LONDON , England ( CNN ) -- `` The email of the species is deadlier than the mail . '' So wrote the British actor and novelist Stephen Fry . Is the electronic age throwing sand in the face of the traditional postcard ? Tell CNN Business Traveller what you think in the Sound Off box below . Yet , we book our holidays online , we check in online , and , now we even write about our travels online -- emails and blogs packed with photos , video clips and every conceivable detail of our travels . Where does this online explosion leave the humble postcard ? In the `` good old days '' we sat and crafted our cards . Saucy for the colleagues at work , respectful to the relatives , begrudging to the next door neighbor . And always : How to write as much as possible in the tiny white square without spreading over in to the address section . And hoping the postman back home would n't mind the paella stains all over the address . Many of us still value the traditional postcard . According to the Royal Mail , which runs Britain 's postal service , postcards are more popular today than they were five years ago . The service says it processes around 135 million postcards every year , 30 million more than in 2003 . But it 's a fact that some people do sniff at snail mail tales from the tropics . Why bother waiting when sending texts with pictures , video , emails by Blackberry will rub in the fact that `` We 're on Holiday and You 're Not ! '' with greater immediacy . Send us your comments : Do you still enjoy sending and receiving postcards or do you feel they are out of date and inconvenient in today 's electronic age ? When did you last send a postcard and who to ? Leave a comment below to let us know what you think and we will publish the best on the CNN Business Traveller Web site .
`` CNN Business Traveller '' wants to know if you still send postcards . Comment: Leave a comment to tell us what you think , and we will publish the best .