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Save 50% at hotels and resorts on Black Friday and beyond

By Christine Frietchen on November 17, 2010 in

Hotel room

Stores aren't the only retailers to offer Black Friday deals. This year, hotels, resorts and travel websites are also promising bargain rates for sleep-deprived holiday shoppers. AOL Travel News sums up some of this year's deals so far, which include half-price resort and hotel stays in the Caribbean, Orlando, New Orleans and more. Read more

Travel gurus tell you where to go this summer

Computers & Internet
By Christine Frietchen on May 26, 2010 in

Beach scene

It's that time of year when it seems like every magazine and website is offering some kind of advice for summer travel: where to go, when to go and how to find the deals. Here's a summary of what we found.

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Another reason to complain about the airline industry: Most stink at recycling

By Christine Frietchen on February 20, 2010 in

Aluminum cans

It hasn't been a great week for airlines. The Kevin Smith incident sparked all kinds of uncomfortable conversations (and hedging from airlines) about how to deal with issues of comfort and personal space on crowded planes. Then we read about this -- and interestingly, it was something I wondered about just last week on an American Airlines flight from Miami. Airlines generate all kinds of trash, ranging from discarded newspapers, to cups, plastic utensils, food containers and aluminum cans. But what happens to all that stuff? Depending on the airline, most of it goes straight to a landfill, even though 75% of it could be recycled. That's according to a recent study from Green America and its watchdog site, ResponsibleShopper.org.

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Flyer beware: Consumers complain about two travel sites

Computers & Internet
By Scott Nyerges on January 30, 2010 in

Booking air travel

Recently, a reader contacted ConsumerSearch to ask about two travel websites, CheapoAir.com and OneTravel.com, which offered the lowest airfares for a trip to Europe he was researching. "Unfortunately," he writes, "I have found reviews on the web warning that [these] sites are not reliable and offer tickets that cannot be booked."

Although ConsumerSearch has reviewed travel sites, we weren't familiar with CheapoAir.com and OneTravel.com, so we decided to take a closer look at them. What we found suggests that you might want to think twice before using either of these travel sites to book your next flight. Plus, we turned up some tips for researching such websites on your own.

Recently, a reader contacted ConsumerSearch to ask about two travel websites, CheapoAir.com and OneTravel.com, which offered the lowest airfares for a trip to Europe he was researching. "Unfortunately," he writes, "I have found reviews on the web warning that [these] sites are not reliable and offer tickets that cannot be booked."

Although ConsumerSearch has reviewed travel sites, we weren't familiar with CheapoAir.com and OneTravel.com, so we decided to take a closer look at them. What we found suggests that you might want to think twice before using either of these travel sites to book your next flight. Plus, we turned up some tips for researching such websites on your own. Read more

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