Stop the Travel Search Madness!
Expedia, Orbitz, Hotwire, Trivago, FareCompare, Priceline. Some travel searches cover just hotels, some just flights and some a combination of both. Many of these are biased (listing advertisers first) and many are owned by each other. Did you know…. Hotels.com,...
8 Steps for Finding Best Vacation Packages
I notice a lot of articles offering advice on how to find the best flight, car rental, and hotel, but information for finding the best vacation package appears less often. With summer almost over, the time to search out winter vacations is fast approaching. If you...
How to Spot Fake Travel Reviews
Online reviews have been around a long time. We look for online reviews for everything from new sneakers to new mattresses to new electronics to cars. And travel is no exception. It’s a rare traveler who doesn’t check online reviews for hotel, resort, restaurant and...
Hotel Price Matching: Hotels vs online aggregators
Which search sites have the best pricing on the hotel you want to book? Is it Trivago, Expedia, Booking.com or another online aggregator or is it the hotel itself? What about the ‘best price guarantees’ hotel chains offer? How do they stack up? And if they are the...
