Travel Sites Seven of Yell's top 30 sites are travel oriented. It's an unlikely picture isn't it, the intrepid traveller pushing through the bush with a sheaf of printouts from a free website clutched under his arm. Although certainly more useful when the toilet paper runs out, the inescapable truth is that free web travel content will only drive more book sales. Travellers need a real book with them when they travel. I think things will develop differently in a business context.
Businessmen wander round with briefcases full of pieces of paper anyway.
Anyway, it is quite possible now to book a whole holiday on the net. Below are a selection from the Yell top 30 and a few other important sites. There really are hundreds of sites, especially US sites that do bookings. All the search engines will easily direct you to a myriad of travel stuff. Next year we are due for a UK version of Expedia from Microsoft, who have been approaching many of the travel publishers to negotiate content, and are bound to offer a useful site.