The Bargainist (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Expedia - $100 GC when booking a flight or package w/MasterCard At Expedia , earn a coupon good for $100 toward future travel when you book a flight or package and pay via MasterCard. The coupon will then be valid for a flight + 3-night hotel package for travel between 09/08/2008 and 12/31/2008. Hurrry, offer ends 08/31/2008 . Visit The Bargainist for more.
World Hum (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
This guy did and called Expedia to see whether his airline ticket purchase went through. It did not, he was assured. So he booked the flights again, only to see on his credit card bill later that he was charged for both purchases. Fortunately, Christopher Elliott came to his rescue, but among other things, it’s a good reminder to review those credit card bills carefully.
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
I had a request from someone to list my favorite travel websites. Not the reservations ones like Travelocity or Expedia, but smaller ones with good travel content, perhaps local. Any recommendations? © Robert S. Sutor for Bob Sutor's Open Blog, 2008. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. [...]
CNN (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
When Albert Lewis tries to book airline tickets through Expedia, his screen freezes and goes black. No worries, says a company representative -- the booking didn't go through. So he makes another one. And then -- surprise! -- he discovers the first one actually went through. Should Expedia refund one of his tickets?
Slog (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
King County has rolled out its Green Bikes Project (GBP), a partnership between the county, the Cascade Bicycle Club, REI and local businesses to cut down on car commuting. The GBP will provide 200 Novar bicycles to employees at partner companiesFoss Maritime, Expedia, Zymogenetics, Perkins Coie, Boeing, REI, Swedish Hospital and otherwho commit to riding to work through May 2009. Companies must...
The Street (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
The travel company has unique assets, and shares are near support levels.
The Next Web (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Glassdoor.com, a web service that allows for inside glimpses into over 11,000 companies based on their own employees’ reports, has added a small but impactful feature to their offer: multi-currency information. Benchmark-backed Glassdoor was founded in 2007 by Microsoft and Expedia veterans and launched its public beta in June 2008, with relative fanfare and rave reviews. [...]
Travolution Blog (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
After the demise of TripUp in March this year, another Trip-titled travel site has gone to 'travel 2.0' heaven. TripHub , a US group-travel booking site backed by an Expedia exec, closed its doors this weekend , blaming the "current economic environment and state of the travel industry". One wonders how many of the other Trip sites will be here in 12 months time? I suspect Tripadvisor is safe... Kevin...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Latest Expedia Travel Trendwatch Shows Americans Still Traveling This Summer BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Expedia(R), the world's leading online travel company, today released the new issue of the quarterly Expedia Travel Trendwatch(R), focused on the current summer travel season and the upcoming fall travel season. In a shift from past reports that provided general travel...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
London, August 22 (ANI): Over 1,000 Germans joined forces to make the worlds longest beach towel during a event in the countrys St Peter-Ording resort recently. The 2,760ft towel was made by assembling yellow towels in a chain. Internet firm Expedia Germany, organisers of the event, the participants completed the task in less than 30 minutes. [...]
WATblog (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Tripadvisor the travel community portal backed by Expedia has launched in India under the domain name tripadvisor.in. India alreday boasts of local travel portals launching their own travel community sites like Oktatabyebye by Makemytrip and Raahi by Yatra.com. Recently even WAYN the popular international travel community had launched in India and also hired a local [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Q: I'm trying to get a refund for airline tickets that I didn't mean to buy. So far, I haven't had any success. A few months ago, I tried to book three flights to Florida through Expedia. But during the confirmation process, my computer froze and the screen...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Q: I'm trying to get a refund for airline tickets that I didn't mean to buy. So far, I haven't had any success. A few months ago, I tried...
Discount code, coupon, voucher UK (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Expedia has a £50 voucher code - AFF50B - expiring on 31 August 2008 to use against tailor made packages, for travel up to 31 December this year. The minimum purchase amount is £600. cf. Essential Travel , Opodo , Thomas Cook
Travolution Blog (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
As we revealed in May, Tripadvisor is setting its sights on the Far East and the Indian subcontinent . A few months earlier than expected, but the world's biggest hotel review site has unveiled its Indian site today, tripadvisor.in . A good move for the Expedia -owned site, of course, although one wonders why India was chosen first rather than China, given the enormous attention the 2008 Olympic host...
