Here’s more evidence that hotel rates may be about to fall off a proverbial cliff. Earlier this week, experts predicted some modest rate declines. But after Wall Street’s meltdown, it became a more significant downturn. Now there’s evidence that the trajectory was already set long ago.
From the monthly archives:
September 2008
When Kimberly Esquivel rented a car from Alamo in Orlando recently, she thought her credit card would cover her. She discovered how wrong she was by accident.
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Any day now, it will become a buyer’s market for hotel rooms. Check this out.
There’s probably no better way of pinching your vacation pennies than sleeping on a friend’s sofa or camping out. But you don’t have to rough it to afford your next getaway. Here are a few ways to save big bucks by renting a home.
When David Nicholson arrives at the National Car Rental counter in Guadalajara, Mexico, he’s told they’re out of cars. And he’s also on his own. Shouldn’t National have tried to find him another car? Well, yes. So why isn’t it responding to his complaint letter?
They make us pay for our first checked bag. They invent new fees. They slap outrageous fuel “surcharges” on to the price of our ticket. Why? Airlines say it’s because fuel costs are out of control. What nonsense.
On the seventh anniversary of 9/11, there’s lots of blabbering and bloviating about the the terrorist attacks. To most of it — if not all of it — I have a two-word response: shut up.
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Carole Hunter thought the $1,950 for a weekly rental in San Francisco was too good to be true. She was right. The condo didn’t exist.
Here’s your reward for taking a staycation this summer. The price of a real vacation is now a bargain. A steal, actually. Here are five reasons to take off now.
Rick Petersen prepays for his hotel room in Duluth, Minn., through Hotwire.com. But a few months later, he’s charged for it — again. Now, neither the hotel nor Hotwire seem to care about fixing the double-billing error. Is Petersen out of options?
If you thought airlines weren’t following a secret playbook when they dumped a truckload of new fees on you this year — if you thought all of this was just part of their corporate DNA — then you might want to think again. It turns out there are places where travel companies go to learn this stuff.
Yes they do, according to a new survey by travel marketing firm Oban. Travel sites ignore the needs of international users by offering English-only pages, the study concluded. That could be causing travelers extra frustrations — and costing these sites business.
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