PODCAST 10: THE BEST ONLINE DESTINATION (FOR DESTINATIONS)

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This podcast looks at what the best online destinations if you are looking for help in finding and booking your trip to any destination.

My tip for travellers as THE best online travel site:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/

The site says of itself:

“TripAdvisor.com is the leading global travel information and advice destination, with more than 2.9 million unbiased reviews and opinions and covering 200,000+ hotels and attractions. With more than 18 million unique monthly visitors worldwide (source: comScore Media Metrix, August 2005) TripAdvisor^TM features real advice from real travelers and easy access to major online travel sites, including Expedia.com®, Orbitz, Hotels.com^TM and American Airlines, for the best deals on the Web. TripAdvisor^TM (http://www.tripadvisor.com) offers travel suppliers a cost-per-click marketing platform, so customers pay only for leads, not impressions, with every campaign. Winner of dozens of awards, including PC Magazine’s Top 100 Web Sites and Forbes Best of the Web, TripAdvisor is an operating company of Expedia, Inc.”

The 10 most used travel/ recreation sites online (as supplied by Alexa.com)

http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?catid=9&ts_mode=subject&lang=none

1.	Expedia.com www.expedia.com – Site info

2.	Orbitz www.orbitz.com – Site info

3.	EBaum’s World www.ebaumsworld.com – Site info

4.	Travelocity www.travelocity.com – Site info

5.	Southwest.com www.southwest.com – Site info

6.	TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com – Site info

7.	XE.com www.xe.com – Site info

8.	American Airlines www.aa.com – Site info

9.	Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com – Site info

10.	Priceline.com www.priceline.com – Site info