From bobrankin@MHV.NET Thu Mar  5 11:16:16 1998
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 01:41:36 -0500
From: Bob Rankin 
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Subject: TOURBUS - 3 March 1998 - Online Travel Info

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           TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPIC: Online Travel Info
           TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP:  http://www.PreviewTravel.com

Preview Travel is a slick website, offering one-stop shopping for
airline tickets, vacation packages, car rentals and hotel
accommodations.  If you're looking for a way to research business or
vacation trips and book travel plans online, you should definitely pop
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Here are some of the key features of the Preview Travel website:

TRAVEL RESERVATIONS
-------------------

Ever notice when you're with a travel agent, they type in all kinds of
cryptic codes on their computer, and then it spits out a report filled
with buzzwords and acronyms that can only be interpreted by the agent?

Well forget all that!  Preview Travel lets you access the same computer
database used by travel agents, so you can book airline tickets on over
500 airlines, reserve hotel rooms in 13,000 hotels worldwide, even
reserve rental cars from all the major agencies.  And it's a point,
click, user-friendly environment you'd expect on the Web.

DESTINATION GUIDES
------------------

Here you'll find comprehensive travel guides for more than 80
destinations worldwide with content from the popular Fodor's Travel
Publications.  You can find hotels and restaurants that meet your
criteria.  For example, you can search for hotels in London which cost
under 70 pounds/night and have a spa, restrict your search to certain
neighborhoods, or go with Fodor's Top Picks for a given location.

The travel guides will also help you learn about sights and attractions
at each destination, tap in to general travel-planning information, and
create a custom "miniguide" for your trip.

BUSINESS TRAVEL CENTER
----------------------

This area of the site offers useful information for business travelers.
Access frequent-traveler information for major airlines and hotels, and
travel smart by reading the business traveler tips.  Find out whether or
not to tip a waiter in China, how to save money on a car rental, and
what women especially need to know about travelling.  You can also save
money with business travel specials, and find the best web sites for
business travelers, including maps, weather, and news.

FAREFINDER
----------

Perhaps the most useful part of the site is the Farefinder.  This handy
tool gives you an up-to-date view of the lowest airfares between the top
cities worldwide.  Farefinder automatically searches through airline
reservation systems daily to locate the best fares to and from the most
popular airports.

TRAVEL NEWSWIRE
---------------

Visit this section for late-breaking news on low fares and travel
specials.  It would be nice if they let you subscribe to this by e-mail,
but they don't offer that option.  However, you can go to the URL Minder
page at

   http://minder.netmind.com/

and sign up to receive updates to that page.  URL-Minder is a tool that
monitors web pages, and sends you e-mail whenever your page is updated.
Pretty spiffy, that.

OTHER TRAVEL SITES
------------------

I'm sure many of you have used other websites to research and/or make
travel reservations.  I think Preview Travel is one of the best, but you
can find LOTS more related sites by starting at

   http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Travel/

You'll find links for everything from Backpacking to Virtual Field
Trips.  Enjoy your trip, whether it's real, virtual, or a little of
each!  --Bob

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