Savvy UK holiday makers are turning away from Teletext Holidays, and teletext has slashed pay-per-click advertising spend by 20% as the economic downturn hits online holiday searches.

The company insisted the decision was a deliberate ploy to focus on “quality traffic” to its site and said it was continuing to plough money into expansion in niche markets such as cruise and ski.

Teletext holidays has seen a dramatic decline in holidays booked through its site as holidaymakers have realised the best holiday deals are the ones booked direct..

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If you have lost you job and have £12000 to spare, then why not be conned into becoming a home based travel agent, get real… This is very similar to Pyramid selling and should be avoided at all costs.

Potential Customers make bookings themselves using the agent’s website and pay with their own credit card.

You acting as the Agent then receive 70% of the commission, and the rest goes to the company. There will be an 80-strong call centre to help with enquiries or take bookings.

Aldi the store renowned for selling cheap tat and having a severe lack of service, is launching an Aldi travel website in January 2009 and claims the venture will turn the online travel industry on its head.

Aldi travel will offer no great savings on what is just a DIY holiday, no Rep in resort to look after you..

You have to laugh the Aldi magazine on a regular basis advertises things that are never in stock, so they Aldi have no chance of selling holidays properly.

Jet2.com is to base an additional Boeing 757 at Manchester Airport to help fill the gap left by the demise of XL holidays and flights group.

The Jet2 225-seat 757 will be used to give extra capacity on the Turkey Dalaman route and to the Red sea holiday resort of Sharm el Sheikh plus Tenerife south and Crete Heraklion services. See Jet2holidays for special offer deals

Jet2.com now has six aircraft based at Manchester: two Boeing 148-seat 737s and four 757s. The addition of the latest aircraft at the airport will create 25 jobs and allow for extra holiday flights from Manchester.

Another poorly run travel company has closed. ABTA member Flight Masters has ceased trading.

The Bolton-based firm used the trading names Flight & Holidays Master, Flight Master Golf.com, Key to the Canaries & Suntastic.co.uk

The company had non-licensable non-package business which was not protected with ABTA.

Flight Masters also had licensable turnover and any ATOL claims will be handled by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Any retail claims arising from the failure will be handled by ABTA’s claims handling partner CEGA.