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Features this month include:
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Summer DealsUnited's Welcome to Summer FaresTickets must now be purchased no later than June 18, 1999.
CHICAGO, June 8 (PRNewswire) -- United Airlines today
announced a widespread summer sale with reduced domestic
and international fares. In addition to the sale fares,
domestic travelers can bring up to two companions for
round-trip fares ranging from $48 to $258.
The companion fares apply to travel throughout the United
States including Alaska and Florida but excluding Hawaii.
Other discounted fares are available for international travel.
Here are examples of United's even lower fares:
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Online Booking Systems
Selling products and services on the internet has never been easier. Cheap access to the international market place, combined with low overheads, leaves the consumer with an abundance of choice. This is especially true of the travel industry where the traditional role of the agent is being replaced by web sites which give the traveler access to quite literally, all the flights in the world. But with all this choice, comes the difficulty of deciding which agent to use. Well don't fear, we have tried and tested a few of the top travel sites to bring you our favourites.
[ CheapTickets.com ] [ LowFares.com ] [ PriceLine.com ]
Online Fares Worldwide
Farebusters -- Farebusters interfaces with the Airlines' own SABRE database. Lists over 200 million discounted air fares on all popular airlines to and from all destinations worldwide. It has an attractive easy to use interface. Offers to find you either the cheapest fare (regardless of availability) or the nearest actually available to your planned itinerary (with cheaper fares available at other times). Can be slow at peak times because of popularity. We found very early US time was best.
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A Guide to Bargain Airfare Hunting.
Whenever you book a family holiday or business trip, you want to know that you got a got deal. The idea of scouring databases full of tickets for bargain flights from the comfort of our own office is very attractive. After all, everyone wants to cut out the salesman and check what's available themselves don't they?
Getting the best prices need not be an uncomfortable experience as long as you know what to expect, so read on for the essential guide to booking flights online.
Most booking interfaces give you the ability to interrogate a large database of flights. When you enter your desired itinerary, the database returns a price. If you like the price, you can make a request to reserve a ticket. This request normally takes 2 working days to be processed. It is worth reiterating that this is a request for a reservation NOT a booking. After 2 working days, you should either have confirmation of booking or the agent will come back to you with an offer. This offer usually remains open for 24 hours and should be honoured by the agent.
When shopping around for the right price, you will probably be dealing with international agents. The best bargains for internal US flights originate outside of the US. The reason for this is quite simple; no US airline is going to offer a discount to an agent who represents direct competition. So don't be scared of booking through European or Asian outlets.
Given that your tickets are probably going to come from abroad, be aware of delivery times. Normal mail can take up to two weeks but most agents will offer a courier service for an extra few dollars. Prices are usually quoted in dollars but tax varies depending on the country from which you purchase the tickets. For this reason, the prices are normally quoted without tax.
Our final pearl of wisdom is to book early so that if there are any problems you have time to sort them out. This golden rule may sound obvious but you would be surprised how often it is ignored.
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| The Top Online Hotel Sites Star Hotels Online Reservations - Up to 65% Off! The Star Hotels Online Reservations claim to offer the lowest hotel rates on the net, up to 65% off regular hotel rates in the world's most expensive cities. They also have rooms when cities are sold-out! They principally cover New York, Las Vegas, Chicago, San Francisco,Orlando, Vegas, Boston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Diego, Anaheim, London, Paris, Miami. 1Travel.com - Hotel Reservations Network - Up to 65% Off! Instant Confirmation,claim over 43,000 Properties Worldwide, Up To 40% Off At Over 15,000 Properties, Flexible Searching And Filtering, Secure Online Booking Offer a FREE Hot Deals Newsletter. |
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More online car hire..... Leaseway of Puerto Rico, Inc. - car and truck rental/leasing company. LoCost Rent-A-Car - serving British Columbia. National Car Rental - offers free upgrades for the Internet customer. Sign up for contests, win free car usage, and register online for Emerald Club membership. Practical Rent-A-Car Systems Rental locations worldwide. Rent A Car, SA Spain - throughout. Rental Concepts - Rents cars, trucks, & vans to both individuals and corporations with over 2,800 locations nationwide. Rudy's Ryder Truck Rental - Truck Rental and moving supplies. Singapore Car Rental Companies Toyota Rent A Car - Indonesia - family-wagon, sedan and luxury car rentals. Travellers Auto Barn - Australia quality cars and campervans. UK-GOLF - EuroDollar - UK On screen quotations and confirmed bookings. Unidas Rent a Car - car rental service in Brazil. Union Express - Rent a Car - Promotional rates. Value Rent A Car - Car rentals Miami, Denver, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix, New Orleans and throughout Florida.
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Online Car Hire A-I Rent-A-Car San Francisco - Rent sports cars and convertibles. AI Rent-a-Car - Car rental agency serving Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. BCR - rents cars, vans & minibuses from one day to several months, through 75 outlets UK wide. California Campers - Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia RV rentals. Discount Car And Truck Rentals Ltd. 200 locations worldwide - Canada, U.S., Caribbean. EuroDollar (UK) Ltd - part of the Worldwide Dollar/EuroDollar vehicle rental system. Executive Car Rental - serving southeast Mexico. Florida Auto Rental - offers a large selection of vehicles from sedans to 15 passenger vans and all at very competitive rates. Image Rent-A-Car - specializing in Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, Corvette, and Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. Island Riders - renting exotic cars, Harley Davidson's and jet boats in Maui, Hawaii.
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This comprehensive site offers a range of over 500 villas thoughout the world. Each villa comes complete with a picture and full details of the accommodation whilst navigating the extensive database is kept simple with geographical grouping of properties. Reservations can be made via fax or email.
123France Hotels and Reservations
This bilingual (English, French) directory of accommodations, especially villas is quite inclusive. Throughout the site, you use clickable maps to request your desired location. Hotels are grouped by a rating system of stars. Most listings have brief descriptions, with photos. There are also links to the hotel itself, if available. You can also make reservations online.
TravelNET is a no thrills searchable index of hotels, motels, bed & breakfasts, condominiums and resorts throughout the United States. Simply type in you desired city, or a postal zip code and you'll get a basic listing of properties with contact, rate, and amenities information.
10,000 Vacation Rentals Around the World
This is vacation rental heaven! Well, maybe not heaven, but there is a lot to choose from. Mind you, the listings for the locations available are basic, with only contact information.
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