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EssentialTravel.co.uk is one of the UK's leading online travel essentials providers with over 5 million customers to date and a reputation for serving the UK independent travel market since 2001.

The UK based independent traveller is at the heart of Essential Travel's focus. As a wholly online company, EssentialTravel.co.uk provides comprehensive travel insurance, UK airport parking, UK airport hotels and worldwide airport lounges - all the little extras that a traveller needs to make sure their journey goes smoothly and safely.

With a team of travel experts at the helm, Essential Travel works hard to not only make sure that its customers have reliable products to get their trip off to a smooth start, but to share the latest in travel with its users. Through an online travel magazine, travel alerts, news pages, blog and an active twitter stream, EssentialTravel.co.uk teams up its carefully chosen products with knowledgeable online resources.

Whether a traveller is looking for consumer advice, destination guides, money-saving tips or instant information on breaking events that may affect their holiday plans - Essential Travel endeavours to provide useful, unique and accurate travel help.