Travel Agents - Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook was the inventor of the modern package holiday industry as we know it.

Holidays have come a long way since 1841 when the chap from Market Harborough set off on his first journey with paying passengers in tow.

Loughborough

He arranged for two busloads of locals to attend a temperance meeting in nearby Loughborough.

A religious man, Thomas Cook believed that most Victorian social ills stemmed from alcohol abuse.

Considering the current binge-drinking culture that rules in Britain, not a lot has changed since then.

Club 18 - 30 holidays

The very idea of Club 18 - 30 holidays would no doubt have Thomas Cook spinning in his grave.

But he was without doubt the man who inspired the idea that travel is first and foremost a tool for broadening the mind.

Three cheers then for the founder of one of the largest and best-known travel companies in the world today which has made a considerable amount of money packaging travel insurance along with their holidays.

As we move towards configuring and booking individual parts of our own holiday online - flight, hotels, trips and excursions then we're often able to obtain cheap insurance too, and can compare individual quotes obtained online.