More Britons booking 'last minute'

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Mobile devices are making Britons more spontaneous - booking last-minute hotels for getaways and nights out, according to new research.

The survey, carried out by hotel booking site lastminute.com, found that more than half of the 2,000 UK residents questioned used a smartphone or tablet to look up and book a hotel less than a week before their departure date.