Comments on: SideStep Launches Activity Search http://verticalsearch.net/2006/04/27/sidestep-launches-activity-search/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1 by: Con http://verticalsearch.net/2006/04/27/sidestep-launches-activity-search/#comment-3238 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:55:43 +0000 http://verticalsearch.net/2006/04/27/sidestep-launches-activity-search/#comment-3238 Its ok if all suppliers list with Sidestep and other similar search engines, but they don't, and to keep costs down they won't. Therefore search results are incomplete and poor compare with a good travel agent who does this for a living. I did a similar search for different types of point to point cheap flights and found my Galileo GDS had lower fares with our fees, that I can offer through my traditional travel agency. At least Sidestep and the rest of these websites use keywords like cheap and discount. It will keep those shoppers away from us and other travel professionals who have been search engines for years. Call a good travel agent and see. Its ok if all suppliers list with Sidestep and other similar search engines, but they don’t, and to keep costs down they won’t. Therefore search results are incomplete and poor compare with a good travel agent who does this for a living.

I did a similar search for different types of point to point cheap flights and found my Galileo GDS had lower fares with our fees, that I can offer through my traditional travel agency.

At least Sidestep and the rest of these websites use keywords like cheap and discount. It will keep those shoppers away from us and other travel professionals who have been search engines for years. Call a good travel agent and see.

]]> by: mike http://verticalsearch.net/2006/04/27/sidestep-launches-activity-search/#comment-302 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:56:22 +0000 http://verticalsearch.net/2006/04/27/sidestep-launches-activity-search/#comment-302 Per Alexa reach numbers, SideStep seems to be right up there with Kayak... know how to get FareChase #s? Curious who you think is leading the way in this category? Per Alexa reach numbers, SideStep seems to be right up there with Kayak… know how to get FareChase #s? Curious who you think is leading the way in this category?

]]> by: Stuart MacDonald http://verticalsearch.net/2006/04/27/sidestep-launches-activity-search/#comment-287 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:35:23 +0000 http://verticalsearch.net/2006/04/27/sidestep-launches-activity-search/#comment-287 Sorry, had to post this snippet from a SideStep press release this afternoon: "SideStep, Inc. (www.sidestep.com), the Web's leading travel search engine..." Well, hey, adding activities - which they just did - might be super-dee-duper and all as Brian says, but... Sorry, had to post this snippet from a SideStep press release this afternoon:

“SideStep, Inc. (www.sidestep.com), the Web’s leading travel search engine…”

Well, hey, adding activities - which they just did - might be super-dee-duper and all as Brian says, but…

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