Carrie Kirby

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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; 4 Comments

You 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 Comment

Visitor 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 Comments

Do 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; 2 Comments

Wireless 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 »