Travel, maps and accommodation
Travel booking
Rail
Check train timetables
Best choice - book early to get APEX etc...
Good for last minute St Pancras journeys
Has a few off-peak bargain prices only available direct from GNER
Same as Trainline - has quick look-up for times
Live departure boards
Flights
Still good value - but not like the old days (Luton/Gatwick/Stansted)
Some good deals at short notice (Heathrow, City)
More flexibility (LHR, LGW, LCY ...); more flights
British Airways
Opodo (probably the best) - Aer Lingus, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa
Travelocity -
Just the Flight - Good for seats on charters
e-bookers -
Directions
Multimap
Click on a map of the UK or type in a place name to get the map. Locates on postcodes. Maps can be scaled up or down.
Streetmap
Similar service to Multimap
Maporama
Digital maps - right down to street level - for major European countries, the USA and Canada. Type in a city, town or village name, or further narrow the search with a postcode or address.
(Ordnance Survey)
Maps at up to 1:250 000 scale for the whole of Great Britain are provided free for users to print for personal and internal business use. Either just click on the map to start browsing, or alternatively search by location name, postcode or grid reference.
Hotels
octopustravelEasy to use - clickthrough from BMI - good prices
Hotel.co.uk
Good source - online booking - shows real-time data on room availability
RAC Hotelfinder
On-line access to more than 3,000 RAC accredited and inspected hotels and guest accommodation across the UK and Ireland.
Traffic and travel
Transport for London
Real time travel information for the Underground - email alerts
London Transport
Service information - buses, tubes, DLR, rail and river services
RAC
Traffic and travel information, including traffic news and route planner (for the whole of Europe), and European motoring advice.
AA
Traffic information for the whole of the UK by road or region - regularly updated by AA Roadwatch. Create detailed directions to destinations across Great Britain, Ireland and Continental Europe - includes turn by turn guidance and journey information.