The number of budget airlines is growing and the array of different flight offers can present a bewildering choice to the traveller. We simplify the whole process of finding a cheap flight by listing the best offers we can find to your chosen desitination. We cover discount flights provided by the main budget airlines, as well as companies such as British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.

The choice of flights to europe is growing and changing all the time. Budget airlines fly to a wide choice of smaller airports that you may not have heard of, so the best way to find a cheap flight is to use our regional search to make sure you cover all your options.

Weather, currency rates and resort developments all affect the popularity of holiday resorts. Some places are favoured becasue they cater well for particular types of holidays for example sailing or windsurfing. Favourite destinations change regularly, so here's our view on the latest hotspots.

The way cheap flights are advertised is being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading. They claim that many budget operators withhold the true cost of their flights until well into the online booking process, choosing to show potential purchase prices that fail to include the various add-on costs such as airport taxes and fuel surcharges.

Self-catering villa holidays are a popular choice for families with small children. Meal times become easier and stress-free, swimming in a priate pool can be safer and without the need to travel away from the perfect villa, everyone in the family can relax.

Different holiday companies offer different services ranging from flight only through to complete all-in packages. Some will arrange bespoke choices of flights, accomodation, trips and events, while others will only offer choices from pre-selected packages.

The era of cheap european flights could be ending or at least becoming severely restricted. That's the view of Ryanair boss Michael Leary, who thinks that many of the companies providing cheap european flights will go out of business over the next few months if the price of oil, and hence aviaton fuel, remains high. He says that, unlike his own business, many cheap flight operators are already running at low or zero profits and with the cost of operating their aircraft increasing, they simply have no option. His own airline has vowed to keep flights costs down by not imposing fuel surcharges on it's passengers, but Ryanair is already well-known for numerous price add-ons which supplement it's basic prices.