PRE 20th CENTURY * The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to some time between 1820 and 1840, marks a major turning point in history; almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way. This evolution included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power and the development of machine tools. It also involved the change from wood and other bio-fuels to coal. * The English before the days of holidays overseas had a great love of holidays. The railway links to sea side towns encouraged people to travel to the coast for their holidays. In the 1920's and 1930's on bank holiday weekends trains would be packed with people travelling from the cities to the seaside resorts. Wealthy families started to visit the seaside in the 18th century. The railways expansion in the 1840s and 1850s made travel more affordable and by 19th century the seaside holiday developed.

20th CENTURY * In the 1930s, passenger air travel became less and less of an innovation. Having started with a stutter immediately after the First World War, it then developed on a more continuous basis in the late 1920s and early 1930s as commercial airline operations became well-known. This was mainly so in countries where aviation had reached a rather advanced stage of expansion. In Europe and North America, for example, a flight industry and an aviation organisation (airports and flying schools) continued flying for military, postal, commercial and leisure purposes * By law, every UK travel corporation which sells air holidays and flights is required to hold an ATOL, which stands for Air Travel Organiser’s Licence. ATOL was first introduced in 1973, as the popularity of abroad holidays