About us

Free time isn't free. It's precious. That's why, here at lastminute.com, we wake up every day thinking of better ways to make your free time go even further.

Fancy escaping to the Maldives? Jetting off to Marrakech? Or maybe a great night out in the UK? As the internet's leading travel & lifestyle website, lastminute.com has it all.

Travel the globe like a jetsetter, sightseer or seafarer. Or, career down a mountain-side on skis, a snowboard, or in a perspex ball (yes, a perspex ball – it's known as Zorbing). And when you’re all burned out, head straight for one of our spa days, sumptuous restaurants or tea (and champagne if you are feeling extra naughty) for two at the Ritz.

So now you’ve got that dreamy look on your face that says, "I crave more fun, frivolity and excitement in my life!" – what are you still doing reading this page? Choose from our gazillions of escapades and adventures, and milk every last minute you've got. It's your free time. Invest it wisely.

• lastminute.com is the most popular travel and leisure site in the UK with around 2.5 million people logging on every week to bag our best deals

• We are the largest retailer of West End theatre tickets, selling one in ten of every seat sold, which equates to more than 1.5 million tickets every single year
  
  
• We sell hotel rooms from a staggering 80,000 properties worldwide and flights from across 300 airlines

• lastminute.com sends over 750,000 people on package holidays each year. That’s the equivalent of packing off the whole of Glasgow abroad

• Our customers are a good green bunch and do their bit to address climate change. Since November 2006, they have offset 7,500 tonnes of carbon in the through our double award-winning carbonwise scheme. This is equivalent to every household in the UK turning its lights off for more than 71 minutes.

Awards: (Travel Weekly) Globe Travel Awards 2008
Category Winners: Favourite European Short Break Provider
lastminute.com scooped the consumer award of Favourite European Short Break Provider. The award was voted for by readers of Associated Newspapers collection of titles, which includes the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.

Awards: BT Online Excellence Awards 2007
Category Winners: Best Travel Website
lastminute.com landed the prestigious BT Online Excellence Awards 2007 Best Travel Website. A panel of expert judges choose the shortlisted websites from 5,000 nomination, before more than 27,000 online consumers voted for their favourite sites.

Awards: British Travel Awards 2007
Category Winners: Favourite Online Retailer
lastminute.com retained its Favourite Online Retailer title at the British Travel Awards. The award, voted for by the consumer, was also won by lastminute.com in 2006.

Awards: Travolution Awards 2007
Category Winners: Lifetime Achievement Award for lastminute.com founder Brent Hoberman
lastminute.com founder Brent Hoberman pocketed Travolution Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award, at 38 years old, for being at the forefront of change in both the distribution of travel products through the web and the overhaul of the industry’s traditional buying cycle.

Awards: Travelmole Web Awards 2007
Category Winners: Best Online Agency
lastminute.com scooped the Travelmole Web Awards’ Best Online Agency Award due to its industry-leading design and functionality. The site’s search engine optimisation and use of technology were also praised.

Awards: Agent Achievement Awards 2007
Category Winners: Travel Innovation of the Year
Carbonwise picked up its first award of 2007 at the prestigious Agent Achievement Awards for its innovative approach to limiting climate change. UK vice-president John Bevan is pictured receiving the award.

Awards: Eurostar 2007
Category Winners: Top Online Sales Partner 2007
lastminute.com scooped Eurostar’s Top Online Sales Partner Award for the second time, due to its dedicated Eurostar pages and on-site promotions that have led to phenomenal sales of the cross-Channel service.

Awards: e-retail body IRMG’s Online Green Award (OLGA)
Category Winners: Large Retailer 2007
lastminute.com was voted by MSN users as the best online large retailer and was awarded an OLGA Award for its industry-leading carbon offsetting programme carbonwise.