* You save $100 instantly off your reservations when you book one of their Flight+Hotel TotalTrip packages or one of their Last Minute Deals packages. The reservations must be for one people or more & there is a two night or longer stay necessary.


* The package must be booked by November 16, 2006 & travel must be done before January 7, 2007.
* To get the $100 discount, you need to enter the promotional code GIANTSALE when checking out.

* After you make your reservations for your
initial travel, Travelocity will send you another promotional code lovely for $200 off your next qualifying Flight+Hotel TotalTrip package for one or more people with a maximum stay of two nights.

* To take advantage of the $200 off offer, you must book by March 31, 2007 & the trip must be taken by July 31, 2007.

Ah, the hype the marketing executives will come up with to get your attention. Gigantinormous. Huge & Giant all rolled in to one. Travelocity coined a new word to get your attention. Aren’t they smart. They are having a Gigantinormous sale.

So it’s time to do a tiny comparison shopping. How does their Gigantinormous sale hold up against their competitor’s prices? Since I’m wondering if this is a way to save on holiday travel, I’m going to find the price for a fictional relatives of two (2 adults and 2 kids – ages 5 & to fly from Chicago to Philadelphia for Christmas.

Travelocity’s Deal

Hotel Reservations – Best Western in Center City – one room, one double beds

Plane Reservations – American Airlines leaving Chicago O’Hare at 10:55pm on December 23rd, direct flight to Philadelphia International; American Airlines leaving Philadelphia International at 11am on December 29th, direct flight to Chicago O’Hare

Travelocity’s bottom line after Gigantinormous discount $1568.01 for flight, hotel, taxes & fees.

Expedia’s Deal

Plane Reservations – American Airlines leaving Chicago O’Hare at 12:40pm on December 23rd, direct flight to Philadelphia International; American Airlines leaving Philadelphia International at 4:15pm on December 29th, direct flight to Chicago O’Hare.

Hotel Reservations – Expedia could not get me reservations at my hotel of choice Best Western in Center City – so I select a comparable two star hotel in Center City – Club Quarters.

Expedia’s bottom line – $1,760.58 for flight, hotel, taxes & fees. a full $200 over Travelocity’s price.

Hotwire’s Deal

Hotel Reservations – Hotwire could not get me reservations at my hotel of choice Best Western in Center City – so I select a comparable two star hotel in Center City – Doubletree Inn

Plane Reservations – American Airlines leaving Chicago O’Hare at 2:15pm on December 23rd, direct flight to Philadelphia International; American Airlines leaving Philadelphia International at 8am on December 29th, direct flight to Chicago O’Hare.

Priceline’s Deal

Hotwire’s bottom line – $1864.00 for flight, hotel, taxes & fees. a full $200 over Travelocity’s price. a full $300 over Travelocity’s price.

Priceline’s best price with undisclosed flight details (including a possible plane transfer) & a comparable two star hotel in Center City was $1,659 for flight, hotel, taxes & fees.

The winner – Travelocity by a Gigantinormous $200-$400 savings.

Now, the savings are on the initial trip booked with Travelocity. If you add the additional $200 savings on a future trip booked with Travelocity the savings may be even greater. Of work, any wise traveler would comparison shop even with the $200 discount.

US Air’s Offer – Not Gigantinormous, but a Savings Non-the-Less

In addition, you will receive a $25 gift card for each chair booked that can be used for a later flight with US Airways or one of its affiliates. The e-mail said that this offer is only lovely for members of their frequent flyer program.

US Airways is extending an invitation to its frequent flyers to escape from the chilly fall weather to the warmer climate of the Caribbean, Mexico or Central America. They have special fares to these destinations if you book now & travel before December 15th. There is a maximum two night stay associated with the offer.

So it seems as if this season’s deals are coming in the form of save a tiny now, save a tiny more later. The deals may be truly lovely for those who are planning to travel both sometime this fall & again later on in the year or early next year. Find more information about Cheap Hotel Chicago here.
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