Archive for October, 2006
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006In my first two installments, I covered how Flyspy and Farecast are changing the online airfare booking scene. In Part 3, I’m exploring the benefits of using Farecompare.com
Farecompare allows users to view graphs of historical airfares between destinations They have a helpful “advanced graph” allowing you to see the historical data over a 7 [...]
Working Abroad in the UK
Sunday, October 8th, 2006As I have explored in previous posts, working vacations are a great way to finance your travels abroad. Previously, I noted Help Exchange and WWOOFing as options for working abroad.
I recently ran across Michael Page recruitment, which covers everything dealing with working in the UK. It’s a helpful resource that is a great starting [...]
Online Booking Revolution 2- Farecast flight prediction
Friday, October 6th, 2006In Part 2 of my mini series “Online Booking Revolution,” (Part 1 - Flyspy) I’m going to cover Farecast.com So what is Farecast? Farecast, put simply, is a site finds the cheapest flights, and predicts what the fares will be in the future based on historical data.
If you enter a departure date within the [...]
Online Booking Revolution - Flyspy
Monday, October 2nd, 2006Expect some changes with the traditional online travel booking sites like Travelocity, Orbitz, and Expedia, because of the pressures they feel from some new, young competitors. The way online travel booking happens now already seems archaich compared to the technology available.
So I’m going to make a short series reviewing the new, young competitors [hopefully] [...]
