If you’re planning on taking advantage of the lunch and dinner specials during the 20th annual New York City Restaurant Week, which is going on July 11-24, reservations are now open to the public. Specials are available Monday through Friday and optional at some locations on Sunday. To chow down during the two week event,…
When you’re the Senior Editor at Travelocity, most people you meet assume you’ve been everywhere. Also, your friends and family assume you’re available to act as their personal travel agent, but that’s another story for another time. Anyway, as I was saying – people assume I’ve been everywhere, but that’s not true. Don’t get me…
The next two days will be pretty busy as I embark on a 24-hour or so road-trip from Brooklyn to Montauk (about 121 miles each way). When in Montauk, I will be checking out one of their premiere beach resorts called Panoramic View (a full report about this lodge Friday). I will be taking the…
It looks like with a combination of a poor economy and less people traveling, mixed with plain old competition has brought all four of the top travel booking websites to waive airline fees permanently. Yesterday Orbitz.com announced it was removing all airline ticket booking fees on domestic and international flights. Travelocity said the same thing…
Competition these days in the travel industry is definitely at an all time high. Not only are airlines and hotels “duking” it out to win a customer’s service, but so are the very sites where travelers book these various aspects of their trip. In what is a sure sign that the poor economy has hurt…
On Tuesday, Orbitz announced that it would waive their booking fees on flights booked through Orbitz.com and sister site Cheaptickets.com through May 31. Fees for international tickets will remain at $10, while domestic booking fees of $7 will be suspended for spring. This move comes off the heels of the other online travel agencies pulling…