Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists. Like other kinds of virtual shopping, booking travel online is no less secure than using your credit card in a shop or restaurant in the off-line world, according to some industry experts. I think it's probably very safe to make travel arrangements online.
Many travelers are nevertheless nervous about using their credit cards to book online.
That technology takes the credit card numbers and encrypts them, making them unreadable to humans and most computers. The browser then sends the information across the Internet. The online travel agency's server receives it and has the ability to decode the data. Encryption allows the transmission of sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, without much risk that someone will access it. There are so few things that are happening now to give consumers a break.