[Publib] Experient or not for ALA Anaheim?

[Fred Beisser]

Thanks for the heads up about www.kayak.com. Had never heard of it 
before. Very nice way of handling everything.

My experience has been that it is best to check several travel sites and 
I use Travelocity.com, Cheaptickets.com and Expedia.com routinely. I 
also found recently that I when I located a fare from Denver to 
Frankfurt (Germany) on Travelocity, Lufthansa had one or two fares that 
were lower...or in one case, a direct flight available for which 
Travelocity did not have access to seats. So, as someone else noted, it 
is also a good idea to also go directly to the airline's website and 
check fares there.

Enjoy ALA in sunny (?) LA.

Fred Beisser
Trustee
www.elbertcountylibrary.org
(Colorado)



Diedre Conkling wrote:

>I have used a number of different resources for reserving an airline ticket and getting a hotel/motel.  I did use the ALA travel service once and got a good price that time on a ticket.
>
>Lately I have been using www.kayak.com to find a flight and sometimes a hotel.  The site leads you directly to the airlines after you have seen the possibilities.  I have found that I can often get a better price by going directly to the airline than any other way.
>
>I have also used Travelocity and Expedia but then they started charging a small fee so I switched.  They may no longer be charging a fee.  I don't know because I haven't used them in a while.
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>You can always check out the possibilities using these other options and then call the ALA service and see what they offer.  If you don't like the price and flights they give you it is easy to go back to one of the other sites.
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>Diedre Conkling
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>---- Scott Bonner <sbonner at real.more.net> wrote: 
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>Greetings.
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> 
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>I'm a new librarian attending ALA Annual Conference for the first time.
>Tomorrow, I reserve hotel and flight from St. Louis to Anaheim.  The ALA
>website says Experient is the official travel service and offers discounts.
>I do not have the experience to know if Experient is really going to save
>money or not -- if it charges fees, if it limits me to expensive flights,
>and so forth.  I do plan to stay in one of the conference hotels, assuming a
>room is still available, but I want a cheap flight.
>
> 
>
>What is your experience?  Shall I go with the official service company, or
>cobble it together myself directly with the hotel and with one of the
>airline booking companies like Expedia?
>
> 
>
>Thanks for all help!
>
> 
>
>Scott Bonner
>
>Adult Services Librarian
>
>Richmond Heights Memorial Library
>
>8001 Dale Avenue
>
>Richmond Heights, MO 63117
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>Phone: (314)-645-6202
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>Fax: (314)-781-3434
>
>sbonner at real.more.net
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