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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

NOT FOUND ON EXPEDIA

Travel deal sites such as Expedia.com, Orbitz.com and Hotwire.com are great ways to find travel deals: cheaper flights, better pricing on hotels, car rentals, cruises and activities. These sites can bundled the different options for even better deals. They do a lot of grunt work for you with just a few clicks of a button. These sites are Acting like modern day travel agents, and putting many travel agents out of business. Kayak.com goes one step further and compares these travel deal sites against each other!!


When I am traveling I often go to kayak.com and check pricing for flights and then if I need say a hotel also, book a hotel with them. It is great to learn about the different hotels. I can get photos and reviews on multiple hotels in my destination of interest in just a few clicks of my mouse. What these sites do not tell you is that not every airline or hotel chooses to affiliate with these third party aggregators. It is a personal company choice so although these sites have some definite pros to what value they can add to your travel buying experience these sites may not always have the best pricing. Southwest airlines for example does not want to be affiliated with any of these party aggregators. It costs money to be part of their sites and they can control the variables and environment better on their own website. Delta and American Airlines have removed their flight from several 3rd party websites also.
So just like these websites are doing a lot of the legwork for you know that knowledge can be power and you may be able to find a cheaper flight directly from the airline’s or hotel’s website exclusively.

Expedia.com


HAPPY TRAVELS!!!

Corinne 

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