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標題[新聞] (美)Car rental battle heats up online, consumers hurting
時間Thu Mar 31 11:16:24 2011
http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2011/03/car_rental_battle_heats_up_onl.html
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Car rental battle heats up online, consumers hurting
Posted by: Sean O'Neill, Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011, 7:23 PM
Travel sites are battling with a few major car rental brands. So where does
that leave travelers shopping online? The quick answer is that you may have
to do more comparison shopping before you book a car.
On April 1, Alamo and National will remove their rental car listings from
Orbitz and CheapTickets.
This is no April Fools' Joke. The companies behind the brands could not agree
on a new contract, says Reuters.
The move represents a deadlock over the fees
that rental car companies must pay to list their bookings with online travel
agencies.
For years, National and Alamo have been offered on Orbitz and CheapTickets,
but sister company Enterprise has been absent.
Orbitz and CheapTickets will add Dollar and Thrifty as replacements, reports
Christopher Elliott.
If you want to book tickets on Alamo, National, or Enterprise, you have to go
directly to each brand's site, or shop at other major online travel agencies
and search engines.
All of which goes to show that there's no one-stop shopping for rental cars.
You need to check multiple sites before you book.
Or you could try one of four alternatives—off-airport rental, Zipcar,
Rent-A-Wreck, or a major car dealership—by following Budget Travel's advice
in "Wheel Deals."
This car rental spat isn't the only one that Orbitz is dealing with. As
Budget Travel has reported, American Airlines flights are not displayed on
Orbitz as part of a similar contract dispute. In that case, Expedia has taken
sides with Orbitz and has also dropped most American fares from its site
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推 jeta890119:國外對客人的信任度很高,採自助降低人事成本 03/31 22:34
→ AxelRubiPell:推錯文了吧 XDDD 04/01 22:02
→ terimakasih:應該還有ebates等等可以用. XD 04/07 19:02