Last-minute holidays account for around £26 billion annually, while one in three in the UK thinks they have a “spontaneous personality”. Can Flight Tonight, an app that offers the cheapest flights departing at nearby airports in just a few hours, cater to these risky travellers?

You're daydreaming about your next holiday and browsing Pinterest boards. You double click on the word ‘Paris’ and Momondo's new Chrome extension – ClickTwo Travel – pops open a window with a flight cost. Before you know it, you’ll be grabbing your passport and suitcase.

Choosing where to go on holiday can involve hours of painstaking searches that detract from the fun of organising a break away. The LuckyTrip app is looking to change this with an injection of serendipity; it lets users set a budget, but leaves the rest of the organisation process down to luck.

Just 19% of Brits are planning on packing their suitcases and heading abroad for two weeks in 2015, yet almost half have booked four short trips scattered throughout the year. Why are people ditching the two-week trip of sun, sea and sand in favour of staycations and city breaks?