teletextholidays.co.uk

Advantages: Easy to book, Great choice, Brilliant Prices!
Disadvantages: Have to be Quick, Security?

Me and my boyfriend recently visited the Greek island Kos and stayed in a luxurious 4 star half board complex which (for once) really was worthy of its 4 stars! We booked through First Choice and were lucky enough to get a last minute deal and our holiday had been reduced… bargain we thought! However once at the hotel we got chatting to a few other Brits – two of whom had booked through First Choice in advance and paid over £100 more per person than ...
...booked over teletext and paid half of what we paid! (I just felt sorry for those that had paid more than us!) And so, a little dubiously I must add, that’s how I came to be looking at teletext holidays last weekend – now there’s 2 options here, ITV text has a wide range of channels covering holidays – from last minute bargains, to deals of the day, to advance bookings and secondly, www.teletextholidays.co.uk which is the online version. * A beginner’s ... Read review

Advantages: easy to use, can find a good deal
Disadvantages: what you see on the screen may have already gone

Searching for holidays online can be a bit of a minefield, one the one hand you can find great deals and see a range of choice that you may not find walking around travel agents and looking through brochures. However, the choice and different website can be bewildering. This is why teletext is such a great site to look at. Essentially it’s like a portal site linking you to holiday offers based on the requirements you enter into their search engine. ...
...sections are colour coded, I like a bit of colour coding! On the homepage you have the opportunity to do a quick search for a holiday based on where and when you want to go, how much you want to pay and where you want to go from, if you want you can order the results by price, date, destination, departure point and holiday company. After you’ve done this you will get a list of results. If you click on one of these results you’ll be taken to a separate ... Read review

Advantages: Less sales pressure ..
Disadvantages: Pages not always updated regularly ..

These days, travel agents offer LESS of a choice, not more. The reason for this is the fact that the big chains are owned by major tour operators such as Thomson and Airtours and they want their staff to sell THEIR own products not the competitors. Generous staff commission payments ensure that if you walk into a Lunn Poly shop, a smiling assistant will do his or her best to sell you a Thomson holiday, even if its not what you want. Similarly, My ...
...to opt for Airtours. So can you really trust them to find what's best for you ..? Not so with Teletext holiday pages. Here, you can browse in the comfort of your own living room, pen and phone at the ready, confident in the knowledge that these guys are really in competition with each other. They have learned over the years that advertising a holiday just a few pounds more expensive than their competitors means the difference between the phone ringing ... Read review

Advantages: Some excellent offers, clipboard facility to keep track of possibilities
Disadvantages: Search facilities a bit limited if your not too sure where to go

I find that booking holidays can be so stressful that you need the holiday to get over the stress from booking! Travel agents put pressure on you to take the higher priced deals, or are so damned useless you are in the office for 3 days just trying to communicate to them that you don't want to go on a package holiday to Benidorm. I hate it. I generally travel independently in any case, but last year I tried to book a lastminute break, ony to find ...
...so fed up with travel agents I jsut bought an interrail pass and fled. Then my brother told me about Teletext.co.uk's holiday search. I knew about the normal teletext on the telly version, but don't have text so thought it would be of no help to me. The website is great though. The opening page is nice and bright. You're first choice is what type of thing you want - overseas, UK, flight only, cruise or ski. You can browse the ads or you can search ... Read review

Advantages: Easy access through your TV
Disadvantages: Deals are usually limited and last minute

Ceefax or Teletext can offer some great bargains. I went for 14 nights all inclusive to Jamaica earlier this tear for £250. It was the best holiday of my life! The key is to be flexible as to when and where you want to go and have the patience to sit and read through pages and pages of teletext offers - although now you can even do it at work online (not that I would!) at www.teletext.co.uk The more you look, the more chance there is of getting a ... Read review