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Report Summary

  • 32

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    52% of other websites

  • 59

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 26% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

balkanholidays.co.uk

Holidays to Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Northern Cyprus & Malta | Balkan Holidays

Page Load Speed

8.1 sec in total

First Response

235 ms

Resources Loaded

7.1 sec

Page Rendered

713 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Balkan Holidays content for United Kingdom. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about balkanholidays.co.uk

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Key Findings

We analyzed Balkanholidays.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 235 ms and then it took 7.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

balkanholidays.co.uk performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value12.3 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value17.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.3 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value540 ms

54/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.2 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

balkanholidays.co.uk

235 ms

www.balkanholidays.co.uk

1594 ms

all.css

54 ms

app.css

1354 ms

temp.css

639 ms

Our browser made a total of 97 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 78% of them (76 requests) were addressed to the original Balkanholidays.co.uk, 3% (3 requests) were made to Use.fontawesome.com and 3% (3 requests) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Balkanholidays.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.3 MB (25%)

Content Size

5.3 MB

After Optimization

4.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Balkanholidays.co.uk main page is 5.3 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 159.4 kB

  • Original 186.4 kB
  • After minification 153.2 kB
  • After compression 27.0 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 33.2 kB, which is 18% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 159.4 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 109.0 kB

  • Original 3.8 MB
  • After minification 3.7 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Balkan Holidays images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 482.0 kB

  • Original 666.1 kB
  • After minification 618.9 kB
  • After compression 184.2 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 482.0 kB or 72% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 594.8 kB

  • Original 710.4 kB
  • After minification 683.5 kB
  • After compression 115.6 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Balkanholidays.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 594.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (31%)

Requests Now

91

After Optimization

63

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 91 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Balkan Holidays. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

balkanholidays.co.uk

balkanholidays.co.uk

235 ms

www.balkanholidays.co.uk

www.balkanholidays.co.uk

1594 ms

all.css

all.css

54 ms

app.css

app.css

1354 ms

temp.css

temp.css

639 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

44 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

58 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

75 ms

jquery.ui.touch-punch.min.js

jquery.ui.touch-punch.min.js

76 ms

slick.css

slick.css

48 ms

cookieconsent.js

cookieconsent.js

596 ms

app.js

app.js

433 ms

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

19 ms

glDatePicker.bh.css

glDatePicker.bh.css

106 ms

jquery-confirm.min.css

jquery-confirm.min.css

215 ms

main.min.js

main.min.js

3183 ms

CacheFilter.js

CacheFilter.js

2466 ms

js.cookie.min.js

js.cookie.min.js

17 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

83 ms

2770.js

2770.js

315 ms

bh-logo.svg

bh-logo.svg

220 ms

book-online-v2.svg

book-online-v2.svg

1352 ms

deposit-v2.svg

deposit-v2.svg

102 ms

luggage-v2.svg

luggage-v2.svg

101 ms

transfer-v2.svg

transfer-v2.svg

296 ms

1640x547-sb.jpg

1640x547-sb.jpg

746 ms

800x547-all-inclusive-desktop-kid.jpg

800x547-all-inclusive-desktop-kid.jpg

402 ms

icn_home_button_arrow.svg

icn_home_button_arrow.svg

299 ms

800x547-summer-2024.jpg

800x547-summer-2024.jpg

827 ms

800x547-free-child-places.jpg

800x547-free-child-places.jpg

812 ms

800x547-water-park.jpg

800x547-water-park.jpg

1129 ms

800x547-summer-piggy-bank.jpg

800x547-summer-piggy-bank.jpg

1070 ms

800x547-summer-2025.jpg

800x547-summer-2025.jpg

1040 ms

800x547-BANSKO-1.jpg

800x547-BANSKO-1.jpg

1184 ms

800x547-BOROVETS.jpg

800x547-BOROVETS.jpg

1548 ms

800x547-PAMPOROVO.jpg

800x547-PAMPOROVO.jpg

1583 ms

800x547-winter-piggy-bank.jpg

800x547-winter-piggy-bank.jpg

1307 ms

1240x750_bulgaria.jpg

1240x750_bulgaria.jpg

1503 ms

620x384_croatia.jpg

620x384_croatia.jpg

1633 ms

620x384_montenegro.jpg

620x384_montenegro.jpg

1736 ms

620x384_slovenia.jpg

620x384_slovenia.jpg

1639 ms

620x384_cyprus.jpg

620x384_cyprus.jpg

1768 ms

1240x750_malta.jpg

1240x750_malta.jpg

2214 ms

578x360_BHLS.jpg

578x360_BHLS.jpg

1921 ms

578x360_BHLW.jpg

578x360_BHLW.jpg

1776 ms

icn_home_types_cru.svg

icn_home_types_cru.svg

1910 ms

icn_home_types_lkm.svg

icn_home_types_lkm.svg

1867 ms

icn_home_types_wsb.svg

icn_home_types_wsb.svg

1875 ms

icn_home_button_arrow_blue.svg

icn_home_button_arrow_blue.svg

1959 ms

310x210_01.jpg

310x210_01.jpg

1982 ms

310x210_01.jpg

310x210_01.jpg

2214 ms

310x210_01.jpg

310x210_01.jpg

2212 ms

310x210_01.jpg

310x210_01.jpg

2211 ms

css2

css2

92 ms

310x210_01.jpg

310x210_01.jpg

2148 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

13 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

120 ms

OpenSans-Semibold.ttf

OpenSans-Semibold.ttf

2503 ms

310x210_01.jpg

310x210_01.jpg

2115 ms

310x210_01.jpg

310x210_01.jpg

2295 ms

slick.woff

slick.woff

2008 ms

book-online-v2.svg

book-online-v2.svg

2066 ms

trustlogo.js

trustlogo.js

53 ms

deposit-v2.svg

deposit-v2.svg

1960 ms

seal_bg.gif

seal_bg.gif

187 ms

warranty_level.gif

warranty_level.gif

184 ms

polyfill.min.js

polyfill.min.js

288 ms

luggage-v2.svg

luggage-v2.svg

1641 ms

transfer-v2.svg

transfer-v2.svg

1661 ms

310x210_01.jpg

310x210_01.jpg

1593 ms

310x210_01.jpg

310x210_01.jpg

1424 ms

icn_topnav_signUp.svg

icn_topnav_signUp.svg

1488 ms

ico_search.png

ico_search.png

1385 ms

icn_topnav_manageBooking.svg

icn_topnav_manageBooking.svg

1381 ms

icn_topnav_agentLogin.svg

icn_topnav_agentLogin.svg

1260 ms

icn_phone.svg

icn_phone.svg

1308 ms

logo_ABTA.svg

logo_ABTA.svg

1361 ms

logo_ATOL.svg

logo_ATOL.svg

1170 ms

icn_nav_summer.svg

icn_nav_summer.svg

1191 ms

icn_nav_winter.svg

icn_nav_winter.svg

1135 ms

icn_nav_flights.svg

icn_nav_flights.svg

1135 ms

icn_nav_hotels.svg

icn_nav_hotels.svg

1137 ms

icn_nav_late.svg

icn_nav_late.svg

1105 ms

icn_nav_fav.svg

icn_nav_fav.svg

1120 ms

ico_calendar.png

ico_calendar.png

1122 ms

check.png

check.png

1032 ms

icons.svg

icons.svg

1146 ms

ico_fb.svg

ico_fb.svg

1032 ms

ico_ig.svg

ico_ig.svg

1093 ms

ico_x.svg

ico_x.svg

1160 ms

ico_yt.svg

ico_yt.svg

1085 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

103 ms

130 ms

spritesNew.png

spritesNew.png

894 ms

comodo_secure_seal_113x59_transp.png

comodo_secure_seal_113x59_transp.png

903 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

10 ms

30 ms

Accessibility Review

balkanholidays.co.uk accessibility score

59

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

balkanholidays.co.uk best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

balkanholidays.co.uk SEO score

85

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Balkanholidays.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Balkanholidays.co.uk main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

balkanholidays.co.uk

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Balkan Holidays. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: