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thomas pars
Joined: 29 Jan 2009
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 Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject: Discount travel sites? |
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Anyone ever use those discount travel sites like expedia or travelocity. the
deals are really cheap. but I've heard horror stories about them
forgetting to included the second or third portion of your trip, billing
you but sending you no ticket. All of this being found out while you are stranded at the airport. I'd buy directly from the airline but doing so would be literally 1000 $ more. |
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complex303
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
Location: Bucheon, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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I've used www.kayak.com for the past 6 years. It's a metasearch engine that searches through everything i.e. expedia, travelocity, cheaptickets.. and it searches the airlines websites i.e. delta, singapore, koreanair, etc..
From my experience I've never had a problem using expedia, travelocity, cheaptickets or orbitz. They email you an electronic ticket and all you need is to print it out and bring it with you to the airport/car rental/hotel. My favorite is Orbitz, cause they have the coolest commercials... although I use cheaptickets.com more cause they're cheaper. |
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bbb0777
Joined: 24 Aug 2009
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Yes, all the time. I've never had any problems. As long as you print all the confirmations (tickets, hotels reservations, etc.) and bring them with you, any problems should be correctable on the spot.
www.orbitz.com & http://supersearch.travelzoo.com/ are also good to check, if you're not familiar. |
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runthegauntlet
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Location: the southlands.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Discount travel sites? |
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| thomas pars wrote: |
Anyone ever use those discount travel sites like expedia or travelocity. the
deals are really cheap. but I've heard horror stories about them
forgetting to included the second or third portion of your trip, billing
you but sending you no ticket. All of this being found out while you are stranded at the airport. I'd buy directly from the airline but doing so would be literally 1000 $ more. |
Most of the time I've found similar prices on the airlines websites that I have on the 'discount websites', though I don't really think they're that 'discount'. I've never seen a $1000 price difference.
I've used them all (orbitz, travelocity, cheaptickets) multiple times with no problems. I usually start with Kayak and Vayama and then move from there, though.
If you're looking for plane tickets out of Korea, though, there are actual discount websites that consistently beat the best prices of the American sites. whypaymore.co.kr and onlinetour.co.kr are good ones if you have a Korean friend that can help you. |
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