With companies such as TUI Travel and Thomas Cook seeing their profits nose-diving and the collapse of tour operator Goldtrail Holidays, the travel industry has certainly been suffering over recent months but online coach holidays consolidator Door2Tour.com has bucked the overall trend by reporting record sales for July 2010. They have seen a record 63% sales increase for coach holidays in July 2010 compared to the same period in 2009, despite the current economic downturn and the chaos surrounding the erupting Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland.

Door2Tour.com has seen booming sales up by 123% compared to 2009, which is mainly due to surges in holiday searches for both UK Tours and Disney Breaks, with Day Trips seeing the largest increase of 202%.

Kate Glanfield, Web Manager of Door2Tour.com, said: "With the collapse of tour operators, unresolved disputes with the airlines and the Volcanic Ash incident still in people's minds, consumers are much more alert to potential risks when booking a holiday, and coach holidays minimise that risk."

Glanfield concluded: “The coach industry is enjoying a booming year with the likes of operators like Glenton Holidays predicting record bookings. This area of the travel industry is extremely robust at the moment, with most operators already focusing their product range on UK tours as standard, which is where the demand currently is.”