Tag: ORBITZ

With flying becoming a luxury, folks want to snag the cheapest fares they can grab. But, as is the American way, they don't always want to do the work required to get the deal. According to USA Today, the new FareCompare 'When-to-Fly' free app sends a push notification whenever the price of a preselected flight route drops below the current lowest fare. For U.S. flights, the price needs to drop ...

Sometimes, planning a flight can be more stressful than actually waiting in the security lines or sitting next to a crying baby on the transatlantic. Sure, there are plenty of travel sites out there, each claiming to deliver the cheapest, easiest flights in the skies. But sifting through the layovers and comparing costs often takes some extensive research, simply due to the confusing way most ...

Getting a good deal on air fare has never been easier, but getting the best deal has probably never been more complicated. There are more discount travel sites and price comparison services out there than one person could possibly use in a lifetime. Travelocity, Expedia, Kayak, Orbitz, CheapTickets... the list goes on and on. Then, there are fare prediction sites, like Farecast and Yapta, which ...

If you've ever booked a flight through a site like Expedia or Orbitz, you're used to the unavoidable booking fees that get tacked on to the cost of your airline ticket. But everyone is hurting in this economy, including bargain-hunting, online travel agencies. According to Reuters, sites like Travelocity are attempting to lure back customers (who are cutting back on business and leisure travel) ...

The next time you fly, avoid having a Michael-Douglas-'Falling Down' kind of day with the newly launched Orbitz TLC Traveler Update, an online service that mixes elements of a standard travel update site with peer-to-peer and social networking technologies. Along with the info on delays, cancellations and weather provided by the TSA, which you can get from any one of a hundred different travel ...