Crafting Your Ideal Holiday Break Using the Internet

At some point, everyone will find themselves needing to take a holiday break. Life offers us a schedule which can seem both regimented and frustratingly hectic in equal measure .

Taking a break is necessary in order to maintain a healthy state of mind. Holiday is also an employment right in the United Kingdom, with 65.7 million visits abroad being undertaken by Brits in 2015.

As many as 90% of holiday bookings involve online research. The internet offers us the opportunity to tailor the experience of a holiday break in order for it to suit our needs.

Are you searching for adventure, relaxation, or a cocktail of other elements to feel satisfied and refreshed?

Here are the steps you should take, using tools available online to make it possible:

Select Your Destination

Intricate, interactive guides to a whole host of global destinations are available on the websites of notable travel companies such as Lonely Planet and Rough Guides. Gone are the days of their paperback guides being the dominant means of sussing out the highlights of a location. Now they are producing visually impressive multimedia content which will tease your senses and help you choose your ideal holiday spot.

WikiTravel offers an open source alternative which anyone can edit. It can help you find gems the professional guides have missed, and provides a detailled overview of the food, seasonal weather and attractions on offer so that you can ensure they suit your needs.

Set out your budget

How much money can you get together in time for transit? Remember you can head away from home for surprisingly little if you are efficient.

I have found Google Keep effective for this aspect of travel. It is a note taking app available online, as well as having applications for iOS and Android which allow you to keep track of your notes from your mobile homescreen.

Create a timeframe for your trip and allocate a daily budget.

Splitting this budget into categories for food, accommodation and activities is helpful. It helps ensure you have enough to survive and enjoy yourself across the duration of your holiday.

Route Planning

Taking a trip which stops off at multiple destinations? Rome2Rio provides fares and journey times for all modes of transport, between any two locations across the globe.

Test it yourself and discover whether the bus, train, drive or flight is the most cost and time efficient mode of transit between one place and the next. Incredibly useful.

Flights

Skyscanner compares prices and the number of stopovers on any flight route, between all airline carriers.

You can even search for the ‘cheapest month’ of transit and find some surprising deals. Return flights between London and destinations in Spain, Romania and Italy are currently available for under £20! Click here if you want to see these deals for yourself.

Accomodation

If you are searching for a dorm room and a hostel experience where you can meet many new people, Hostelworld and Hostelbookers allow you to compare reviews and ratings. Choose somewhere with a high rating for atmosphere, location, cleanliness and a decent price for a positive experience.

Some impressive deals for private rooms exist on Booking.com, with the platform allowing users to see how many of each type of room are left.

Many of the best deals for accommodation are booked well in advance. However, decent prices can be found whilst you are travelling via mobile for people having a more spontaneous or flexible trip.

Activities

Tripadvisor unveils opportunities to participate in exciting and enjoyable activities in destinations across the globe. It provides intricate, visitor generated reviews for anything, from restaurants, to monuments, to theme parks.

This infographic shows in detail the unmistakeable influence that online reviews have on the behaviour of people taking a holiday.