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Profile: Carrie Kirby is a freelance writer in Chicago. She blogs about bargains at Shopliftingwithpermission.com and about surviving motherhood at Myfunnyfunnyfamily.com.
Posts by: Carrie Kirby
Sleuthing Out Desired Hotels on Priceline and Hotwire
Jun 26, 2009; 2 CommentsYou could be in your desired hotel room for less by using a few hacks. Although hotels use “opaque sites” like Priceline and Hotwire to unload unsold inventory without diluting their brand names, with a little sleuthing customers can often... Read more »
Visitor Review — Letting Customers Shoot the Commercials
Jun 23, 2009; No CommentVisitor Review allows customers to post videos on company sites. It’s no secret that travel promoters are trying to make use of social media. High profile examples are the headline-grabbing efforts of a California winery and the government of Queensland,... Read more »
Real Risk of Wireless on Planes: The Tehran Effect
Jun 22, 2009; 2 CommentsDo airlines really want to give bored, angry passengers more ways to express themselves? Last time I posted about how the government has fretted about security concerns as more airlines prepare to give passengers wireless access in-flight. As protestors... Read more »
Wireless Ready to Conquer In-Flight Boredom
Jun 15, 2009; 3 CommentsWireless is coming to more flights, exposing the rest of us to more boring in-flight messages. Recently I’ve been noticing a certain kind of message on Twitter. It goes, “Am Tweeting from a plane. Woo hoo!” Thus I became aware that airlines... Read more »
Safety When Your Pilot Makes Less Than a Blogger
Jun 12, 2009; 3 CommentsPilots' hourly rate does not include waiting around in airports. This week, hearings revealed that the pilots in the February Continental crash that killed 50 people got paid less than, well, even less than many bloggers do. The co-pilot made less... Read more »
Travelocity Survey: Traveler Confidence Up
Jun 08, 2009; No CommentVacationers may be more willing to travel now, but smaller budgets may make lower-cost cities like St. Louis attractive. Economic indicators that the recession may be slowly ending have been subtle, but when it comes to travel, one poll is finding a stronger... Read more »
Consensus on Microsoft’s New Search Service: Travel Tab Gives Most Bang for Your Bing
Jun 03, 2009; 2 CommentsPeople seem to like how Bing Travel puts you on the fast track from a search to a plane ticket. Yesterday I shared my first impressions of Microsoft’s new search site Bing and the important role of Bing Travel within that site. Today, I’m... Read more »
Bing! Microsoft Realizes That World Revolves Around Travel
Jun 01, 2009; 1 CommentMicrosoft wants its new search portal to be your on-ramp to travel. Here on UpTake’s blogs, we like to think that the world revolves around travel. Turns out, Microsoft thinks so too. If not, why would Travel be the only real topic search on the... Read more »
A Travel Site for the Woman of Many Hats
May 29, 2009; No CommentDo we women need travel guides of our own? Maybe. Like all working mothers, I wear a lot of hats, often on the same cross-country flight. I’ve been a mom traveling alone with kids and a business traveler at the same time, and I’ve combined... Read more »
Travel Saving Strategies from Wise Bread’s New Book
May 28, 2009; 2 CommentsWise Bread's new book contains tons of travel tips. This week Wise Bread released its money saving book, “10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget.” OK, I’m one of the authors, and it’s my first book, so forgive me if I... Read more »
