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It’s holiday time. Abandoning computers, devices of all kinds, jackets and ties, uncomfortable suits, we set off to recharge a little after a year of effort.

It may be because tiredness is felt, or because the desire for relaxation and fun at this time of year prevails over everything, but not even the feeling of mistrust about the future of the national economy can curb the desire for vacation of Italians who in almost 32 million will pack their bags to enjoy their holidays: this is what emerges from the survey carried out by Confturismo-Confcommercio in collaboration with the Piepoli Institute.

But if workers go on vacation, the Cloud doesn’t. Planning your holidays carefully, in fact, is called a “Cloud journey”. From the choice of hotel or holiday home, to the booking of the plane ticket.

What does this mean? Every choice we make through applications or much more simply by surfing the internet is possible thanks to Cloud Computing and its features.
Let’s start with the journey.

Once you’ve decided on your destination, the first thing you need to do is book a plane ticket. So what are we waiting for? Just go to an online platform that allows you to book a flight but not only, also a car, a hotel or a spa. Expedia, for example, is one of many sites that allow this.

Thanks to these platforms, you can see all the possible combinations in the blink of an eye. Suffice it to say that thousands of users connect every day to plan their trip and that thanks to Amazon Web Service the latency time has gone from 700 to less than 50 milliseconds, solving errors that led users to abandon the site.

And who prefers to book their flight directly on the airline’s website? EasyJet, for example, a world-renowned company that transports 90 million passengers every year and sells 900,000 tickets per hour during peak periods, relies entirely on Amazon Web Service.

Thanks to its scalability, the user can book his flight ticket without interruption and the company, therefore, guarantees an excellent service to its customers.

And the accommodation? The most famous platform that allows you to find affordable apartments or rooms is Airbnb. But that’s not all. With the platform it is possible to book guided tours or gastronomic itineraries with a simple click.

Suffice it to say that Aribnb boasts 22,000 registered users and has chosen AWS to process and analyze 50 GB of data per day and contain backups and static files, including 10 TB of images that users upload to review their experiences.

Once you reach your destination, the important thing is to live great experiences. For the most curious, what we need is a guide who can inform us about the main attractions and the most fun or exciting tours. Lonely Planet, Australia’s leading travel guide publisher, has relied on AWS to add content that can be used from smart devices to its classic offering.

What? Thanks to AWS, of course. By migrating its development, test, and release environments to AWS, Lonely Planet was able to seamlessly address the more than 12 million downloads of the application.

The holiday has already begun, all that remains is to relax and enjoy the unforgettable or thrilling experiences that our trip will give us. It is therefore better to immortalize every moment.

GoPro is the right choice if you think that this company produces action cameras or drones with accessories and software so you don’t miss a single moment. With the AWS cloud, you can store your memories of a wonderful vacation securely directly in the cloud.

What if even on vacation we can’t help but watch the new episodes of “La casa di carta” or we just want to relax watching Netflix TV series?

It can be done because the platform boasts at least 1.5 million subscribers in Italy alone and thanks to the AWS Cloud we can relax under the umbrella and watch the episodes of our favorite series without any interruption.

In short, these are just a few examples of successful companies that trust Amazon Web Service every day by entrusting their services, their profit and their customers to the best Cloud Provider in the world.

Is it a coincidence? But above all, can your company really do without it today?