Category Archives: hotels

Landing in Las Vegas

Posted on November 13, 2006 by

Despite the Medford to SFO delay that kicked me to the next SFO to LAS flight, here I am in Las Vegas having arrived about 3 hours later than planned. The Best Western Mardi Gras is turning out to be … Continue reading →

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When too much is not enough and a little is just right. Google > Yahoo

Posted on October 5, 2006 by

Today a very sharp friend said that even though he uses Yahoo mail and some of their default screen navigation, he always uses Google to search. Why? Because Google is not cluttered and makes it very easy to leave Google … Continue reading →

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SES San Jose – it’s almost like I’m not … here.

Posted on August 8, 2006 by

I’m sitting in my San Jose hotel room a few blocks from the Search Engine Strategies conference thinking how much better the information about the conference is … right here on my pc … than at the conference itself.   … Continue reading →

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Mountain View – Mashup Camp Two

Posted on July 9, 2006 by

Seems like a double life these days. At 1pm today I was home in Oregon painting our house, and now I’m in Mountain View, CA where the 2 day first of all time “Mashup University” begins tomorrow at the Computer … Continue reading →

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Airline flight update frustrations..

Posted on June 20, 2006 by

I praised Kayak's flight selection service a few posts back, but I'm finding they are listing flights that are not available even after what appear to be many hours of non-availability. However, this does appear to be an American Airlines … Continue reading →

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Kayak vs Sidestep = $200 Savings!

Posted on June 19, 2006 by

After gushing over Kayak's great flight search I realized I had not used Sidestep in some time and should give it a try.   In my opinion Sidestep used to really suck, requiring download of software to your browser and … Continue reading →

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Kayak.com shines as airline ticket tool

Posted on June 18, 2006 by

My initial experiments with Kayak over a year ago left me unimpressed, but Kayak.com has evolved into one of the best tools for finding cheap flights.  There are several notable features that make it a great way to search for … Continue reading →

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Travel Tip – Hotel and Airline prices

Posted on April 12, 2006 by

Over at WebmasterWorld a member was suggesting that contacting hotels directly leads to the lowest price for a room. Not true. There's no magic bullet site online for cheap rates, you need to surf around and may often find a … Continue reading →

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