DIY

Is it better to plan and book your holiday independently or book through a travel agent ?

People still book from a brochure knowing that everything is taken care of for them and are willing to pay more for the holiday and for those extras insurance and car hire.

However things can and do go wrong,  aircraft can be late or have a technical problem you then have to spend hours at the airport or even sleep there overnight.

Then that hire car may have seen better days and be dirty and knocked about a little.

Your hotel may not be what it looked like in the brochure and you find you are stuck there for the duration of your holiday as no other accommodation is available.

You also have the disadvantage of having to decide and book your holiday sometimes months in advance but have the advantage of only paying a small deposit.

Can you save money doing it yourself,   YES YES YES  you can  with cheap flights and hotel rooms booked directly through this site..

You have a massive choice of departure times by scheduled airlines and should your aircraft be late you are often put on the first available flight by another airline.

Don't like your hotel then simple find another and move you are paying on a daily basis so loose no money by moving.

It's so simple.

(1) find your flight.   

If flying to a European destination a cheap flight is ideal for longer routes scheduled is a must.

OK so you can get a charter flight to Orlando and a number of other destinations but these can be late due to the amount of flights they make in any one day or can be effected by weather or technical problems.

Then all you can do is sit and wait in the airport, a scheduled airline will be a member of a group such as oneworld and will get you on the first available flight and if you are stuck due to weather or a technical problem you get a free hotel room and meals and cash.

Another good thing with a scheduled airline you can pick your seats at the time of booking and don't need to turn up hours before your flight leaves.

(2) Hotel or Apartment booked, some hotels offer a pick up service for Free.

(3) Airport transfers or Hire car.

If you are traveling to America or Australia Business class is ideal but at around £5000 from London-Sydney a better and cheaper option is pick a flight on an aircraft with a 2X5x2 seating configuration and book 2 seats together both economy costing around £415 each £830 in total you get all the space you need and you get two meals as well.

If you are 2 adults and 2 children look for a 3x3x3 configuration and book 2 adult seats at the normal fare and 4 child seat fares which gives you two rows of 3 seats (A) space (A) and (C) space (C).