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GOCOMPARE is today panned as the worst travel comparison website in a poll of holidaymakers.

The survey of more than 2,200 travellers by Which? crowned Skyscanner as the best, judged on categories including price, userfriendliness and market coverage.

GoCompare users slammed the site for high prices, bad functionality, poor market coverage and for not showing quotes from all major booking sites. It scored 45% overall, with 69% for Skyscanner, which was also the only site to get four stars for value. TripAdvisor came second overall and was top for

Overall percentage score GoCompare got in customer survey hotel comparison, getting three stars across all categories.

However, earlier this year Which? Travel warned tourists to take hotel reviews with a pinch of salt after finding evidence of suspicious online write-ups.

In a separate snapshot investigation, Which? Travel rated the seven most used flight comparison sites.

Skyscanner did well again, finding the cheapest price six out of 10 times.

Google Flights found cheapest fare just once.

For a last-minute return flight to Krakow, voted Which? Travel’s best city break destination, Skyscanner was at least £60 cheaper than any competitor.

Among hotel comparison sites, Kayak sourced the cheapest deal in six out of 10 searches, though savings were the

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The photo of the Ena, taken on the Hoo peninsula in Kent, won David Stearne top prize in the National Historic Ships competition. small in most cases. Rory Boland, Which? Travel editor, said: “For many of us, travel comparison sites are the first port of call. There are really only one or two sites you should consider using though, if you want to save yourself both money and time.”

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