UK flights, holidays, cars, hotels online reservations

London has four international airports: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton.
If you're flying, it may be useful to find accommodation near the major airports. Here's the link to a page with information on many hotels within the sites of London international airports or very near them:

Heathrow & Gatwick airports hotels
Stansted & Luton airports hotels

The best, cheapest and quickest way to book a flight, car rental (and accommodation if you wish) is to book directly on the Internet.
The Web has enormously simplified the process of comparing fares and prices of different operators, which previously required dozens of phone calls. Not only that: by cutting out the middlemen, one can save money for not having to pay the travel agency's share. The same information once provided by travel agents is now freely available over the Internet. Not surprisingly, travel is predicted as the greatest category of online sales of next century. An ever-increasing number of travels and holidays is booked on the Internet. It's calculated that within 5 years, 45 % of the UK population will book all holidays through the Net.

Where to start, then? There are two possibilities: either visit the airlines' websites or visit the sites of so-called aggregators, which provide information on a vast array of companies and operators. Here we have selected a number of travel sites which offer comprehensive information and booking facilities for UK flights and car rental.

A leading travel specialist is Expedia, a comprehensive travel site for all sorts of needs, from flights to hotels, from car rentals to holiday packages, from holiday deals to guides and insurance.

Here's the Expedia search box to find flights, cars and hotels according to your preferences. Flights are for UK residents, cars and hotels for residents of every part of the world:

Lastminute is one of Europe's largest and most trusted e-commerce brands, giving you access to a varied range of great value deals on flights, holidays, hotels, dynamic packages, getaways, weekend breaks, car hire, entertainment tickets and gifts.

Here's the link:

Lastminute

Opodo is an online travel service owned by 9 of the world’s leading airlines: Aer Lingus, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa.
This doesn't prevent it from performing a search to find the cheapest, most convenient flight among its enormous database of over 400 airlines of every part of the world.
In addition to charter and scheduled flights, you can from its website book car hire, hotels among over 30,000 hotels worldwide and holiday packages, or buy travel insurance.
Opodo site is easy to use, and gives you the traveller the tools, resources and information you need to plan your trip, holiday or hotel stay, if your time is limited or you're looking for ideas and inspirations.
Here's the link:

Portland Direct provides great sun package holidays offering excellent value for money, because it can offer the lowest prices by cutting out travel agents costs.
It says that it makes an effort to get the right holiday at the right price.
It certainly has a good consumer rating: 94% of people who took a holiday with Portland Direct last year said their holiday was good or excellent, and Holiday Which readers voted Portland Direct in the UK's top 3 direct holiday companies.
Its website has easy online booking facilities, and high quality, good value holidays not only to Spain, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, the Mediterranean and the rest of Europe, but also Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico and other exotic destinations.
It always has late deals and special offers worth browsing to find bargains.
Here's the link:

Save £'s with Portland Holidays - Click Here

Thomson offers access to very good value holidays, and is the UK's No 1 supplier of air inclusive package holidays and tour operator.
Since it has the widest range of holidays available, all linked to the most punctual charter airline, you are very likely to find the right holiday for you.
You can choose from late deals, special offers, beach holidays, cruises, flights, city breaks, experiences, skiing holidays, extras, and other sections.
Here's the link:

Thomson Holidays

Ebookers is another very good choice.
Ebookers - UK & international flights, hotels, packages & car rentals is a British online travel specialist, one of the leading in Europe, offering complete travel services, including discount airfares with 120 airlines and international car rentals at much cheaper prices.
There are discounts for booking a flight online on certain flights.
You can also book hotels, holidays, packages and purchase travel insurance, all online.
They always have flight specials, car specials, flight and hotel deals, holiday specials and late deals.

Travel 4 Less is a comprehensive website to research and meet all travel needs, offering tailor made holidays, discounted flights and independent travel arrangements.
Travel 4 Less, designed for both the independent traveller and the package holidaymaker, negotiates rates with leading airlines, hotels, car rental and tour companies, providing considerable discounts to the traveller.
It offers Car Hire 4 Less, up to 30% discounted car rental worldwide with leading companies such as Hertz, Alamo, Budget and Europcar, in over 4,000 locations in 25 countries: USA, Canada, Caribbean, UK, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal and throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates and others. It is cheaper to hire a car from the UK before travel than it is locally, and it's useful if you want to find a car waiting for you at the airport the moment you arrive.
Here's the link to this website:

Travel 4 Less

Onlinetravel is one of the UK's leading online travel providers, fully bonded with ABTA, ATOL, and IATA.
It brings you the UK's top choice of cheap flight deals, hotels, holiday discounts and special offers.
Besides cheap flight prices, you can find weekend city breaks, holiday bargains, late deals, and special, discounted fares.
It was the first website to invent the idea of the Build Your Own Holiday tool.
This is the link to its site:

Onlinetravel

Kelkoo is a shopping search engine to compare prices from hundreds of sites to find the best prices when shopping online.
Kelkoo helps you to compare prices for different types of services and products, including travel, flights, hotels, car hire, accommodation of all kinds, last minute holidays, weekend breaks, travel agents, and every other travel needs.
Here's the link:

Kelkoo

Thomson Flights is the UK's No.1 leisure airline and offers flexible flights from just 20 pounds one way (including taxes).
It can offer low-cost flights for online booking because it has no booking fee, no credit card fee, no postage fee.
It flies from over 20 UK airports to over 40 destinations around the world.
To book a flight from its website is a simple 4 step search and book process.
Here's the link:

Search and Book Low Cost Flights - Click Here

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the 4th largest airline in Europe, carrying more than 17 million passengers each year, and KLM UK is one of Britain's major airlines.
It serves 15 airports in England, Scotland and Wales: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh Turnhouse, Glasgow International, Humberside, Leeds Bradford, London City Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Heathrow Airport, Manchester International, Newcastle, Norwich, Teesside International, with flights connecting UK airports to Europe, oversea continents and every part of the world.
On its website you can reserve airline tickets with its easy-to-use online booking engines.
KLM has competitive fares, last minute offers, special fares only to be found on the internet, special airfares for students and KLM's business program.
Take a look at KLM website's Action fares section, to find the lowest airfares and some really good offers.
KLM's great strengths lie in its flexibility in choice of departure airport and its competitive prices. Transfers through Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport are efficient and quick. It offers great fares to the US, Africa, Asia as well as all popular European destinations, and it has a Flying Dutchman loyalty program.
Here's the link:

KLM UK

Air France is the third biggest worldwide airline, carrying 43 million passengers every year.
The website of Air France UK has more than 35 daily scheduled flights out of the UK & Ireland, serving 15 airports: Manchester, London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Newcastle, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Southampton, London City Airport, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Bristol.
Air France UK flies to hundreds of destinations in the world, including Athens, Barcelona, Geneva, La Havana, Lisbon, Los Angeles, Malaga, Naples, New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nice, Paris, Rome, Rio de Janeiro.
Take a look at its website's section on special offers: there are always several, and you can find some useful bargains there.
This is the link to its site:

Air France UK

If you're travelling from the USA, Economy Travel is an excellent service. Economy Travel has very low international airfares. As one of the largest international ticket agencies, it can offer savings between 10-40% off of published fares on 24 major airlines by offering consolidator fares. These are not the prices that you would pay if you booked directly from the airlines' websites or reservation systems.
This is the link to its site:

Economy Travel

Holiday Extras is the UK's market leader in airport hotels, airport parking and lounges.
It provides the facility to reserve online UK airport car parking spaces, airport lounges and airport hotels: you'll save up to 60% by booking online.
All 20 main UK airports are covered.
Airport Lounges are not just for business class passengers. You can escape the hustle & bustle of the airport and relax in first class comfort in an Airport Lounge from only £15. Drinks and snacks are included (except champagne). You can use Airport Lounges 3 hours prior to your flight departure time.
It is always better to pre-book airport car parking, to guarantee your space and to save time and money. If you pre-book a space at one of Holiday Extras 36 secured airport car parks, you won't find a better deal, because it has a best price guarantee: find the same airport parking service for less within 7 days of booking and they’ll match the price or refund the difference. Booking is quick and easy, and you can print out your own voucher from its website or use the instant e-mail confirmation.
Holiday Extras website won the travel trade paper Travel Weeklys Best Website award for 2002.
This is the link to its site:

Holiday Extras UK airports hotels, lounges and parking

Heathrow Express

Heathrow Express creates a rail link between central London and Heathrow Airport in 15 minutes for Terminal 1,2 and 3 and in a further 5 minutes for Terminal 4.
Heathrow Airport is London's largest international airport and one of the busiest in the world.
The Heathrow Express service operates every 15 minutes from 5.10 am to 11.40 pm daily between Heathrow and Paddington Station, one of London's main rail stations, which is close to Hyde Park, Notting Hill, and Portobello Road.
Trains offer ample luggage space and an on board video customer information system.
First class or standard class tickets are available. First class passengers get larger seats, table at their seat, complimentary newspaper.
Clients flying from Heathrow Airport with major airlines can check-in for their flight at Paddington station, collect their boarding cards and take the Heathrow Express luggage-free.

North American residents can buy their rail tickets & know more from Rail Europe. Follow this link and choose "British products" from the menu:

Rail Europe

UK residents can buy their rail tickets from Qjump, following this link:

Qjump

Gatwick Express

Gatwick Express train service connects central London with Gatwick Airport, the second of London international airports for traffic and importance, in 30 minutes.
Gatwick Express trains arrive at and depart from Victoria Station, a major London rail station centrally located, close to the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and most main attractions.
First class or standard class tickets are available.
Gatwick Express trains run every 15 minutes.


North American residents can buy their rail tickets & know more from Rail Europe. Follow this link and choose "British products" from the menu:

Rail Europe


UK residents can buy their rail tickets from Qjump, following this link:

Qjump

Stansted Express

Stansted Express is a nonstop rail service between Stansted Airport and Liverpool Street Station, in the City of London; the journey takes under 45 minutes.
Stansted is London's third international airport, near the M11 motorway that connects England's capital to Cambridge.

Stansted Express trains run every 15 minutes between 8am and 5pm monday to friday, and 8am to 4pm at weekends. At all other times the service is every 30 minutes.

On board services on Stansted Express trains include selections of sandwiches, pastries, snacks, sweet treats, coffees, teas and soft and alcoholic drinks available for purchase from a trolley service.

First class or standard class tickets are available.

North American residents can buy their rail tickets & know more from Rail Europe. Follow this link and choose "British products" from the menu:

Rail Europe


UK residents can buy their rail tickets from Qjump, following this link:

Qjump