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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Lodging – Hotel conference or meeting rates aren’t always the best
Janice Hough is a Bay Area travel agent who writes a very useful and readable blog under the Tripso banner. She recently published one I really liked concerning the use of conference and meeting rates at hotels. This would also … Continue reading
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Tagged hotel conference rates, hotel meeting rates, Janice Hough
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Airline Fare School # 1 – The Basics, part 1
We’re going to start with three separate chapters covering basics in Airline Fare School, which I’ll abbreviate as AFS. Before we venture into some of the fun stuff, you need to have a solid grasp of the underpinnings of the … Continue reading
Airlines – Welcome to Airline Fare School!
My misspent career in the travel industry began in the spring of 1979 at the tender age of 23 when I was hired as a reservations sales agent for TWA in their San Francisco call center. I was laid off … Continue reading
Alameda’s Crosstown Coffeehouse – an end and a beginning
My first impulse was to title this post “Requiem for a Coffeehouse” but I concluded that was both too somber and, I hope, not really accurate. Last autumn I mentioned the Crosstown Coffeehouse in the first of two posts about … Continue reading
Chico bloggers to invade Alameda
For several years I’ve told fellow Norcalblogger, Steve Brown (“But This is Chico, too”), what a great place Alameda is for someone like him, a self-described flaneur who enjoys walking amidst a mix of old and new and everything in … Continue reading
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Airlines – You’re going to love this
I picked this up from several of the travel industry blogs I read. Story in brief. – Dave Carroll, a musician from the band “Sons Of Maxwell”, flies United from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Omaha, Nebraska – Dave sees his … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Carroll, Sons of Maxell, United Airlnes
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Airlines – United Airlines, travel agencies, and credit cards
It hasn’t gotten a lot of press outside the travel industry but a recent move by United Airlines may change how you buy airline tickets.
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Tagged OTA, segment fees, travel agencies, United Airlines
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