Apr 15th, 2011 at 3:30PM:
Celebrate Earth Day with one of Gadling's favorite trip booking sites, Travelocity. Their mascot, the Roaming Gnome, is hosting a virtual and real week-long scavenger hunt, where Facebook fans and Twitter followers have a chance to win prizes, while finding the "greenest" hotspots from uptown to downtown Manhattan.
Starting April 18, the mascot (@roaminggnome) will host four scavenger hunts ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
Travelocity posts
Travelocity's "roaming gnome" hosts Earth Day scavenger hunt in NYC
Apr 15th, 2011 at 3:30PM:
Celebrate Earth Day with one of Gadling's favorite trip booking sites, Travelocity. Their mascot, the Roaming Gnome, is hosting a virtual and real week-long scavenger hunt, where Facebook fans and Twitter followers have a chance to win prizes, while finding the "greenest" hotspots from uptown to downtown Manhattan.
Starting April 18, the mascot (@roaminggnome) will host four scavenger hunts ...Online travel company lawsuits heat up, cool off
Mar 27th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
Going back more than 10 years, U.S. city and state governments have been suing online travel sites for underpaying general excise and hotel taxes. Now, lawsuits filed years ago are being heard and the story continues as mixed verdicts come in.
First, here's the beef. Online travel companies purchase unused hotel room inventory and then sell those rooms to consumers at a marked-up price. ...Travelocity video contest awards winners $5,000 voluntourism vacation grants
Jan 31st, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Travelocity knows you work hard. That's why the online travel company would like to give you a $5,000 grant to go on vacation.
Calm down now. You have to work to win your just reward. And by work, I mean you or a team need to submit a winning video. Then you have to use your five thousand smackers to take a Signature Trip volunteer vacation offered by Travelocity's voluntourism partners. ...
Brand Wars: The Airline Booking Battle Will Be Televised
Dec 6th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
Online travel agencies have had a solid run over the past two years. They picked up some market share as would-be travelers were willing to poke around a little more to score cheap tickets. High rates of unemployment and under-employment and general economic uncertainty, of course, were enough to make consumers value every dollar a little more. This opened an opportunity for online travel ...Keep track of Thanksgiving holiday airport ruckus with Travelocity
Nov 20th, 2010 at 4:00PM: The busiest travel day of the year is almost upon us -- have you got your chain mail travel pants and your 3oz 4Loko shots ready yet?
There's no doubt that the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the craziest day of the year to travel, and with this year's new security screenings in place and a higher volume of air travelers predicted over last year, airports are going to be experiencing ...The Travelocity Roaming Gnome becomes a real retail celebrity
Sep 24th, 2010 at 11:30AM:
When I travel, I always expect to run into someone I never thought I'd see at my destination. But to travel, and run into not one, but three of the Travelocity Roaming Gnomes took me completely by surprise. Sadly, the little fellow wasn't there to make sure my trip was going as planned (I had not booked through his company).
Apparently, the chubby little gnome has become quite a retail ...New TripAdvisor iPhone app makes finding reviews on the go a lot easier
May 26th, 2010 at 5:00PM: There is no denying that TripAdvisor has become one of the go-to sources of hotel, restaurant and attraction reviews. So, if you have an iPhone (or iPod), check out the newest TripAdvisor app and get your reviews on the go.
The app is very easy to use, and makes finding reviews a beeze - based upon your location, or a manually entered location.
Best of all - you can write your own reviews ...Travelocity announces the launch of Top Secret Hotels
Mar 23rd, 2010 at 7:00PM: The roaming Gnome has found a new way to book hotels: Travelocity announced it will offer unpublished - or 'opaque' - hotel deals as part of their hotel offerings.
tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2010/03/23/travelocity-announces-the-launch-of-top-secret-hotels/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling';
The concept is familiar: Find deeply discounted hotel rates based on preferred location, ...Mixed bag for spring break travel
Mar 4th, 2010 at 12:00PM: For spring breakers, the news this year is mixed. According to data from Bing Travel and Travelocity, USA Today reports, airfares are up, but hotel rates are down. The result, of course, is a variation on the adage that there's no free lunch. You may get a deal on one part of your trip, but you'll inevitably pay elsewhere.
Airfares, on average, are up 9 percent relative to last year, ...Read the fine print - Hotel tip
Jan 7th, 2010 at 3:59PM: When making reservations for a hotel stay, don't assume all booking companies (i.e., Expedia vs. Travelocity) are created equal.
If you book a hotel one month with one agency and then book the same hotel again the next month with a different agency, don't assume the terms and conditions for refunds or changes will be the same. Oftentimes, cancellation fees and refund policies differ from ...Five predictions for the European travel market
Dec 22nd, 2009 at 8:30AM: The end of the year is the time for all kinds of predictions for the next one. Usually, I treat such conjecture as the bullshit that it is, but when PhoCusWright puts out a list of what'll happen for the travel market, I tend to take it a little much more seriously.
The worldwide recession is still squeezing the European travel market, but the online sector is likely to be the star next year, ...Keep up on Thanksgiving airport traffic with Travelocity's Task Force
Nov 24th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Nobody is looking forward to venturing into battle tomorrow. Wednesday is the year's biggest travel day, a congested, high stress day when airports are packed, tempers are high and any small hiccup can make an entire airport turn upside down.
We all have to get home somehow though, and the harsh reality facing many of us is that the airport needs to be handled (my flight to London leaves from ...Travelocity survey says: fat, smelly and coughing the worst to be sitting next to
Oct 10th, 2009 at 11:30AM:
tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/10/travelocity-survey-says-fat-smelly-and-coughing-the-worst-to-b/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling';
A Travelocity survey confirms what we knew all along - smelly passengers, coughing passengers and "passengers of size" are amongst the worst people to be sitting next to in the air.
The results are from the Travelocity 2009 "rudeness poll", ...Carnage report: Travelocity's Roaming Gnome visits the Gadling Labs
Sep 8th, 2009 at 4:00PM: As our hangovers from this long holiday weekend begin to wane, more and more details from our time with Travelocity's Roaming Gnome are coming forth. It's true, we got a little bit of flack from our peers when the little guy came out to visit the Gadling Labs, but our original hunch turned out to be true: irrespective of cross-promotional PR, live blogging, tweeting and hit sharing, people love to ...The Travelocity Gnome visits Gadling
Sep 4th, 2009 at 2:00PM: As the summer of 2009 winds to a close, Travelocity's Roaming Gnome is wrapping up his tour of America. He's been across the country, visiting Pat O'Brien's in New Orleans, the beaches of San Diego and the narrow streets of Philadelphia, bringing joy, affection and gnominess to all those around him. There's only one stop left: The Gadling Labs. This weekend, the 300 year old Travelocity Gnome will ...Online bookings just got cheaper!
Jun 2nd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Online travel deals just got better. Even though airlines are tacking on extra fees, fares have been plunging for a while now, so it still cuts in favor of travelers. Travel websites have started to get in on the savings, too. Several sites are ditching their booking fees - at least temporarily.
Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia announced yesterday that they are waiving their booking fees. For ...Amazing Race, Season 13: Cambodia, boats, breakdowns and beauty is only skin deep
Oct 28th, 2008 at 2:00PM: After episode 4's rest stop at Summerhill, that gorgeous sheep farm homestay in New Zealand, the teams barreling through the world in the Amazing Race were off to Cambodia.
This episode did a tidy drop of highlighting aspects of Cambodia's culture and showcased its historical magnificence.
I'm still not sure which team I want to win. I do know which team I don't.
Travel Tips from this ...JetBlue turns to travel websites for booking
Nov 26th, 2007 at 6:30PM: In the past, JetBlue sold most of its tickets through its website. But last year, the budget airline listed its fares on "global" distribution systems, which mainly serve travel agents. Now, JetBlue has gone all the way online; it started selling tickets on travel websites like Orbitz, Expedia, and Priceline. The company explains that with rising fuel costs and a slower economy, it needs to ...American Express, Lonely Planet, IgoUgo, and Travel & Leisure Unite Online
Oct 12th, 2007 at 11:00AM: That's a lot of big names all together. And there's one more: Travelocity. How are all these companies linked, besides under the umbrella of travel? Answer: Amex's new travel "sitelet" Local Color, which has destination-specific search capabilities using Lonely Planet, IgoUgo, and Travel & Leisure. Lonely Planet provides the destination guides, Travel & Leisure contributes articles about ...More Tips for Cheap Airfares
Aug 29th, 2007 at 2:20PM: No matter how many articles about cheap airfare there are, there's always room for another. Here's one of the latest. In "8 tips to snag the lowest fare" Karen Aho gives some tips we've covered before, such as, check with sites like Travelocity and Expedia for the lowest prices, then go directly to the airline's Web site. Karen mentions another advantage of doing this. In addition to a cheaper ...
