Archive for April, 2010
Car Rental Companies – Covering It All
With the recent announcement of Hertz purchasing Dollar & Thrifty, all three major car rental companies now cover everything from corporate business to leisure travel business. The purchase announced earlier this week is in the amount of $1.17 billion in cash and stock. The purchase of Dollar & Thrifty will significantly expand the vacation/leisure portion of [...]
A Deal for iPhone Users, Don’t Wait
Some Lonely Planet City Guides Free Through 11:59 (GMT) Some good has come from the Icelandic volcano eruption that has caused chaos for European travelers, as Lonely Planet have decided to cut the price of all their City Guide iPhone applications from $14.50 to absolutely zero! This offer has been in place for a few [...]
Travel Agent Creates Ways to Get Travelers Home Despite the Odds!
Back in July 2009 a colleague mentioned Christopherson Travel’s “amazing” agents,” answering the question of why a large majority of travelers continue to work with experienced, knowledgeable, and professional agents rather than book online themselves. http://blog.christophersontravel.com/?p=497 This time however, Jack Cunniff who was the focus of the above blog was interviewed and talked about on [...]
A Peek “Behind the Curtain” at the Coolest Mobile Travel Apps
Mobile computing is increasingly becoming an inexorable part of our every day lives. And travel is no different. As business and leisure travelers are trading schlepping their laptops for their Blackberries, iPhones or Droids in droves, a new wave of mobile travel apps are flooding the marketplace. Here’s a quick peep at 5 travel apps [...]
Iceland Volcano Causes Europe Travel Chaos
A Cloud of Volcanic Ash Has Led To Airpace Closures All Over Europe Airports across Europe were thrown into chaos today after ash drifting from Iceland’s erupting volcano caused several countries to close their airspace. Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland. Early Thursday April 15, 2010, the valcano [...]
“Slap in the face…”. Carry-on bag fees…really?
Really! Isn’t it amazing of all the work it takes just to carry on a bag? On my last business trip I decided to carry on instead of checking because of fees. I figured it was easy enough to stroll my carry-on through security along with my laptop. Upon arriving to the security line I [...]
What will my flight really cost?
Links to airline baggage and meal fees Since airlines began offering a la carte pricing for everything from checked baggage to in-flight meals, calculating the true cost of a trip has become decidedly more complicated. With no industry standard for the pricing of checked baggage and meals, the cost for these services varies widely – [...]
Would you sleep here?
Holiday Inn – England Do you love it when your bed has that already-slept-in feeling? Then Holiday Inn is the hotel for you, friend. The chain is testing human bed-warmers at three locations in England. Request the service, and “a willing staff-member” will don a one-piece fleece sleeper suit and slip between your sheets, heating [...]
Do It Yourself vs. Using A Full Service Agency
There are those who believe that booking travel is something that anyone can and should do. There are those who believe that booking travel should be left in the hands of experts. I think that both groups have some valid points however I think that those who believe that they should do their online bookings [...]