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Re: Watch those search engines: the big ones are not always best!
Wow! I wouldn't have thought there would be such great variability. I'm still fairly new at this, and it sounds kind of complicated. Are there any flight search engines you'd recommend routinely using?
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Travelocity's Thanksgiving Survival Guide
No, it's not a manual for turkeys on the run from the table—it's a compendium of tips for planning smooth Thanksgiving travel (24 million Americans will fly over the holiday, and many more will drive) but also advice on dealing with delays,...
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Watch those search engines: the big ones are not always best!
I was just booking a one-way trip from Barcelona to Marseille for next summer hoping to use some points sitting on a bank-based (but not airline-affiliated) card. Imagine my shock when the ticket (which I knew should cost about $89) showed up as...
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Travelocity survey: What bugs you on road trips?
This may be one of the best road trip years ever, with much lower gas prices than over the past few...and Travelocity's new survey of 1000 potential vacationers says that 65% more are considering a road trip than were thinking about it last year....
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Expedia buys Orbitz; now it's down to 3
Or maybe 2. Expedia has snapped up Orbitz and its subsidiary brands, including ebookers.com and CheapTickets.com. In the past year it has also acquired former main rival Travelocity. Its remaining big rival is Priceline, which owns...
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Amazon Edges Closer to Hotel Booking
Amazon has repeatedly denied it wants to move into the world of online travel agencies such as Expedia and Travelocity or booking sites like booking.com, but they keep making moves that look like that's in their future. The latest move is...
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Expedia, Travelocity to be enhanced for blind users
Expedia has formed a partnership with the National Federation of the Blind to improve access to Expedia and Travelocity web sites for blind users, including updated and upgraded screen readers and other technologies. Improvements are in store for both...
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Re: Expedia buys Orbitz; now it's down to 3
I am going to miss an independent Orbitz. I really like Priceline and Expedia but occasionally i found a flight that was cheaper to book on Orbitz.