Expedia.com vs. Priceline.com

             Every year thousands of travelers take to the airways to attend fall festivities and holiday celebrations. With so many airline companies out there, new companies are fighting to produce cheaper tickets. The two most talked about Internet vacation guides that are getting so much attention are Expedia.com, and Priceline.com. Expedia.com proves to be a worth while site that allows you to scan all sorts of packages as well as hotels, airfare, transportation, and rentals. Priceline.com is known for the consumers ability to bid on his or hers budget.
             Expedia, Inc. operates Expedia.com, a leading online Web site in the United States. To help customers travel right; Expedia.com provides the best combination of air, car and hotel booking, vacation package and cruise offers as well as destination information. Industry experts agree Expedia's quality and leadership was recognized through several awards, including PC Magazine's Editors' Choice, Yahoo. Internet Life's "Best Overall Travel Site," Gomez Advisors' "Number One Travel Site for Summer 2000" and PC World's 2000 World Class Award for Best Travel Site. Expedia.com customers are supported by a credit card guarantee, privacy policy, and live agents.
             Priceline is a buying service, which allows you to "name your own price" for airline tickets. They have deals with certain airlines to enable lower airfares on certain routes. As long as the price you name is higher than the price of the ticket. They add on associated fees, and you bought the ticket. The truth about Priceline is that it has little boxes to check that let you indicate if you will be "flexible" in your ticket choices. Flexible means that you will fly on a hard-to-sell route such as to a different city, or a different day. Most often, this will include a multiple stopover flight, possibly a "red-eye" all in the name of saving you money. The little check-box to indicate that you don't want to be as "flexibl...

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