Posts about Travelocity
(Yandle)
—>So, you've decided to cancel your "nonessential" trip to Mexico to avoid the swine flu outbreak. Great. Just don't expect the cancellation process to go smoothly. More »
—>You won't get the best deal booking your hotel room through third-party sites like Expedia or Travelocity, according to an anonymous hospitality industry insider. Inside, four excellent reasons to book directly with a hotel to guarantee the best rooms at the best prices. More »
Over on Elliott.org, a woman describes how her $29 Days Inn room ballooned to a $180 charge when the hotel's owner refused to honor the deal, and what she did to get the difference refunded. [Elliott.org] More »
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- Budget Truck Rental: $50 Gift card when paying w/American Express
- Reverie: T-Shirt Sale: Buy 1 TEE get 1 free TEE
- BestBuy: Westinghouse 42" 1080p LCD HDTV and portable DVD Player for $749.99 + shipping
- Drugstore.com: New Customers: Save $5 or $10 off First Order
- Vann's: Panasonic FZ28 10.2MP Digital Camera $340 Shipped
- Amazon: Get Savings of up to 75% off Bargain Books
—>James booked two flights for his honeymoon with Travelocity, but when it became obvious that their visas weren't going to come in on time, James asked Travelocity if he could reschedule. They assured him that he could, so James followed their instructions and FedExed his tickets back to Travelocity. He then waited for them to call to complete the transaction. They called 2 days after he was originally scheduled to leave and left a message saying that he could now reschedule. When he called them back, Travelocity said that they'd neglected to inform the airline that he was going to be rescheduling, so they'd been marked as "no shows" and were out of luck... and out of $2,584.55. More »
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On Nov 22 my 36 year old brother Mike died suddenly. So I quickly hoped on-line to get a flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh, leaving Nov 24th. More »
Honoring a fare misprint would have cost Travelocity $2 million. Not honoring it would have damaged their brand. They decided to go with the former. [BusinessWeek] More »
—>As a travel company, you would think Travelocity would know that there is an embargo on Cuba. The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control filed a complaint against the company earlier this month, alleging that Travelocity violated the prohibition nearly 1,500 times between January 1998 and April 2004. More »
Earlier this year, AT&T's Cingular division and Travelocity both pledged not to advertise anymore via adware—programs that slip onto PCs and inject ads into a user's browser. Verizon took a stance against computer invaders when it became a sponsor of an antispyware initiative. Yet, in March, ads from all three companies were being distributed through adware. More »
Edelman says Cingular Wireless and Travelocity are indirectly supporting the adware and spyware industry with ad dollars despite efforts by both companies to cut ties with that form of advertising. More »
—>Reader Adam L's most unsavory experience at a Santa Cruz Travelodge this week included: More »
