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What travelers can do when bad weather strikes
By Brian Ek, On 8/25/11 4:00 PM
Tags: blog index, hurricane irene, hurricane trip plans, priceline.com
            You're about to set off on a trip and there it sits on the horizon - a hurricane, a snowstorm, a volcanic ash cloud, you name it.  What do you do about those reservations with priceline.com (or anyone else)? Here are some tips.  Start by taking a deep breath. First, pull together all your information.  This includes your...
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Priceline Named #1 Hotel Booking Service
By Brian Ek, On 8/19/11 3:18 PM
Tags: blog index, hotel services, priceline.com, toptenreviews
Recently, priceline.com pulled down some nice kudos from TopTenReviews, which named us as the #1 best hotel booking service. One quote from the review: "From the moment you begin to input the date and location of your next vacation, you are really in the driver's seat.  No other hotel booking website offers as many ways to find the perfect room at the perfect price as...
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Priceline on The Colbert Report
By Brian Ek, On 8/18/11 9:21 AM
Tags: blog index, colbert, priceline.com
Recently, Stephen Colbert interviewed the astronauts from the last shuttle mission.  Fascinating interview in its entirety. During the interview, there was this exchange:   When told that seats on the Russian-built Soyuz spaceships cost about $63 million, Colbert offered a cheaper alternative.  "Have we tried Priceline?" he said.  "I mean, for the love...
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New York City is top destination for Labor Day 2011
By Brian Ek, On 8/17/11 10:05 AM
Tags: blog index, labor day, priceline, priceline.com
For the 2nd year in a row, New York City sits atop Priceline's list of top Labor Day destinations, followed by Chicago and Las Vegas. I found it very interesting that, in 2009, there were no fewer than 11 European destinations on my list for the long weekend.  By 2010, the international destinations had vanished, presumably because of the high airfares. Following the Royal Wedding,...
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Priceline's Top 50 Destinations for July 4, 2011
By Brian Ek, On 6/23/11 9:33 AM
Tags: blog index, canada, chicago, july 4, july 4th, new orleans, priceline, priceline.com, vancouver
Drumroll, please.  Here is Priceline's list of the top 50 destinations for July 4th 2011.      The list is based on hotel room booking requests made by customers using priceline.com’s Name Your Own Price® hotel reservation service.  Because the survey is based on thousands of credit card-backed booking requests, and not on consumer preference polls or...
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Bid Alerts feature for Name Your Own Price hotel rooms
By Brian Ek, On 6/15/11 9:37 AM
Tags: big deal days, hotel sale, priceline.com
    Summer’s here and that means Hotel Big Deal Days are back.  But this year, there's a twist.  Priceline has added a new Hotel Bid Alerts feature to its Winning Bids service.   Winning Bids on priceline.com shows actual successful Name Your Own Price® hotel bids made in the past by other priceline.com customers. Winning Bids show the city,...
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Priceline named one of New England's Top 25 brands
By Brian Ek, On 5/31/11 9:45 AM
Tags: blog index, priceline, priceline.com, protobrand
For the first time, priceline.com has made the list of the 25 most powerful consumer brands in New England, according to Protobrand, the Boston-based branding firm. The list is full of household names, including ESPN, Dunkin' Donuts, Reebok Subway and Ben & Jerry's. To come up with its list, Protobrand interviewed about 400 marketing professionals across the country to rate the...
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How to avoid the crowds in national parks
By Brian Ek, On 5/25/11 2:01 PM
Tags: blog index, james kaiser, national parks, priceline
Professional nature photographer James Kaiser sent along some tips for enjoying our national parks this summer without the crowds.  Having attempted more than my share of parks at their most-crowded, I can attest that James's tips do work ( see my writeup on Yellowstone ).  My only additional tip - if you're hiking into the backcountry in known bear territory, carry a bear bell, sing,...
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Chicago, London are big draws for Memorial Day 2011
By Brian Ek, On 5/11/11 4:40 PM
Tags: blog index, chicago, london, memorial day, priceline.com, royal wedding
Chicago’s tony North Michigan Avenue is the most popular destination for Memorial Day 2011, according to priceline.com’s annual survey of the 50 top destinations for the holiday that traditionally kicks off the summer travel season. In the nine years that priceline.com has published the list, Chicago has taken the top spot four times, tying the record set by Las Vegas in 2009. ...
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National Park Services week April 16-24
By Brian Ek, On 4/11/11 9:12 AM
Tags: blog index, national parks, priceline
April 16th through the 24th is National Park Services Week.  In addition to free admission to our national parks, you can get special discounts and special offers from park businesses and organizations. With admission to some parks as high as $20, this is a perfect time to get out there and experience our parks system on the cheap. If you can't make it next week, the other free days...
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