Dirt Cheap Flights + Hotels 
created by starryeye on August 7, 2006 8:43 AM
A list of online resources for finding dirt cheap flights and hotels.
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Priceline
Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) is a website devoted to helping users obtain discount rates for travel-related items such as airline tickets and hotel stays. It is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. Priceline is the brainchild of digital entrepreneur Jay Walker, thus its parent company is Walker Digital.
It first gained prominence for its Name Your Own Price system, where travelers would name their price for airline tickets, hotel rooms, and car rentals. The price would be compared to undisclosed prices in the Priceline database, with the purchaser knowing the location and name of the rental car company, airline, or hotel only after the purchase had gone through, with no rights to cancel. Priceline's cut of the proceeds was the difference between the price an individual named and the price charged by the service establishment. More recently, it has moved to a more traditional model where travelers are presented prices while not being told the name of the establishment. Travelers can still choose to name their price but the number of participants in that program has significantly diminished.
It first gained prominence for its Name Your Own Price system, where travelers would name their price for airline tickets, hotel rooms, and car rentals. The price would be compared to undisclosed prices in the Priceline database, with the purchaser knowing the location and name of the rental car company, airline, or hotel only after the purchase had gone through, with no rights to cancel. Priceline's cut of the proceeds was the difference between the price an individual named and the price charged by the service establishment. More recently, it has moved to a more traditional model where travelers are presented prices while not being told the name of the establishment. Travelers can still choose to name their price but the number of participants in that program has significantly diminished.
by starryeye on August 7, 2006 8:44 AM
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Expedia
Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) is an internet-based travel agency headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA. It books airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the World Wide Web and telephone travel agents. The company serves customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, and Australia.
Founded as a division of Microsoft in 1996, Expedia was spun off in 1999, and was purchased by USA Networks in 2001 (USA changed its name to InterActiveCorp in 2003). IAC spun off its travel group of businesses under the Expedia name in August 2005, including Expedia, Expedia Corporate Travel, TripAdvisor, Classic Vacations®, eLong, Hotels.com, and Hotwire.com. Expedia uses Worldspan as their main GDS, with Pegasus as an adjunct for hotels not listed in Worldspan.
Founded as a division of Microsoft in 1996, Expedia was spun off in 1999, and was purchased by USA Networks in 2001 (USA changed its name to InterActiveCorp in 2003). IAC spun off its travel group of businesses under the Expedia name in August 2005, including Expedia, Expedia Corporate Travel, TripAdvisor, Classic Vacations®, eLong, Hotels.com, and Hotwire.com. Expedia uses Worldspan as their main GDS, with Pegasus as an adjunct for hotels not listed in Worldspan.
by starryeye on August 7, 2006 8:45 AM
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Orbitz
Orbitz, Inc. is an Internet travel company headquartered in Chicago, and part of the Cendant Corporation. Orbitz, along with all other Cendant travel businesses, were sold to a subsidiary of the Blackstone group, for a deal worth over $4.6 billion.
by starryeye on August 7, 2006 8:45 AM