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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June 8th, 2006 at 3:48 am
I do not happen to trust Skytrax much because it is a very opaque, undemocratic source of information. Skytrax seems to edit passenger opinions, choosing what to publish/not to publish. The Airline/Airport of the year award is similarly not transparent. Of course, I might be the one sorely mistaken, but I’m curious about what you think of the credibility of Skytrax (other than their own claims), since your blog is about using the Internet as a source of information. Thanks!
June 8th, 2006 at 10:14 pm
I have no reason not to believe them. I have stated in other episodes that each person needs to confirm any information on the Internet. They have been quoted in Forbes several times. I don’t know about them choosing what to publish or not based on user comments since I’ve not posted any comments. I picked them because they had some unique and interesting content that I hadn’t found elsewhere.
I did do a quick search about them and they seem to be a legitimate company based on London. Here’s a wikpedia article about Skytrax: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skytrax. I also didn’t come across any negatives reviews or compliants.
Just because a source isn’t democratic doesn’t mean they aren’t a good source. But like everything in the online world, always confirm with at least one (preferably two or more) other independent sites.