Web advice in the Guardian

The Guardian newspaper got in touch last week, asking us to contribute to its Top Tips 2007 feature for the following Saturday.

Happy to oblige, of course.

Travolution joined the likes of one our advisory board members Graham Donoghue (TUI), alongside Sabrina Wolfe (Cheapflights) and Barry Smith (Skyscanner) to produce a list of tips for readers surfing the web for holidays.

Our own little nugget of advice:

"Desktop pingers help you keep up with offers and fares from online travel agents and don't clog up your inbox. Expedia.com's Fare Alert tool notifies users when a particular price for a route becomes available. STA Travel's Skinker lets you know when fares, blogs and podcasts are updated."

Read the full article here.

Kevin May, editor, Travolution

E-cards everywhere

Prize for best electronic Christmas card received by Travolution goes to the Virgin Holidays press office.

A simple yet mildly amusing effort [what else is there to do on Christmas day] from Hallmark, where the recipient has to re-arrange Father Christmas.

In fact this year has seen a record number of e-cards. Either they are 1) easier to send, 2) cheaper to send, 3) bit more interesting than paper cards, or 4) all of the above.

And here are some of the others we have received.

• An card-game effort from Virgin Atlantic [clearly the Virgin brand is embracing the concept this year]
• This game from desktop alert specialist Skinkers
• And our second favourite, from Worldspan, who clearly haven't let the recent takeover dampen their spirits and are wishing for even bigger things such as World Peace!

Kevin May, editor, Travolution