Online booking
Online bookings are growing as fast as online shopping. Theatre, cinemas, concerts, air tickets, train tickets, hotels and package holidays are all available on the webThe complete set of all web pages and documents held on every internet server. Also known as the world wide web., often at cheaper prices than buying them from high street shops. Bookings can be made across the world by internet connectionA connection to the internet by a computer or another internet-enabled device..
Advantages
- instantly find out availability
- book out of office hours
- pay and receive confirmation (via emailElectronic mail. A method for sending messages and files to other people.) immediately
- lower prices - access to a greater number of retailers increases competition and prices fall
Disadvantages
- risk buying from a websiteA web page or group of web pages hosted on one web server and viewed in a web browser, usually maintained by a person, group or organisation. setup to scam money out of customers, ie the tickets never come
- even when buying from genuine websites, the tickets may not arrive in the post in time (where confirmation email cannot be used)
- websites may not be able to cope with high demand (making them inaccessible)
