If your flight leaves in less than 10 days time you have to book by phone, but the phone team is available seven days a week. There is also hotel information and a few holiday offers. Also useful for flights is 1st Net Flights . Once you get the hang of the slightly fiddly search function, it's a good site, even if it didn't come up with the cheapest deals. Its failure to mention tax until the final screen is annoying.
Many sites offer both holidays and flights.
Direct Holidays and The First Resort are also a good source of last-minute bargains for sun seekers. Thomas Cook , the granddaddy of package holidays, has a very impressive online presence, and makes the grand claim of possessing the internet's largest range of package holidays. Bargain Holidays also boasts a huge range of last-minute holidays and flights, combined with a simple layout and friendly tone. You can't book online, but there's a seven-day a week telephone service. Ebookers has been around since 1996.