I guess we won't know for sure until tomorrow. Seems like everybody is being told something different. The lady in the shop told me that they would be online but I could always come into the shop and they would price match it.
I really don't think I can wait much longer! lol I am driving everybody mad talking about a holiday that isn't even booked when I still haven't been on this years holiday!

I feel exactly the same! Glad its not just me! I'm driving my husband mad! I think I will be in tears as I have built myself up for tomorrow!

And once it IS booked we will be thinking of where we would like to go in 2013!!

I am going to be checking online first thing in the morning because I'm really sad

No idea where I am going now destination wise as thanks to the shop incorrectly pricing an average price for a hotel for us ie it's going to cost £900 more than they quoted we are back to square one!

I can't see how the shops will have the booking function earlier than online myself but either way the shop could not have been less interested in my potential booking yesterday and will be told tomorrow when they ring that I am booking online anyway.

Thomas cook in Braehead Glasgow had some 2012 holiday brochure out today, I managed to get Italy/Croatia 2012, mind you there wasnt alot left

I will be online first thing also. I want to go back to Samana in the Dominican Republic but a different hotel to where I have been before or I quite fancy Taba Heights in Egypt. Hopefully the prices will be reasonable.

strange thing, i just decided to ring thomson number on their website and ask them the question to see their answer and she said yes as brochures out tmro should b online tmro. So whos telling the truth!

The web site will propably be off-line tonight, about 1am, and come back online about 8-10am

I think they will be online. The lady in the shop said they would be but was also quick to point out that she would match the online price if I went into the shop.

Thomson are on line now!!! Prices seem on a par with this year.

Brilliamt, I hope TC will follow suit soon.

Been on to First Choice and they don't have the hotel I want so going to ring them later as they were the only travel agent I could book this particular place with.

TC don't seem to have theirs on yet, and no mention of them on the website either. I remember last year they had a countdown on the main page, nothing this year though

remember first choice wont feature any non all inclusive hotels or florida.

Just rang First Choice and they have dropped the area I wanted to go to totally for next year. They said they haven't finshed updating the site yet. Back to the drawing board.

Interesting that while First Choice have - as per previous publicity - moved to sell only all-inclusive holidays for summer 2012, if you try for somewhere they don't offer all-inclusive, eg Kefalonia, the website will automatically switch you across to Thomsons - who may offer HB or SC options.
Yet more indication of the very close integration growing between the two parts of the TUI giant.

Also the elimination of pre-bookable in-flight meals and the automatic setting of default 15Kg luggage allowance, and the rumoured elimination of shorthaul IFE, shows the direction of things - downwards in my opinion.
Let's hope they don't go all the way in the Ryanair/Easyjet direction and introduce seatless rugby scrum boarding.

Also - sadly - I've just deleted the bookmark on my PC for Portland Holidays - I've had many good holidays booked through that friendly cost-effective company - but now they are gone.

Thomson cook online holidays slowly starting to appear

I found the best price for where I wanted to go was with First Choice but they wanted over £800 deposit! so I phoned Thomson who said they would price match as they are in effect the same company but then wanted to charge me £50 for the pleasure!! I told them thank you but no thanks and then immediately got a call back saying that they would waiver the fee and that I would just need to pay a £350 deposit so off to the travel agents later to pay my deposit.
I am going to the Sofitel Taba Heights in Egypt next July.
Did notice when getting a quote that in flight meals are not included and there was no option to pay for them either?? I will be asking about this later. Will say that I expected the prices to be a bit better than I have seen today and more bargains seeing as it's so early to book but I am happy with what I am paying although wouldn't wanted to pay any more than I have.

I asked Thomson about the flight meals earlier, from next year they aren't offering them but you will be able to buy food on the plane! Well I had intended on going to Cyprus but the prices were so high, I'm off to Corfu instead lol! Last year I was intending to book Corfu for this year and booked Tenerife