SideStep Travel Deals
It seems no matter which travel site I start my search for the best deal on airfare and hotels, I always end up comparing the rates of numerous sites and wasting valuable time arriving at the best price. Travelocity and Expedia are both competitive in price. Priceline attempts to let me name my price. A multitude of little travel sites hope to win my business with tricky deals and blackout dates to make my head spin. Places like Jet Blue don’t even list in any of the travel sites. The one place cutting through the clutter and delivering a comprehensive set of travel search results is SideStep. You can use a toolbar to search or comparison shop directly from the SideStep Web site. The level of search customization is better than anything else I’ve ever used. Occasionally the results reported from a give travel site are slightly skewed, but in general, the best prices are found at SideStep. We talked briefly with them about travel search at SES.
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4 Comments
SideStep Travel Deals ~ The Chris Pirillo Show
April 5th, 2007
at 8:07am
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SideStep Travel Deals ~ The Chris Pirillo Show
April 5th, 2007
at 8:07am
[...] SideStep Travel Deals [...]
Doug
May 19th, 2007
at 2:01pm
I have a vested interest in checking out comparisons for vacation travel.
Sidestep was new to me so I put it to the test. I will post the tests at dougoffen.com/compare/02.htm
Basically sidestep said the lowest airfare for 2 from Toronto Canada to London England was $1008 including taxes and fees through orbitz. My site, using the exact same details found a price of $849.90. All details were entered the same and all flights turned out to be exactly same.
I think sidestep is not a slam dunk best deal. Now I only tested one senario, but a price almost triple is not the best price. Any travel agent will also double check actual availability, stop overs, insurance etc.
Dan
February 5th, 2010
at 11:39pm
Thanks for the recommendation. It seems that on nearly every site you visit looking for travel deals, you are directed to the same 4-5 big name travel sites. It’s nice to see another good option that one can check out when trying to find the best deal.
As another tip, I have had good luck finding deals for hotels and airfares on Twitter. When used properly, Twitter can help you unearth the most recent travel deals tweeted by thosr in the industry.
I hope this tip is useful to you, Thanks again for your post.