Travolution Road Tests

Travolution examines the performance of eight travel or related websites in each edition of the magazine.

Click on an edition to see the full results:

February 2006 – Content and rich media

Writers: Paul Baderman (360TravelGuide.com) and Paul Hobden (Gazetteers.com)

• Firstchoice.co.uk

• Kuoni.co.uk

• Lastminute.com

• Opodo.co.uk

• EasyJet.com

• Hilton.co.uk

• BA.com

• Travelcare.co.uk

April 2006 – Accessibility

Writer: Henny Swan (RNIB)

• Expedia.co.uk

• Ebookers.com

• Thomson.co.uk

• Eurostar.com

• Ryanair.com

• Flightcentre.co.uk

• Cheapflights.co.uk

• Marriott.co.uk

June 2006 – Usability

Writer: Lisa Halabi (Foviance)

• Centerparcs.co.uk

• Superbreak.com

• Cosmosholidays.co.uk

• EasyCruise.com

• Sagaholidays.co.uk

• Travelbag.co.uk

• FLYBMI.co.uk

• Virgintrains.co.uk

September 2006 – Ten Years of Online Travel

Writer: Rowan Shaeffer (Netizen Digital)

• Thomson.co.uk

• Ebookers.com

• Expedia.co.uk

• Explore.co.uk

• HavenHolidays.co.uk

• Holiday-Rentals.co.uk

• LonelyPlanet.com

• Travelocity.co.uk

October 2006 – Customer journey

Writer: Jason Hansen (RightNow)

• Onerailway.co.uk

• Ryanair.com

• Avis.co.uk

• Virgin-Holidays.co.uk

• MyTravel.co.uk

• FlyMonarch.com

• Kuoni.co.uk

• Saga.co.uk

December 2006 – Social media

Writer: Antony Mayfield (Spannerworks)

• Telegraph.co.uk/Travel

• Timesonline.co.uk/Travel

• Guardian.co.uk/Travel

• Independent.co.uk/Travel

• Yahoo.co.uk/Travel

• Lonelyplanet.com

• Roughguides.com

• MSN.co.uk/Travel

February 2007 – Hotels

Writer: Robert Turner (Travco)

• Hilton.co.uk

• HolidayInn.co.uk

• Marriott.co.uk

• Novotel.co.uk

• Hyatt.com

• MillenniumHotels.com

• BestWestern.co.uk

• ThistleHotels.com

April 2007 – The Search Engines

Writer: Annelie Ritari and Todd Rosen (Bigmouthmedia)

• Google.co.uk

• Yahoo.co.uk

• MSN.co.uk

• Ask.co.uk

• Del.icio.us

• Blinklist.com

• Furl.com

• Digg.com

June 2007 – Wild West Holiday

Writer: Duncan Parry (Steak Media)

• VisitLasVegas.co.uk

• ArizonaGuide.com

• Bellagio.com

• The-Grand-Hotel-Grand-Canyon.Pacifcahost.com

• Travelocity.com

• Orbitz.com

• GrandCanyonTourCompany.com

• WWExpeditions.com

September 2007 – Generations

Writer: Janek Mistry (Netbooster)

• Studenttravel.com

• Statravel.co.uk

• Club18-30.com

• TeletextHolidays.co.uk

• VirginHolidays.co.uk

• Titanhitours.co.uk

• Saga.co.uk/travel

• Primeadventures.co.uk