me the most. Using other sites I attempted to book the ticket. The online booking company at Freeserve could not provide me with a flight that left on ...
...was just poor in terms of booking facilities and customer care. After browsing for some time, I found a flight for £260, which met all my criteria. I was happy to I pay that, but felt that it should be cheaper. At the last moment I decided to check Ciao to see what they recommended for online flight bookers, an expedia came the result. And thank goodness for that. Within 10 minutes of being at the site, I had found the same flight to chicago for ...

everyplatewebreak 11.02.2001 (26.04.2001) · Read full review
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...want from the available options on a seating plan. It'd be nice to have the same facility here too. Expedia.co.uk haven't been able to guarantee seat reservations on the occasions I've booked with them. Expedia is pretty good on the whole, considering it's part of the Microsoft empire :) ...

sharkli 27.03.2001 · Read full review
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Here goes for writing my review of Expedia the on-line tour operater. (This is only my third review so still getting to grips with it all). Anyway, I have recently been to Paris on a 2-night weekend break booked through this tour operator. When we first decided that my partner and I needed a well earned weekend away the easiest and quickest option was to head straight for the internet. we had heard about Expedia but had never booked with them , ...
...follow and each hotel could be looked at in detail giving several pictures of the hotel, rooms, etc, Also listed was every feature about the hotel and a very detailed description was given to each one. Some of the info included, descriptions of bedrooms, whether with air con, tea-making facilities, mini-bar etc, location of hotel, services offered by hotel etc. etc. This made choosing the hotel very easy and the descriptions were laid out very well ...

finesse123 24.06.2004 · Read full review
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I tried for 3 days to find cheap flights to Nice for Bank Holiday weekend, but I could not find anything less than £350. The so-called flight companies which give offers of £5 a flight were full of hot air. I was beginning to give up when I accidentally came accros expedia.co.uk. The functions on the web site were very user friendly and I successfully inputted my details and what I wanted. I found a flight for £99. The site itself has other functions ...
...where you flight has been booked. So as well as getting cheap flights you build up your own travel itinerary to take with you. So you have plenty of time before the trip to read up on your destination. I throughly recommend this site and have yet to find any travel website, that has beaten it for price. This site was excellent and whenever I travel I make sure this is the first port of call, for any travel needs. ...

carlap7 22.08.2000 · Read full review
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Having read through the many opinions on Expedia, as well as hearing recommendations from other people, I defintely am the only person who seems to find that their quotes are normally among the most expensive. Twice this year I've been searching for flight prices, Eastern Europe and Australasia. On both occasions Expedia have given me quotes that range from being at least £50 to £200 more expensive than the other web sites, as well as phone calls ...

corman 28.07.2000 · Read full review
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I've been using Expedia for a few years now: Firstly, it's incredibly well set out and pulls in lots of technology from all over Microsofts portfolio. Anyway, firstly, there are always some good deals to be found on there. It's possible to search through good deals that other people have found, and also possible to search through standard deals also. When doing a search, despite it being to siberia or wherever, the returned results are normally ...
...your flight, it is possible to save it in an itinary to look at later. Now, if you try doing this with one of the Expedia special fares, it complains. However, if you click on BUY instead, and then click on my itinary's, it's there! Anyway, people who will get the best out of this web site are those who tend to travel long haul. I've had some good bargains out of it (£170 to seattle, for example). When you do a search for flights, you can also ...

pefidler 31.10.2000 (16.09.2002) · Read full review
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We recently made one of those snap decisions that you are most liable to make after a bottle of red wine. We decided to visit our Canadian friend over New Year, and find out what a real winter was like. So, with only 10 "booking" days to Christmas, we logged onto Expedia.co.uk, and checked out flight availability. Ottawa is not Canada's most popular destination, despite being the capital, and this limits your options to Air Canada/Canadian, which ...
...site was easy to use, and even included the seating plans for the Boeing 767, showing the unbooked seats. You only had to click on the desired seat, and it was booked. We even specified low-fat meals (only to get served first! Tip?). Everything went smoothly, the tickets turning up within a few days. All details were correct and the "special" dietary requirements were met. With such a limited list of carriers, it is difficult to say if we got a ...

BNibbles 05.01.2001 · Read full review
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I had to find a quick and easy way to book a flight to Memphis TE for my family at the end of May, 00 ... all the usual travel agencies, on line too were all booked up and very expensive, I gave it a try and I was really pleased to find the right package at my set budget in about 10 minutes. I booked it up with just a few mouse clicks. Their site is well built, no problems finding the right info, no problems to find your way in ... and out!! I also ...

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Last year, my family of (then) five wanted desparately to travel to Hungary (Budapest airport) to see an ex au pair who had returned home after becoming part of the family. The high street shops were quoting £400+ each for the flight only!!!! I went to various telephone "bucket shops" - which used to be the cheapest places that you could get tickets, and they came back with an improved figure of £1600 for 5 of us. Then, fortunately, a friend at ...
...selected Manchester Airport - this came back with £1250 (saving of £350 so far) but with not great departure times ( it would have meant leaving home at midnight to get there for a very early morning flight...). The expedia interface is very fast and easy to use compared to any of the other travel online booking services, and one of the great facilities it has is to select a different departure airport based on proximity to the one you picked in ...

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