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Sat 07 Jul 2010Travelling caught by the web
IN TRANSIT:IT IS HARD to believe it now but just 10 years ago we were at the mercy of travel agents when it came to booking holidays. We’d call into offices with a vague idea of where we wanted to go and they’d tap away on their keyboards for what seemed like forever before suggesting resorts to us.
Not any more. The web has made detailed research simple and up-to-date. The daddy of all the websites is tripadvisor.com which carries (mostly) independent reviews and ratings on thousands of hotels worldwide – reviews written by hotel owners are usually easy to spot. In recent years the site has expanded to include user videos and pics.
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