Searching the Internet 005: Travel Planning

Episode 005 of Searching the Internet covers travel related search sites such as Travelocity, Expedia, Hotels.com and more as well as some lesser know but very good newcomers to the travel search market. Also how to choose a seat on a airline flight and some places for information on various vacation destinations.

00:00 Intro
Search Engine News
01:42 Gapminder.org: A interactive flash presentation of various data available on countries around the world.

Major Travel Search Sites
03:58 Expedia
05:12 Travelocity
06:33 Yahoo’s Farechase
10:20 Orbitz
12:11 Sidestep

New Travel Search Sites
16:34 Kayak
19:06 Dohop
20:05 Mobissimo Travel
21:35 Summary of Airfare Sites
Airline and Airport Information
23:20 Airwise
24:55 Skytrax Airlinequailty
26:56 Airtimetable.com
28:19 Summary of Airtravel Sites
Selecting your Airline Seat
29:14 Seatguru
31:26 Sidestep
32:23 Seat Expert
33:19 Summary of Seat Selection Sites

Hotels.com and Sites With Destinations Guides
33:51 Hotels.com
36:37 Fodors
38:14 Independent Traveler
40:17 Lonely Planet
30:10 Wrapup

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