It’s that time of year again.
BARGAIN
How to fall into a real travel bargain this year
October 2, 2010
Tired of high hotel rates and airfares this summer? Just wait. Travel prices may be about to go into a tailspin — again.
If you found a bargain airfare, you’d book it, right?
Post-holiday travel bargains abound, but are they worth it?
January 3, 2010
Everything you’ve heard about Dead Week may be dead wrong.
Why 2010 will be the year of the travel deal
October 11, 2009
If you thought the travel bargains were unbelievable this year, just wait until 2010.
Hotwire’s Bason: “I don’t expect these prices to last”
July 24, 2009
Clem Bason is the president of Hotwire.com, the discount travel Web site. I asked him about the outlook for bargains in the second half of the summer, and to address some of the consumer complaints about so-called “opaque” travel sites.
Here’s a “recovery” every bargain hunter is gonna love
July 20, 2009
Traffic to the three major online travel agencies — Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity — is trending higher, as bargain-hunters snap up discounted airline tickets, hotel rooms and rental cars. It helps that the agencies eliminated some of their booking fees a few months ago.
Deal or no deal? 6 secrets for spotting a bargain
March 7, 2009
All across the travel industry, people who thought they were getting deals are discovering that they aren’t. As airlines slash their fares, passengers with advance reservations are finding that their tickets weren’t bargains. The “low” hotel rates? Turns out they had a lot lower to go. Ditto for cruise tickets and rental cars.
Summer hotel rate slump could be sign of imminent fire sale
September 18, 2008
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.
It’s a “tremendous buyer’s market” for hotel guests
September 17, 2008
Can’t wait for those hotel bargains I predicted a few days ago? Thanks to this week’s Wall Street meltdown, you don’t have to. They’re already here.
Elliott is consumer advocate 
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