CyberMonday posts
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Nov 28th, 2011 at 4:00PM: In search of a luxe holiday gift for someone special? You don't have to shell out for the G5.
For just $60,000 this Cyber Monday, Gilt City has partnered with Virgin America to offer a lucky person the chance to name a Virgin plane (permanently!) and enjoy a round-trip flight for the purchaser and 145 of their closest friends. You can take any roundtrip nonstop domestic flight (Las Vegas, ...
by Melanie Renzulli (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Nov 27th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Have you always wanted to go on safari in Kenya, tour the colorful markets and Mughal palaces of India's Golden Triangle, or explore the mysterious Incan settlements of Peru and do so in style? Beginning on Cyber Monday, Abercrombie & Kent will begin its Six Days of Holiday Savings sale, during which 10 luxury trips of a lifetime will be on sale.
Starting at 9am CST on November 28 and ...
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Nov 26th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Black Friday and Cyber Monday aren't just for holiday shopping. You can get great deals on holiday travel too. Writer Melanie has already tracked seven great Black Friday travel deals and Chris found some awesome Black Friday cruise and general travel promos but there are more floating in every day. Peruse the list below, and let us know if we're missing any - we'll add it right in!
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by Melanie Renzulli (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Nov 25th, 2011 at 10:00AM: As a holiday purist, I lament the day that "Black Friday" and its sister "Cyber Monday" supplanted Thanksgiving as November's most anticipated event. But as a shopper, in particular a seeker of travel deals, I always look forward to seeing what kinds of discounts I can gobble up.
This year, quite a number of hotels are offering flash sales on Black Friday (November 25), Cyber Monday (November ...
by Melanie Nayer (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Nov 24th, 2010 at 10:30AM: Still thinking about ways to get away this holiday season? One of the best things about the Thanksgiving holiday is what comes after - Black Friday and Cyber Monday. To help buyers celebrate, Hotels.com will launch one of their biggest sales of the year during the busiest shopping weekend of the year.
In addition to 50 percent off nightly room rates, the first 500 hotels.com customers who book ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Nov 23rd, 2010 at 8:00AM: Okay, your goal should be NOT to conform to what you see below. The travel industry, riding something of a recovery this year, is set to come out with some solid sales on Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year. So, as you click among hotel, airline and online travel agency sites, it will pay for you to be aware of the biggest risks you face.
Despite the many risks associated ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Nov 22nd, 2010 at 1:30PM: Cyber Monday is around the corner, and the travel business is getting ready to hit you up with some great deals. If all goes as planned for them, you'll rush to pry open your wallet and book your next trip at a fantastic discount. Ready? Well, not so fast ...
There are a lot of other people who want access to your credit card, too. But, they don't want to give you anything in return. The ...
by Melanie Nayer (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Nov 15th, 2010 at 12:00PM: There are two types of Thanksgiving deal finders: Those who take a quick cat nap after Thanksgiving dinner so they can be in line super early for Black Friday shopping, and those who wait out the weekend then pounce on Cyber Monday sales. In the retail world, we call this power of purchase. In the hotels world, this type of consumer behavior is known as impulse shopping, and the hotels are more ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Nov 29th, 2009 at 5:00PM: After four days off, the world will slide behind its desks again on Monday morning. They'll try to get back into the swing of work life, but it won't be immediate. So, as they ease back into productivity, many will push into the shopping world they dodged three days earlier on Black Friday. The hotels will be waiting for them, with more than 60 of them pushing deals to try to get in on the holiday ...
by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Nov 27th, 2009 at 2:30PM: The folks over at the LA Times have rounded up a few more great travel deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. And what better way to recoup from this most hellish of shopping weekends than by looking forward to a discounted vacation?
Shell's Vacation Hospitality's Black Friday Sale runs today with discounts of up to 50% off at 26 of its resorts located in Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, New ...