This week...Brits are taking second jobs to pay for holidays, mobile searches for travel are on the up and Bookit.com adds PayPal

It’s Monday, which must means it’s time for our next instalment of ‘this week’. The world of travel and technology is fast paced and always changing so we’ve picked what we think is the best picks of the weeks news. We hope you find it useful!

Travel News:

Cruise news- P&O claim that the new superliner will offer a ‘small ship experience’- 13th June- P&O have attempted to silence critics of the new superliner who believe that the 3,600 capacity will be too crowded, claiming the the ship will still give a ‘small ship experience’. P&O believe that despite the difference in size the experience will still be the same as their other cruise lines. The ship which is to be the UK’s largest cruise ship is expected to be completed in 2015.

Brits are taking 2nd jobs to pay for their holidays- 10th June- Travel Weekly reports that there has been a 90% increase in 2nd job workers and recent reports indicate that this is to fund holidays. A poll by Harris Interactive revealed that a quarter had already cancelled holidays, 75% were ‘concerned’ about if they could afford a summer break and around 20% said that they would do anything to ensure that they get their usual break.


Technology News:

TripAdvisor reveals that a quarter of people use mobiles for travel- 10th June- TripAdvisor have just released results of their latest poll, which asked 1,300 British users how much they use their mobile phones in the travel planning process. The poll revealed that 22% had used their smart phones to research accommodation and booking. Of that 22%, 29% had booked or researched accommodation, 27% have researched destinations, 26% have read traveller reviews, 23% have researched restaurants and 18% have booked or researched a flight. In addition to this the study found that 39% had a travel app on their phone. A TripAdvisor spokeswoman noted that ‘these findings show that smart phones and tablets are an increasingly important travel companion’.

Facebook figures drop in the US and UK-13th June- Techradar released an article claiming that Facebook figures are dropping in both the US and UK, suggesting that people are losing interest in the social giant. The UK lost over 100,000 active users in May and the US 6 millions, which means that users in the UK are using their account less. Data collecting company Inside Facebook blame this decline on bugs and seasonal changes. It still is too early to be claiming the death of Facebook and with 700 million users worldwide it’s not doing too bad.

Bookit.com adds PayPal to it’s site-13th June- Bookit.com decided to add PayPal into it’s booking system to provides it’s customers a faster and easier way of paying for their holiday. The site uses PayPal’s Parallel Payments system which enables users to have up to 10 transactions in one express checkout system provides users with a short and simple solution to paying. The site is the 1st travel site to do this and we predict many will follow in it’s path.

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