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Expedia.com.au today said customers booking flights, hotels, packages or car reservations will no longer be hit with charges for altering their trips. It is the first online travel website to allow its Australian customers to change or cancel their bookings over the phone without being slugged with a fee, Louise Crompton, Marketing Manager for Expedia.com.au, said. "Expedia understands that sometimes circumstances can affect travel plans at a moment's notice," Ms Crompton said.

Expedia understands that sometimes circumstances can affect travel plans at a moment’s notice   -Louise Crompton

 

 

 

 

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Remember the "America-only" provision in Expedia's Best Price Guarantee? Earlier this week, I wrote about reader Craig Simpson's efforts to persuade the online agency to adjust his rate at a hotel in Antigua after he found a lower rate on the property's Web site. But Expedia's price warranty had a provision that "in the unlikely event that you find a lower rate on Expedia.com or on another U.S.-based website within 24 hours of booking with Expedia.com, we will credit or refund to you the difference."  

Travelocity and Expedia are online travel agencies (OTAs), which sell airline tickets and other travel products directly. But meta search sites such as TripAdvisor.com/flights, Travelzoo's fly.com, Momondo.com, dohop.com, kayak.com and Bing.com/travel search many different Web sites, including OTAs themselves and airline sites, to compare prices. One thing that meta search engines do especially well is finding airfares that the airlines sell only on their own sites.  

Expedia Media Solutions , the ad sales division of Expedia, Inc., continues to gain momentum as a key marketing partner for destination organizations around the globe, creating highly effective campaigns that have proven to increase tourism and hotel bookings for their partners' destinations. Additionally, in the first two months of 2010, Expedia Media Solutions has signed partnerships with several tourism boards, such as Tourism British Columbia, South Africa Tourism and Netherlands Board of Tourism & Con

Expedia Media Solutions has a unique ability to provide destinations with an unparalleled level of exposure to in-market travel consumers at all points of their planning lifecycle – a key reason DMOs choose to market with us. Many travelers come to the Expedia sites to research destinations, which can be front and center with relevant, insightful information during this prime decision making period   -Doug Miller

 

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