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The Best Booking Engines for Airfares and Lodgings? A Smart Study Has Answers · The Frommer's Travel Show

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  pride
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  ourselves
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  in
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  helping
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  you
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  not
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  overpay
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  for
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  travel.
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  a
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  in
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  right
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  now,
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  as
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  travel
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  providers
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  get
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  cleverer
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  cleverer
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  in
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  terms
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  especially
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  true
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  hotels.
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  searching,
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  know,
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  any
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  one
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  depends
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  on
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  where
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  you
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  look,
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  when
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  you
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  look,
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  and
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  how
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  you
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  look.
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  So
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  to
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  help
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  us
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  figure
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  this
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  out,
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  both
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  on
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  this
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  podcast
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  on
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  fromers.com,
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  we
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  have
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  who
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  is
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  a
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  travel
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  writer
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  par
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  extraordinaire,
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  been
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  in
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  the
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  business
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  forever,
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  knows
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  every
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  trick
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  in
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  the
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  book,
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  and
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  every
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  other
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  year
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  or
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  he
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  does
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  a
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  study
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  for
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  us
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  looking
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  at
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  the
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  top
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  booking
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  engines
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  for
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  both
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  airfares
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  and
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  hotels.
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  We're
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  going
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  to
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  unpack
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  that
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  study.
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  Hey,
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  Breed,
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  welcome
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  back
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  to
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  Hi,
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  Pauline.
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  It's
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  a
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  pleasure
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  to
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  be
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  here.
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  Well,
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  it's
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  probably
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  a
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  bigger
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  pleasure
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  than
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  doing
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  the
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  massive
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  study
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  you
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  did,
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  which
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  know
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  is
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  a
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  amount
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  work.
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  Tell
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  us
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  what
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  went
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  into
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  figuring
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  out
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  which
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  are
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  the
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  best
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  booking
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  engines.
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  How
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  did
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  you
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  weight
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  the
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  results?
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  there
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  was
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  a
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  lot
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  involved
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  with
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  I
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  went
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  through
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  and
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  I
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  tried
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  to
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  throw
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  as
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  many
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  scenarios
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  as
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  at
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  many
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  websites
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  as
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  could
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  between
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  14
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  And
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  I
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  would
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  ask
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  it
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  for
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  multiple,
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  airfares,
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  domestic,
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  international,
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  some
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  airfares
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  know,
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  can
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  they
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  find
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  the
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  lowest
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  price
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  on
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  the
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  low
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  cost
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  carriers
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  in
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  Europe.
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  And
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  I
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  just
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  looked
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  at
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  all
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  the
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  results.
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  I
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  looked
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  at
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  who
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  could
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  find
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  the
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  cheapest
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  the
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  airfare,
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  like
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  including
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  plane
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  changes,
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  who
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  could
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  find
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  the
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  cheapest
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  direct
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  price.
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  And
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  as
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  you
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  said
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  earlier,
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  it's
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  amazing
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  that
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  it's
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  not
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  always
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  the
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  same
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  answer
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  from
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  every
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  website
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  out
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  there.
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  So
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  it
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  really
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  does
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  pay
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  look
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  at
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  more
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  than
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  one.
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  Yeah,
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  and
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  this
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  was
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  another
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  wrinkle
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  a
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  folks
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  looking
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  at
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  chatbots
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  at
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  AI
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  to
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  try
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  and
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  figure
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  And
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  only
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  did
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  at
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  Expedia,
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  Momondo,
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  Booking.com,
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  all
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  the
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  sites
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  we
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  know
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  you
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  also
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  looked
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  ChatGPT
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  and
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  its
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  cohort.
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  So
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  let's
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  get
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  AI
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  out
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  of
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  the
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  way
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  first.
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  You
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  tested
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  AI
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  well
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  as
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  these
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  websites.
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  How
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  did
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  it
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  do?
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  I
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  a
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  these
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  of
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  can
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  they
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  do
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  a
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  better
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  job
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  than,
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  you
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  know,
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  my
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  human
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  fingers
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  and
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  human
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  brain?
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  And
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  the
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  good
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  news
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  is,
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  at
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  least
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  for
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  now,
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  at
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  least
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  for
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  us,
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  they
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  were
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  terrible
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  at
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  it.
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  I
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  tried
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  six
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  major
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  chatbots.
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  Claude
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  and
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  Grok.
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  Both
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  found
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  the
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  right
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  airfare,
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  right
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  airline,
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  but
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  radically
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  different
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  airfares.
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  Perplexity
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  and
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  Deep
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  Sync.
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  Both
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  liked
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  Spirit
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  on
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  this
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  particular
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  airfare
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  from
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  New
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  York
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  to
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  la,
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  but
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  they
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  disagreed
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  on
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  the
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  price.
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  Emily
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  was
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  twice
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  as
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  high
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  as
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  the
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  other
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  and
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  neither
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  one
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  was
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  the
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  actual
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  correct
• 3:45
  price.
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  Wow.
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  And
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  often
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  what
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  you
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  found
• 3:48
  with
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  AI
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  in
• 3:49
  terms
• 3:49
  of
• 3:49
  airfares
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  was
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  they
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  would
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  find
• 3:51
  higher
• 3:52
  airfares
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  than
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  the
• 3:54
  regular
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  booking
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  engines
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  that
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  we
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  all
• 3:57
  know
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  about.
• 3:57
  Right,
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  right.
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  And
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  the
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  interesting
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  thing
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  was,
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  no,
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  it
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  went
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  on
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  price.
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  Well,
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  sometimes
• 4:02
  it
• 4:02
  would
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  say
• 4:02
  a
• 4:02
  ridiculously
• 4:03
  low
• 4:03
  price
• 4:03
  that
• 4:03
  wasn't
• 4:04
  even
• 4:04
  available.
• 4:04
  So
• 4:04
  it
• 4:05
  wasn't
• 4:05
  even
• 4:05
  getting
• 4:05
  the
• 4:05
  correct
• 4:06
  answer.
• 4:06
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• 4:07
  got
• 4:07
  the
• 4:07
  correct
• 4:07
  answer
• 4:08
  once,
• 4:08
  but
• 4:09
  Gemini
• 4:09
  is
• 4:09
  Google's
• 4:10
  flight,
• 4:10
  is
• 4:10
  Google's
• 4:11
  AI
• 4:11
  engine.
• 4:12
  And
• 4:12
  so
• 4:13
  he
• 4:13
  just
• 4:13
  got
• 4:13
  the
• 4:13
  answer
• 4:13
  from
• 4:14
  the
• 4:14
  Google
• 4:15
  search,
• 4:15
  which
• 4:16
  was
• 4:16
  pretty
• 4:16
  effective.
• 4:17
  But
• 4:17
  then
• 4:17
  that
• 4:17
  was
• 4:17
  on
• 4:18
  one
• 4:18
  airfare.
• 4:18
  And
• 4:18
  Google
• 4:19
  was
• 4:19
  not
• 4:19
  always
• 4:19
  the
• 4:19
  number
• 4:20
  one
• 4:21
  website
• 4:21
  when
• 4:22
  it
• 4:22
  came
• 4:22
  to
• 4:22
  finding
• 4:22
  all
• 4:22
  the
• 4:22
  airfares.
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  So
• 4:24
  they
• 4:24
  didn't
• 4:24
  get
• 4:24
  it
• 4:24
  right.
• 4:25
  They
• 4:25
  often
• 4:25
  over
• 4:26
  promised
• 4:27
  or
• 4:27
  they
• 4:28
  undersold,
• 4:29
  and
• 4:29
  they
• 4:29
  were
• 4:29
  really
• 4:30
  difficult
• 4:30
  to
• 4:30
  pin
• 4:30
  down
• 4:31
  on
• 4:31
  details.
• 4:31
  If
• 4:31
  you
• 4:32
  wanted
• 4:32
  to
• 4:32
  go
• 4:32
  into
• 4:32
  any
• 4:32
  more
• 4:33
  depth,
• 4:33
  they
• 4:33
  just
• 4:34
  gave
• 4:34
  up.
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  They'd
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  throw
• 4:34
  up
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  their
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  virtual
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  hands
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  and
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  say,
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  I'm
• 4:36
  sorry,
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  I
• 4:36
  can't
• 4:37
  do
• 4:37
  that.
• 4:37
  Right.
• 4:38
  I
• 4:38
  remember
• 4:38
  you
• 4:39
  tried
• 4:39
  to
• 4:39
  get
• 4:40
  AI
• 4:41
  to
• 4:41
  find
• 4:41
  you
• 4:42
  a
• 4:43
  hotel
• 4:43
  on
• 4:44
  the
• 4:44
  Strip
• 4:44
  of
• 4:45
  Las
• 4:45
  Vegas
• 4:46
  which
• 4:46
  didn't
• 4:47
  include
• 4:47
  a
• 4:47
  casino.
• 4:48
  And
• 4:48
  that's
• 4:49
  something
• 4:49
  that
• 4:50
  this
• 4:50
  travel
• 4:50
  writer
• 4:51
  knows
• 4:51
  offhand,
• 4:52
  which,
• 4:53
  which
• 4:53
  hotels
• 4:54
  they
• 4:54
  are.
• 4:54
  What
• 4:55
  happened
• 4:55
  when
• 4:55
  you
• 4:55
  asked
• 4:56
  ChatGPT
• 4:57
  to
• 4:57
  solve
• 4:57
  that
• 4:58
  riddle
• 4:58
  for
• 4:58
  you?
• 4:59
  Well,
• 4:59
  what
• 4:59
  I
• 4:59
  did
• 4:59
  is
• 5:00
  in
• 5:00
  those
• 5:00
  cases,
• 5:00
  I
• 5:00
  didn't
• 5:01
  actually
• 5:01
  go
• 5:01
  to
• 5:01
  the
• 5:02
  independent
• 5:02
  AIs
• 5:03
  I
• 5:03
  used.
• 5:03
  Most
• 5:03
  of
• 5:04
  the
• 5:04
  websites
• 5:04
  out
• 5:05
  there
• 5:05
  now
• 5:05
  have
• 5:05
  their
• 5:05
  own
• 5:06
  built
• 5:06
  in
• 5:06
  AI
• 5:07
  filter.
• 5:08
  Like
• 5:08
  they
• 5:08
  have
• 5:09
  the
• 5:09
  usual
• 5:09
  filters
• 5:09
  for
• 5:11
  prices
• 5:11
  and
• 5:11
  airlines
• 5:12
  and
• 5:13
  destinations
• 5:14
  and
• 5:14
  things
• 5:14
  like
• 5:14
  that.
• 5:15
  And
• 5:15
  a
• 5:15
  lot
• 5:15
  of
• 5:15
  them
• 5:15
  now
• 5:15
  have
• 5:15
  a
• 5:16
  smart
• 5:16
  filter
• 5:17
  which
• 5:17
  is
• 5:17
  grossly
• 5:18
  unnamed
• 5:19
  because
• 5:19
  it
• 5:19
  was
• 5:20
  not
• 5:20
  clever
• 5:20
  in
• 5:21
  the
• 5:21
  slightest.
• 5:22
  It
• 5:23
  worked
• 5:23
  once
• 5:23
  or
• 5:24
  twice.
• 5:24
  But
• 5:24
  then
• 5:24
  I
• 5:24
  try
• 5:24
  something
• 5:25
  else
• 5:25
  on
• 5:25
  it
• 5:25
  and
• 5:25
  would
• 5:26
  get
• 5:26
  it
• 5:26
  completely
• 5:27
  wrong.
• 5:27
  They
• 5:28
  would
• 5:28
  say
• 5:28
  things
• 5:28
  like,
• 5:29
  oh,
• 5:29
  sure,
• 5:29
  I
• 5:29
  can
• 5:29
  find
• 5:29
  you
• 5:30
  hotels
• 5:30
  off
• 5:30
  the
• 5:30
  Strip,
• 5:31
  and
• 5:31
  it
• 5:31
  would
• 5:31
  give
• 5:31
  me
• 5:31
  four
• 5:31
  hotels
• 5:32
  in
• 5:32
  Henderson,
• 5:32
  Nevada,
• 5:33
  which
• 5:33
  technically
• 5:34
  is
• 5:34
  off
• 5:34
  the
• 5:34
  Strip.
• 5:35
  It's
• 5:35
  also
• 5:35
  in
• 5:36
  a
• 5:36
  different
• 5:36
  city
• 5:37
  and
• 5:38
  it
• 5:38
  would
• 5:38
  give
• 5:38
  me,
• 5:38
  find
• 5:39
  me
• 5:39
  hotels
• 5:39
  without
• 5:39
  a
• 5:39
  casino,
• 5:40
  and
• 5:40
  it
• 5:40
  would
• 5:40
  find
• 5:41
  me
• 5:41
  some
• 5:41
  hotels
• 5:41
  without
• 5:42
  casinos,
• 5:42
  but
• 5:42
  then
• 5:42
  a
• 5:42
  bunch
• 5:43
  that
• 5:43
  actually
• 5:43
  had
• 5:43
  the
• 5:43
  word
• 5:43
  casino
• 5:44
  in
• 5:44
  their
• 5:44
  name.
• 5:45
  So
• 5:46
  it
• 5:46
  was
• 5:47
  pretty
• 5:47
  much
• 5:48
  not
• 5:48
  there
• 5:48
  yet.
• 5:49
  I'm
• 5:49
  sure
• 5:49
  it'll
• 5:49
  get
• 5:50
  better,
• 5:50
  but
• 5:50
  for
• 5:50
  the
• 5:50
  moment
• 5:51
  it
• 5:51
  was
• 5:51
  sort
• 5:51
  of
• 5:51
  a
• 5:52
  useless,
• 5:52
  almost
• 5:52
  comically
• 5:53
  so
• 5:53
  feature.
• 5:54
  Okay,
• 5:55
  so
• 5:55
  we
• 5:56
  now
• 5:56
  know
• 5:56
  AI,
• 5:57
  at
• 5:57
  least
• 5:58
  for
• 5:58
  now,
• 5:59
  is
• 5:59
  not
• 6:00
  winning
• 6:01
  anyway.
• 6:02
  So
• 6:02
  let's
• 6:03
  do
• 6:03
  airfares
• 6:05
  first.
• 6:06
  Okay,
• 6:06
  if
• 6:07
  you
• 6:07
  want
• 6:08
  to
• 6:08
  find
• 6:09
  the
• 6:09
  lowest
• 6:10
  airfare.
• 6:11
  And
• 6:11
  let
• 6:11
  me
• 6:12
  also
• 6:12
  say
• 6:12
  that
• 6:13
  you
• 6:13
  talked
• 6:13
  about
• 6:14
  airfares
• 6:14
  in
• 6:15
  your
• 6:15
  article
• 6:15
  in
• 6:15
  a
• 6:16
  smart
• 6:16
  way.
• 6:17
  You
• 6:17
  did
• 6:17
  not
• 6:18
  include
• 6:18
  the
• 6:19
  airfares
• 6:20
  that
• 6:20
  take
• 6:20
  you
• 6:21
  eight
• 6:21
  hours
• 6:22
  out
• 6:22
  of
• 6:22
  your
• 6:22
  way
• 6:23
  to
• 6:23
  save
• 6:24
  $50.
• 6:26
  So
• 6:27
  tell
• 6:27
  us
• 6:27
  about
• 6:27
  the
• 6:28
  waiting
• 6:28
  you
• 6:28
  did
• 6:29
  for
• 6:29
  that
• 6:30
  and
• 6:30
  spelled
• 6:31
  W
• 6:31
  E
• 6:31
  I
• 6:32
  G
• 6:32
  H
• 6:32
  T,
• 6:33
  not
• 6:33
  wait.
• 6:34
  Oh,
• 6:34
  there
• 6:34
  was
• 6:34
  a
• 6:34
  lot
• 6:34
  of
• 6:34
  waiting
• 6:35
  on
• 6:35
  some
• 6:35
  of
• 6:35
  these
• 6:35
  websites.
• 6:35
  They
• 6:36
  were
• 6:36
  slower
• 6:36
  than
• 6:36
  you'd
• 6:36
  expect.
• 6:37
  And
• 6:37
  I
• 6:37
  do
• 6:37
  mention
• 6:37
  that
• 6:37
  in
• 6:38
  the
• 6:38
  article.
• 6:38
  Which
• 6:38
  ones
• 6:39
  sort
• 6:39
  of
• 6:39
  sit
• 6:39
  you
• 6:39
  with
• 6:40
  that
• 6:40
  spinning
• 6:40
  wheel
• 6:40
  for
• 6:41
  five
• 6:41
  minutes,
• 6:41
  you
• 6:41
  have
• 6:41
  to
• 6:41
  restart
• 6:42
  it.
• 6:44
  But
• 6:44
  I
• 6:45
  weighted
• 6:45
  them
• 6:45
  in
• 6:45
  terms
• 6:46
  of
• 6:46
  finding
• 6:46
  out
• 6:46
  what
• 6:47
  kind
• 6:47
  of
• 6:47
  airfare
• 6:48
  it
• 6:48
  is
• 6:48
  a
• 6:49
  science.
• 6:49
  I
• 6:49
  took
• 6:49
  a
• 6:49
  lot
• 6:49
  of
• 6:49
  data,
• 6:50
  but
• 6:50
  there's
• 6:50
  a
• 6:50
  bit
• 6:50
  of
• 6:50
  art
• 6:50
  to
• 6:51
  it.
• 6:51
  And
• 6:51
  for
• 6:51
  any
• 6:52
  itinerary
• 6:53
  that
• 6:53
  spent
• 6:54
  at
• 6:54
  least
• 6:54
  50%
• 6:55
  of
• 6:55
  its
• 6:55
  time
• 6:56
  sitting
• 6:56
  in
• 6:56
  O'
• 6:56
  Hare
• 6:57
  Airport,
• 6:57
  I
• 6:57
  said,
• 6:57
  no,
• 6:58
  we're
• 6:58
  not
• 6:58
  going
• 6:58
  to
• 6:58
  do
• 6:58
  that.
• 6:59
  Or
• 6:59
  if
• 6:59
  it
• 6:59
  wanted
• 7:00
  you
• 7:00
  to
• 7:00
  fly
• 7:00
  from
• 7:00
  Philadelphia
• 7:01
  to
• 7:01
  Tampa
• 7:02
  via
• 7:02
  Cleveland,
• 7:02
  that
• 7:03
  made
• 7:03
  no
• 7:03
  sense.
• 7:04
  So
• 7:05
  anything
• 7:05
  that
• 7:05
  significantly
• 7:06
  extended
• 7:07
  the
• 7:07
  amount
• 7:07
  of
• 7:07
  time
• 7:07
  you
• 7:08
  traveled
• 7:08
  for
• 7:09
  a
• 7:09
  modicum
• 7:10
  of
• 7:10
  savings
• 7:10
  was
• 7:10
  just
• 7:11
  not
• 7:11
  on.
• 7:12
  Okay,
• 7:12
  so
• 7:12
  that
• 7:13
  wasn't
• 7:13
  included.
• 7:15
  I
• 7:15
  also
• 7:15
  avoided.
• 7:16
  There's
• 7:16
  a
• 7:17
  site
• 7:17
  called
• 7:17
  Skip
• 7:17
  Lagged,
• 7:18
  which
• 7:18
  is
• 7:19
  named
• 7:19
  after
• 7:20
  the
• 7:21
  technique
• 7:21
  for
• 7:21
  which
• 7:22
  it
• 7:22
  became
• 7:22
  famous,
• 7:22
  which
• 7:23
  is
• 7:23
  the
• 7:23
  Hidden
• 7:23
  City
• 7:23
  Fairs,
• 7:24
  which
• 7:24
  is
• 7:24
  basically
• 7:25
  you
• 7:25
  take
• 7:26
  a
• 7:26
  flight
• 7:26
  from
• 7:27
  where
• 7:27
  you
• 7:27
  are
• 7:28
  to
• 7:28
  where
• 7:28
  you're
• 7:29
  going
• 7:29
  that
• 7:29
  continues
• 7:29
  on
• 7:30
  to
• 7:30
  a
• 7:30
  third
• 7:30
  destination.
• 7:31
  And
• 7:31
  for
• 7:31
  various
• 7:32
  complicated
• 7:32
  reasons,
• 7:33
  the
• 7:33
  way
• 7:33
  airlines
• 7:34
  do
• 7:34
  their
• 7:34
  pricing,
• 7:35
  sometimes
• 7:35
  the
• 7:36
  flight
• 7:36
  from
• 7:36
  here
• 7:37
  to
• 7:38
  LA
• 7:39
  is
• 7:39
  more
• 7:39
  expensive
• 7:40
  than
• 7:40
  the
• 7:40
  flight.
• 7:40
  I
• 7:41
  mean,
• 7:41
  it's
• 7:41
  cheaper
• 7:41
  than
• 7:41
  the
• 7:41
  flight
• 7:42
  from
• 7:42
  here
• 7:42
  to
• 7:42
  Denver,
• 7:42
  even
• 7:43
  though
• 7:43
  it's
• 7:43
  shorter.
• 7:43
  But
• 7:44
  the
• 7:44
  plane
• 7:44
  stops
• 7:44
  in
• 7:44
  Denver.
• 7:45
  So
• 7:45
  if
• 7:45
  you
• 7:45
  get
• 7:45
  that
• 7:45
  LA
• 7:46
  flight,
• 7:46
  which
• 7:46
  is
• 7:46
  cheaper,
• 7:46
  and
• 7:46
  you
• 7:47
  get
• 7:47
  off
• 7:47
  the
• 7:47
  plane
• 7:47
  in
• 7:47
  Denver,
• 7:47
  hey,
• 7:48
  you've
• 7:48
  saved
• 7:48
  money.
• 7:48
  The
• 7:49
  problem
• 7:49
  is,
• 7:50
  obviously
• 7:50
  you
• 7:50
  can't
• 7:50
  check
• 7:50
  any
• 7:51
  luggage
• 7:51
  because
• 7:51
  your
• 7:51
  luggage
• 7:51
  is
• 7:52
  going
• 7:52
  to
• 7:52
  keep
• 7:52
  going.
• 7:53
  And
• 7:53
  if
• 7:53
  the
• 7:54
  airline
• 7:54
  finds
• 7:54
  out
• 7:54
  you've
• 7:55
  done
• 7:55
  it,
• 7:55
  they
• 7:55
  will
• 7:55
  cancel
• 7:56
  your
• 7:56
  return
• 7:56
  ticket.
• 7:56
  Sometimes
• 7:57
  they'll
• 7:57
  even
• 7:57
  try
• 7:57
  to
• 7:57
  sue
• 7:58
  you.
• 7:58
  It
• 7:58
  goes
• 7:58
  against
• 7:58
  their
• 7:59
  terms
• 7:59
  and
• 7:59
  practices.
• 8:01
  So
• 8:01
  it
• 8:02
  is
• 8:02
  technically
• 8:02
  a
• 8:02
  technique
• 8:02
  you
• 8:03
  can
• 8:03
  use.
• 8:03
  But
• 8:04
  I
• 8:04
  don't
• 8:04
  think
• 8:04
  we
• 8:04
  consider
• 8:05
  it
• 8:05
  really
• 8:05
  a
• 8:05
  viable
• 8:06
  one
• 8:06
  because
• 8:06
  of
• 8:06
  all
• 8:06
  it
• 8:07
  very
• 8:07
  fraught.
• 8:08
  So
• 8:08
  we
• 8:08
  left
• 8:08
  fares
• 8:09
  like
• 8:09
  that
• 8:09
  on
• 8:10
  the
• 8:10
  side
• 8:10
  we
• 8:10
  just
• 8:10
  looked
• 8:10
  at
• 8:11
  what
• 8:11
  is
• 8:11
  the
• 8:11
  actual
• 8:12
  airfare
• 8:12
  a
• 8:12
  real
• 8:12
  human
• 8:13
  flying,
• 8:13
  a
• 8:13
  real
• 8:14
  itinerary
• 8:14
  is
• 8:14
  going
• 8:15
  to
• 8:15
  find.
• 8:16
  Right.
• 8:16
  Okay.
• 8:17
  So
• 8:17
  with
• 8:17
  that
• 8:18
  all
• 8:18
  in
• 8:18
  mind,
• 8:19
  here's
• 8:20
  a
• 8:20
  drum
• 8:20
  roll.
• 8:21
  Which
• 8:21
  is
• 8:22
  the
• 8:22
  best
• 8:23
  airfare
• 8:23
  search
• 8:24
  engine?
• 8:26
  Well,
• 8:26
  the
• 8:27
  best
• 8:27
  airfare
• 8:27
  search
• 8:28
  engine,
• 8:28
  if
• 8:28
  you
• 8:28
  just
• 8:28
  look
• 8:28
  at
• 8:29
  price
• 8:29
  alone,
• 8:30
  believe
• 8:30
  it
• 8:31
  or
• 8:31
  not,
• 8:32
  is
• 8:32
  Momondo.
• 8:33
  It's
• 8:33
  not
• 8:34
  an
• 8:34
  unusual
• 8:34
  name.
• 8:35
  To
• 8:35
  our
• 8:36
  listeners
• 8:36
  and
• 8:36
  our
• 8:36
  readers@fromrs.com,
• 8:37
  momondo.com
• 8:39
  continues
• 8:39
  to
• 8:39
  just
• 8:40
  dominate
• 8:40
  the
• 8:40
  airplane.
• 8:41
  But
• 8:41
  it
• 8:41
  didn't
• 8:41
  win
• 8:42
  the
• 8:42
  last
• 8:42
  time,
• 8:42
  I
• 8:43
  thought.
• 8:43
  Wasn't
• 8:43
  it?
• 8:44
  No,
• 8:44
  it
• 8:44
  didn't
• 8:45
  let
• 8:45
  me,
• 8:45
  because
• 8:45
  I
• 8:46
  have
• 8:46
  this
• 8:46
  all
• 8:46
  written
• 8:46
  down
• 8:47
  on
• 8:47
  my
• 8:47
  sheet,
• 8:47
  my
• 8:48
  spreadsheets,
• 8:48
  to
• 8:48
  figure
• 8:49
  out
• 8:49
  how
• 8:49
  well
• 8:49
  they've
• 8:50
  done.
• 8:50
  Was
• 8:51
  it
• 8:51
  Kayak
• 8:51
  that
• 8:52
  won?
• 8:52
  Well,
• 8:53
  Kayak
• 8:53
  and
• 8:53
  Momondo
• 8:54
  are
• 8:54
  now
• 8:54
  the
• 8:54
  same
• 8:54
  thing.
• 8:55
  Right.
• 8:55
  And
• 8:56
  that
• 8:56
  is
• 8:56
  one
• 8:56
  of
• 8:56
  the
• 8:57
  big
• 8:57
  stories
• 8:57
  out
• 8:58
  of
• 8:58
  this,
• 8:58
  is
• 8:58
  that
• 8:58
  the
• 8:59
  corporate
• 8:59
  consolidation
• 9:00
  is
• 9:01
  sort
• 9:01
  of
• 9:01
  eating
• 9:02
  away
• 9:02
  at
• 9:02
  this
• 9:02
  point
• 9:03
  at
• 9:03
  the
• 9:03
  illusion
• 9:03
  of
• 9:04
  choice.
• 9:05
  We've
• 9:05
  known
• 9:05
  for
• 9:06
  a
• 9:06
  long
• 9:06
  time
• 9:06
  there's
• 9:06
  been
• 9:06
  this
• 9:06
  consolidation.
• 9:07
  Expedia
• 9:08
  Group
• 9:08
  owns
• 9:09
  Car
• 9:09
  Rentals.com,
• 9:10
  cheap
• 9:10
  Tickets,
• 9:11
  ebookers,
• 9:11
  Expedia
• 9:12
  itself,
• 9:12
  Hotels.com,
• 9:13
  hotwire,
• 9:13
  Orbitz,
• 9:14
  Travelocity,
• 9:14
  trivago,
• 9:15
  vrbo,
• 9:15
  and
• 9:16
  that's
• 9:16
  just
• 9:16
  one
• 9:16
  of
• 9:16
  them.
• 9:17
  There
• 9:17
  are
• 9:17
  several
• 9:18
  other
• 9:18
  conglomerates
• 9:18
  out
• 9:19
  there,
• 9:19
  and
• 9:19
  for
• 9:19
  a
• 9:19
  long
• 9:20
  time,
• 9:20
  they.
• 9:20
  They
• 9:20
  sort
• 9:21
  of
• 9:21
  let
• 9:21
  their
• 9:21
  individual
• 9:22
  websites
• 9:23
  kind
• 9:23
  of
• 9:23
  run
• 9:23
  on
• 9:23
  their
• 9:23
  own
• 9:23
  with
• 9:24
  their
• 9:24
  own
• 9:24
  databases
• 9:24
  and
• 9:25
  their
• 9:25
  own
• 9:25
  interfaces
• 9:26
  and
• 9:26
  algorithms.
• 9:27
  I
• 9:27
  mean,
• 9:28
  Orbits
• 9:28
  and
• 9:28
  Travelocity
• 9:29
  very
• 9:29
  quickly
• 9:29
  became
• 9:29
  the
• 9:30
  same
• 9:30
  as
• 9:30
  Expedia,
• 9:31
  but
• 9:31
  recently,
• 9:32
  more
• 9:32
  and
• 9:32
  more
• 9:32
  of
• 9:32
  them
• 9:33
  have
• 9:33
  started
• 9:33
  to
• 9:33
  sort
• 9:33
  of
• 9:33
  merge
• 9:34
  their
• 9:34
  results.
• 9:36
  So
• 9:36
  in
• 9:36
  Hotels,
• 9:36
  for
• 9:37
  example,
• 9:37
  Momondo
• 9:38
  used
• 9:38
  to
• 9:38
  have
• 9:38
  its
• 9:38
  own
• 9:38
  results,
• 9:39
  but
• 9:39
  now
• 9:39
  it's
• 9:40
  really
• 9:40
  just
• 9:41
  a
• 9:41
  front
• 9:41
  for
• 9:41
  the
• 9:41
  hotels
• 9:42
  combined.com
• 9:43
  data,
• 9:43
  which
• 9:43
  is
• 9:43
  an
• 9:43
  aggregator,
• 9:44
  and
• 9:44
  so
• 9:44
  is
• 9:45
  Kayak.
• 9:46
  So
• 9:47
  Momondo
• 9:47
  has
• 9:47
  better
• 9:47
  filters
• 9:48
  than
• 9:48
  Kayak,
• 9:49
  and
• 9:49
  it's
• 9:50
  designed
• 9:50
  a
• 9:50
  little
• 9:50
  easier
• 9:51
  on
• 9:51
  the
• 9:51
  eyes.
• 9:51
  So
• 9:52
  we
• 9:52
  say
• 9:52
  Momondo
• 9:53
  1.
• 9:53
  But
• 9:53
  if
• 9:53
  you
• 9:53
  go
• 9:53
  to
• 9:53
  Kayak,
• 9:54
  you
• 9:54
  get
• 9:54
  the
• 9:54
  exact
• 9:54
  same
• 9:55
  results.
• 9:55
  And
• 9:56
  it
• 9:56
  was
• 9:56
  the
• 9:57
  same
• 9:57
  last
• 9:57
  year,
• 9:57
  but
• 9:57
  prior
• 9:58
  to
• 9:58
  that,
• 9:58
  it
• 9:58
  ranked
• 9:58
  number
• 9:59
  six.
• 9:59
  So
• 9:59
  it's
• 10:00
  really
• 10:00
  come
• 10:00
  up
• 10:00
  in
• 10:00
  the
• 10:00
  world.
• 10:01
  Okay,
• 10:02
  so
• 10:02
  it's
• 10:02
  Momondo
• 10:03
  Kayak
• 10:05
  that
• 10:05
  found
• 10:06
  the
• 10:06
  lowest
• 10:07
  prices
• 10:08
  most
• 10:08
  consistently.
• 10:09
  Correct?
• 10:10
  That
• 10:10
  would
• 10:11
  be
• 10:11
  the
• 10:11
  best
• 10:11
  way
• 10:11
  to
• 10:11
  put
• 10:11
  it,
• 10:11
  yes.
• 10:12
  Okay,
• 10:13
  and
• 10:13
  what
• 10:13
  else
• 10:14
  did
• 10:14
  they
• 10:14
  do
• 10:14
  right,
• 10:15
  do
• 10:15
  you
• 10:15
  think?
• 10:17
  Well,
• 10:17
  in
• 10:17
  addition
• 10:17
  to
• 10:18
  finding
• 10:18
  the
• 10:18
  best
• 10:18
  prices
• 10:19
  the
• 10:19
  most
• 10:20
  number
• 10:20
  of
• 10:20
  times,
• 10:21
  Momondo
• 10:21
  has
• 10:22
  the
• 10:22
  best
• 10:22
  filters
• 10:23
  in
• 10:23
  the
• 10:23
  business.
• 10:23
  Now,
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  filters
• 10:24
  are
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  things
• 10:24
  that
• 10:25
  allow
• 10:25
  you
• 10:25
  to
• 10:25
  say,
• 10:25
  I
• 10:26
  only
• 10:26
  want
• 10:26
  to
• 10:26
  leave
• 10:26
  from
• 10:26
  these
• 10:26
  airports
• 10:27
  in
• 10:27
  a
• 10:28
  particular
• 10:28
  Destination
• 10:29
  or
• 10:29
  I
• 10:30
  want
• 10:30
  to
• 10:30
  sort
• 10:30
  it
• 10:30
  by
• 10:31
  price
• 10:31
  or
• 10:31
  by
• 10:32
  fastest
• 10:32
  or
• 10:33
  whatever.
• 10:33
  And
• 10:33
  Momondo
• 10:34
  not
• 10:34
  only
• 10:34
  has
• 10:34
  all
• 10:35
  of
• 10:35
  those,
• 10:35
  it
• 10:35
  has
• 10:35
  things
• 10:36
  like
• 10:36
  booking
• 10:36
  sites.
• 10:37
  So
• 10:37
  you
• 10:37
  can
• 10:37
  say
• 10:37
  I
• 10:38
  don't
• 10:38
  want
• 10:38
  to
• 10:39
  book
• 10:39
  on
• 10:39
  these
• 10:39
  places.
• 10:39
  I've
• 10:40
  never
• 10:40
  heard
• 10:40
  of
• 10:40
  these
• 10:40
  third
• 10:40
  party
• 10:41
  websites
• 10:41
  that
• 10:41
  might
• 10:41
  be
• 10:42
  a
• 10:42
  little
• 10:42
  fly
• 10:42
  by
• 10:42
  night,
• 10:43
  pardon
• 10:43
  the
• 10:43
  pun,
• 10:43
  or
• 10:44
  the
• 10:44
  kind
• 10:44
  of
• 10:44
  aircraft,
• 10:45
  the
• 10:45
  flight
• 10:46
  quality.
• 10:47
  And
• 10:47
  the
• 10:48
  number
• 10:48
  one
• 10:48
  thing
• 10:48
  that
• 10:48
  Momondo
• 10:49
  offers
• 10:49
  that
• 10:49
  nobody
• 10:50
  else
• 10:50
  in
• 10:50
  industry
• 10:50
  does,
• 10:51
  it
• 10:51
  allows
• 10:51
  you
• 10:51
  to
• 10:51
  tick
• 10:52
  off
• 10:52
  a
• 10:52
  checkbox
• 10:52
  for
• 10:53
  how
• 10:53
  many
• 10:53
  carry
• 10:53
  ons
• 10:53
  you
• 10:54
  have
• 10:54
  and
• 10:54
  how
• 10:55
  many
• 10:55
  checked
• 10:55
  bags
• 10:56
  you
• 10:56
  want
• 10:56
  to
• 10:56
  take.
• 10:56
  And
• 10:57
  it
• 10:57
  will
• 10:57
  recalculate
• 10:58
  all
• 10:58
  of
• 10:58
  the
• 10:58
  prices
• 10:59
  for
• 10:59
  each
• 10:59
  airline
• 11:00
  with
• 11:00
  the
• 11:00
  baggage
• 11:00
  fees
• 11:01
  included.
• 11:02
  Nobody
• 11:02
  else
• 11:03
  does
• 11:03
  that.
• 11:04
  That's
• 11:04
  great.
• 11:04
  That's
• 11:05
  really
• 11:05
  helpful
• 11:06
  actually.
• 11:06
  Yeah,
• 11:07
  it's
• 11:07
  incredibly
• 11:07
  helpful
• 11:08
  because
• 11:08
  sure
• 11:08
  it's
• 11:08
  like
• 11:08
  $30
• 11:09
  or
• 11:09
  $40,
• 11:09
  you
• 11:09
  figure
• 11:10
  that'
• 11:10
  of
• 11:11
  flying.
• 11:12
  But
• 11:12
  there
• 11:12
  are
• 11:12
  some
• 11:12
  airlines
• 11:13
  where
• 11:13
  the
• 11:13
  difference
• 11:13
  can
• 11:13
  be
• 11:14
  $10
• 11:14
  on
• 11:14
  one
• 11:14
  airline
• 11:15
  and
• 11:15
  $90
• 11:16
  on
• 11:16
  another.
• 11:16
  So
• 11:17
  it
• 11:17
  really
• 11:17
  pays
• 11:18
  to
• 11:18
  know
• 11:19
  what
• 11:19
  the
• 11:19
  baggage
• 11:20
  fees
• 11:20
  are
• 11:20
  going
• 11:20
  to
• 11:20
  be.
• 11:21
  Interesting.
• 11:22
  And
• 11:23
  that.
• 11:24
  Well,
• 11:25
  we'll
• 11:25
  come
• 11:25
  back
• 11:26
  to
• 11:26
  that
• 11:27
  opaqueness
• 11:29
  when
• 11:29
  we
• 11:29
  talk
• 11:29
  about
• 11:29
  hotels.
• 11:31
  So
• 11:31
  Momondo
• 11:32
  was
• 11:33
  number
• 11:33
  one.
• 11:33
  What
• 11:34
  was
• 11:34
  number
• 11:34
  two?
• 11:35
  Number
• 11:35
  two
• 11:36
  this
• 11:36
  time
• 11:36
  around
• 11:36
  was
• 11:36
  skyscanner.
• 11:38
  Huh.
• 11:38
  It's
• 11:39
  been
• 11:39
  number
• 11:39
  two
• 11:39
  for
• 11:40
  a
• 11:40
  while.
• 11:40
  Number
• 11:40
  one
• 11:41
  is
• 11:41
  swaps
• 11:41
  out,
• 11:41
  but
• 11:41
  number
• 11:42
  two,
• 11:42
  and
• 11:42
  the
• 11:42
  skyscanner
• 11:43
  just
• 11:43
  holds
• 11:43
  on
• 11:43
  to
• 11:43
  that
• 11:44
  number
• 11:44
  two
• 11:44
  spot.
• 11:45
  It
• 11:45
  was
• 11:45
  really
• 11:46
  good
• 11:46
  at
• 11:47
  finding
• 11:47
  advanced
• 11:48
  purchase
• 11:48
  fares.
• 11:49
  In
• 11:49
  other
• 11:49
  words,
• 11:50
  airfares
• 11:50
  leaving
• 11:50
  six
• 11:51
  weeks
• 11:51
  out
• 11:51
  or
• 11:51
  longer.
• 11:52
  Last
• 11:52
  minute
• 11:53
  fares.
• 11:53
  Not
• 11:54
  quite
• 11:54
  as
• 11:54
  good
• 11:54
  as
• 11:54
  some
• 11:55
  of
• 11:55
  the
• 11:55
  others,
• 11:55
  but
• 11:56
  it
• 11:56
  was
• 11:57
  pretty
• 11:57
  much
• 11:57
  almost
• 11:57
  as
• 11:58
  good
• 11:58
  as
• 11:58
  Momondo.
• 11:59
  On
• 11:59
  what
• 12:00
  we
• 12:00
  call
• 12:00
  Apex
• 12:00
  fares
• 12:01
  in
• 12:01
  the
• 12:01
  industry,
• 12:02
  it
• 12:02
  found
• 12:02
  more
• 12:02
  than
• 12:03
  three
• 12:03
  quarters
• 12:03
  of
• 12:03
  the
• 12:03
  time
• 12:03
  it
• 12:04
  found
• 12:04
  a
• 12:04
  fare
• 12:04
  that
• 12:05
  was
• 12:05
  better
• 12:05
  than
• 12:05
  the
• 12:05
  average
• 12:05
  or
• 12:06
  sometimes
• 12:06
  the
• 12:06
  best.
• 12:07
  I
• 12:07
  remember
• 12:07
  in
• 12:08
  past
• 12:08
  years
• 12:08
  there
• 12:09
  was
• 12:09
  one
• 12:09
  website
• 12:10
  that
• 12:10
  was
• 12:10
  better
• 12:11
  on
• 12:11
  like
• 12:11
  airfares
• 12:12
  to
• 12:12
  Asia
• 12:13
  or
• 12:13
  Last
• 12:13
  minute
• 12:14
  fares.
• 12:14
  Did
• 12:15
  you
• 12:15
  find
• 12:16
  niches
• 12:16
  like
• 12:17
  that
• 12:17
  in
• 12:17
  the
• 12:18
  list?
• 12:19
  I
• 12:19
  did.
• 12:19
  And
• 12:20
  like
• 12:20
  I
• 12:20
  said,
• 12:20
  they
• 12:21
  do
• 12:21
  vary
• 12:22
  on
• 12:22
  who
• 12:22
  has
• 12:22
  the
• 12:22
  best
• 12:23
  on
• 12:23
  Last
• 12:23
  minute
• 12:24
  and
• 12:24
  who
• 12:24
  has
• 12:24
  the
• 12:24
  best
• 12:25
  on
• 12:25
  airfares
• 12:26
  at
• 12:26
  certain
• 12:26
  destinations.
• 12:27
  The
• 12:27
  destinations
• 12:27
  one
• 12:27
  seems
• 12:28
  to
• 12:28
  have
• 12:28
  fallen
• 12:28
  a
• 12:28
  little
• 12:28
  bit
• 12:28
  by
• 12:28
  the
• 12:29
  wayside
• 12:30
  in
• 12:31
  hotels
• 12:31
  as
• 12:31
  well.
• 12:32
  It
• 12:32
  used
• 12:32
  to
• 12:33
  be
• 12:33
  that
• 12:33
  there
• 12:33
  was
• 12:33
  a
• 12:33
  website
• 12:34
  that
• 12:34
  was
• 12:34
  really
• 12:34
  good
• 12:34
  at
• 12:34
  Asian
• 12:35
  hotels
• 12:35
  called
• 12:36
  Agodo,
• 12:36
  right?
• 12:37
  Yes,
• 12:37
  Agodo.
• 12:38
  That
• 12:38
  started
• 12:38
  as
• 12:38
  a
• 12:39
  website
• 12:39
  for
• 12:39
  booking
• 12:40
  hotels
• 12:40
  in
• 12:40
  Asia,
• 12:41
  but
• 12:41
  it
• 12:41
  seems
• 12:41
  to
• 12:41
  have
• 12:41
  lost
• 12:42
  that
• 12:42
  edge
• 12:42
  again
• 12:43
  as
• 12:43
  it's
• 12:43
  become
• 12:44
  its
• 12:44
  results
• 12:44
  have
• 12:44
  gotten
• 12:45
  consolidated
• 12:45
  with
• 12:46
  those
• 12:46
  of
• 12:46
  its
• 12:46
  corporate
• 12:47
  cousins.
• 12:48
  Huh.
• 12:48
  Interesting.
• 12:49
  Okay.
• 12:50
  And
• 12:50
  one
• 12:51
  of
• 12:51
  the
• 12:51
  big
• 12:52
  news
• 12:52
  items
• 12:53
  from
• 12:53
  this
• 12:54
  article
• 12:54
  was
• 12:55
  that
• 12:55
  all
• 12:55
  of
• 12:55
  the
• 12:56
  websites
• 12:57
  now
• 12:57
  Cover
• 12:58
  Southwest.
• 12:59
  It's
• 12:59
  no
• 12:59
  longer
• 13:00
  hiding
• 13:00
  behind
• 13:01
  the
• 13:01
  veil,
• 13:02
  right?
• 13:03
  Yes.
• 13:03
  That
• 13:03
  is
• 13:03
  one
• 13:04
  of
• 13:04
  the
• 13:04
  two
• 13:04
  big
• 13:05
  news
• 13:05
  items
• 13:05
  to
• 13:06
  come
• 13:06
  out
• 13:06
  that
• 13:06
  covers
• 13:06
  everything
• 13:07
  in
• 13:07
  the
• 13:07
  airfare
• 13:07
  industry,
• 13:08
  is
• 13:08
  that
• 13:09
  Southwest,
• 13:09
  which
• 13:09
  you
• 13:09
  used
• 13:10
  to
• 13:10
  have
• 13:10
  to
• 13:10
  look
• 13:10
  up
• 13:10
  on
• 13:10
  your
• 13:10
  own,
• 13:11
  is
• 13:11
  now
• 13:11
  canvassed
• 13:12
  by
• 13:12
  nearly
• 13:13
  all
• 13:13
  of
• 13:13
  the
• 13:13
  aggregators
• 13:14
  and
• 13:15
  the
• 13:16
  online
• 13:16
  travel
• 13:16
  agencies,
• 13:17
  the
• 13:17
  places
• 13:17
  we
• 13:17
  actually
• 13:18
  book
• 13:18
  it.
• 13:18
  There
• 13:19
  are
• 13:19
  two
• 13:19
  that
• 13:19
  made
• 13:19
  our
• 13:20
  top
• 13:20
  10
• 13:20
  that
• 13:20
  do
• 13:20
  not,
• 13:21
  as
• 13:21
  of
• 13:22
  this
• 13:22
  date,
• 13:22
  include
• 13:23
  Southwest
• 13:23
  yet,
• 13:24
  and
• 13:24
  that
• 13:24
  is
• 13:24
  Skiplagged
• 13:25
  and
• 13:25
  Flight
• 13:26
  Network.
• 13:26
  Huh.
• 13:27
  Interesting.
• 13:28
  It's
• 13:28
  almost
• 13:28
  all
• 13:29
  the
• 13:29
  way
• 13:29
  there.
• 13:29
  The
• 13:29
  other
• 13:29
  big
• 13:30
  news
• 13:30
  is
• 13:30
  that
• 13:31
  TripAdvisor,
• 13:31
  which
• 13:32
  was
• 13:32
  usually
• 13:32
  in
• 13:32
  the
• 13:33
  top
• 13:33
  five
• 13:33
  in
• 13:33
  our
• 13:33
  last
• 13:34
  several
• 13:34
  times
• 13:34
  doing
• 13:34
  this,
• 13:35
  will
• 13:36
  no
• 13:36
  longer
• 13:37
  be
• 13:37
  booking
• 13:38
  airfares
• 13:38
  or
• 13:38
  hotels.
• 13:39
  It's
• 13:39
  getting
• 13:39
  rid
• 13:39
  of
• 13:39
  its
• 13:39
  booking
• 13:40
  services,
• 13:40
  and
• 13:40
  it's
• 13:41
  going
• 13:41
  back
• 13:41
  to
• 13:41
  just
• 13:42
  crowdsourced
• 13:43
  travel
• 13:43
  information.
• 13:45
  Interesting.
• 13:45
  Wow.
• 13:46
  Okay.
• 13:47
  Now,
• 13:48
  on
• 13:48
  hotels,
• 13:50
  Google
• 13:51
  actually
• 13:52
  found
• 13:53
  the
• 13:53
  best
• 13:53
  prices
• 13:54
  most
• 13:54
  consistently.
• 13:55
  Google.
• 13:56
  Is
• 13:56
  it
• 13:56
  called
• 13:56
  Google
• 13:57
  Hotels
• 13:57
  or
• 13:58
  what's
• 13:58
  the
• 13:58
  name
• 13:58
  there?
• 13:59
  Well,
• 13:59
  if
• 14:00
  you
• 14:00
  go
• 14:00
  to
• 14:00
  Google
• 14:00
  and
• 14:00
  you
• 14:01
  search
• 14:01
  on
• 14:01
  hotels,
• 14:01
  it'll
• 14:02
  start
• 14:02
  giving
• 14:02
  you
• 14:03
  the
• 14:03
  results
• 14:03
  that
• 14:03
  you're
• 14:04
  looking
• 14:04
  for.
• 14:04
  But
• 14:04
  if
• 14:04
  you
• 14:05
  want
• 14:05
  an
• 14:05
  interface
• 14:05
  that
• 14:06
  kind
• 14:06
  of
• 14:06
  looks
• 14:06
  like
• 14:06
  a
• 14:06
  hotel
• 14:07
  booking,
• 14:07
  one
• 14:07
  with
• 14:08
  lots
• 14:08
  of
• 14:08
  options,
• 14:09
  you
• 14:09
  go
• 14:09
  to
• 14:09
  google.com
• 14:10
  travel
• 14:11
  and
• 14:12
  there
• 14:12
  you
• 14:12
  can
• 14:12
  pick
• 14:12
  flights,
• 14:13
  hotels,
• 14:13
  vacation
• 14:14
  packages,
• 14:14
  and
• 14:15
  that
• 14:15
  will
• 14:15
  give
• 14:15
  you
• 14:16
  a
• 14:16
  more
• 14:17
  usable
• 14:17
  Interface.
• 14:18
  So
• 14:18
  it's
• 14:18
  google.com
• 14:19
  travel
• 14:20
  hotels,
• 14:21
  if
• 14:21
  you
• 14:21
  want
• 14:21
  to
• 14:21
  get
• 14:21
  technical.
• 14:23
  And
• 14:24
  it
• 14:24
  found
• 14:24
  the
• 14:24
  lowest
• 14:25
  prices
• 14:25
  most
• 14:25
  consistently.
• 14:27
  How
• 14:27
  much
• 14:27
  lower?
• 14:28
  Well,
• 14:29
  it's
• 14:29
  really
• 14:29
  a
• 14:30
  matter
• 14:30
  of
• 14:30
  how
• 14:30
  many
• 14:30
  times
• 14:30
  does
• 14:31
  it
• 14:31
  find
• 14:31
  the.
• 14:32
  The
• 14:32
  absolute
• 14:32
  cheapest
• 14:32
  price
• 14:33
  versus
• 14:34
  an
• 14:34
  average
• 14:34
  price
• 14:35
  or
• 14:35
  one
• 14:35
  that's
• 14:35
  not
• 14:35
  as
• 14:36
  good.
• 14:36
  And
• 14:36
  when
• 14:36
  we
• 14:37
  ranked
• 14:38
  these
• 14:39
  websites,
• 14:39
  that's
• 14:39
  the
• 14:40
  ranking
• 14:40
  that
• 14:40
  we
• 14:40
  used.
• 14:40
  If
• 14:41
  it
• 14:41
  found
• 14:41
  the
• 14:41
  absolute
• 14:42
  best
• 14:42
  price,
• 14:42
  it
• 14:42
  got
• 14:42
  points.
• 14:43
  Found
• 14:43
  a
• 14:43
  good
• 14:43
  price,
• 14:44
  it
• 14:44
  got
• 14:44
  points,
• 14:45
  but
• 14:45
  fewer.
• 14:45
  And
• 14:46
  it
• 14:46
  got
• 14:46
  negative
• 14:46
  points
• 14:46
  for
• 14:47
  finding
• 14:47
  a
• 14:47
  bad
• 14:48
  price
• 14:48
  or
• 14:48
  the
• 14:48
  absolute
• 14:49
  worst
• 14:49
  price,
• 14:49
  or
• 14:50
  in
• 14:50
  some
• 14:50
  cases,
• 14:50
  not
• 14:51
  even
• 14:51
  managing
• 14:51
  to
• 14:51
  find
• 14:52
  that
• 14:52
  hotel
• 14:52
  in
• 14:52
  that
• 14:52
  city
• 14:53
  at
• 14:53
  all,
• 14:53
  which
• 14:54
  some
• 14:54
  of
• 14:54
  them
• 14:54
  suffered
• 14:55
  from.
• 14:56
  Well,
• 14:56
  for
• 14:56
  those
• 14:56
  of
• 14:57
  us
• 14:57
  who
• 14:57
  try
• 14:57
  to
• 14:57
  avoid
• 14:58
  Google
• 14:59
  because
• 14:59
  they're
• 15:00
  taking
• 15:00
  over
• 15:00
  the
• 15:01
  world,
• 15:01
  what
• 15:01
  was
• 15:02
  number
• 15:02
  two?
• 15:03
  Number
• 15:04
  two?
• 15:04
  Yeah.
• 15:05
  Number
• 15:05
  two
• 15:05
  was
• 15:05
  a
• 15:05
  big
• 15:06
  surprise
• 15:06
  to
• 15:06
  me
• 15:07
  because
• 15:09
  it
• 15:09
  has
• 15:09
  not
• 15:09
  been
• 15:10
  number
• 15:10
  two
• 15:10
  or
• 15:10
  even
• 15:10
  number
• 15:11
  one.
• 15:11
  It
• 15:11
  has
• 15:12
  usually
• 15:12
  been
• 15:12
  down
• 15:12
  at
• 15:12
  number
• 15:13
  eight
• 15:13
  and
• 15:13
  number
• 15:13
  seven
• 15:14
  in
• 15:14
  the
• 15:14
  last
• 15:15
  six
• 15:15
  times
• 15:15
  we've
• 15:16
  done
• 15:16
  this.
• 15:16
  And
• 15:16
  that
• 15:17
  is
• 15:17
  Trivago,
• 15:18
  huh?
• 15:19
  Yep,
• 15:20
  Trivago.
• 15:21
  I
• 15:21
  think
• 15:21
  maybe
• 15:22
  they
• 15:22
  stopped
• 15:22
  spending
• 15:23
  so
• 15:23
  much
• 15:23
  money
• 15:23
  on
• 15:23
  those
• 15:23
  incessant
• 15:24
  ad
• 15:24
  campaigns
• 15:25
  with
• 15:25
  that
• 15:25
  silver
• 15:26
  fox
• 15:26
  and
• 15:26
  a
• 15:27
  white
• 15:27
  void
• 15:28
  telling
• 15:28
  you
• 15:28
  about
• 15:28
  Trivago,
• 15:29
  and
• 15:30
  now
• 15:30
  they've
• 15:30
  actually
• 15:30
  invested
• 15:30
  it
• 15:31
  in
• 15:31
  their
• 15:31
  algorithms.
• 15:31
  I
• 15:32
  don't
• 15:32
  know
• 15:32
  if
• 15:32
  that's
• 15:32
  the
• 15:32
  truth.
• 15:33
  But
• 15:33
  it
• 15:33
  does
• 15:33
  definitely
• 15:34
  seem
• 15:34
  to
• 15:35
  be
• 15:36
  the
• 15:36
  case
• 15:36
  because
• 15:37
  it
• 15:37
  really
• 15:38
  rocked.
• 15:39
  It
• 15:39
  did
• 15:39
  a
• 15:39
  great
• 15:39
  job
• 15:40
  of
• 15:40
  finding
• 15:41
  inexpensive
• 15:41
  hotels
• 15:42
  and
• 15:42
  finding
• 15:43
  a
• 15:43
  large
• 15:43
  number
• 15:44
  of
• 15:44
  inexpensive
• 15:44
  hotels
• 15:45
  in
• 15:46
  every
• 15:46
  city
• 15:46
  we
• 15:46
  threw
• 15:46
  at
• 15:47
  it.
• 15:47
  Buenos
• 15:47
  Aires,
• 15:48
  Hong
• 15:48
  Kong,
• 15:48
  Rome,
• 15:49
  Philadelphia.
• 15:50
  It
• 15:50
  just.
• 15:50
  It
• 15:50
  rocked.
• 15:51
  It
• 15:51
  was
• 15:51
  amazing.
• 15:52
  Not
• 15:52
  quite
• 15:52
  as
• 15:52
  good
• 15:52
  as
• 15:52
  Google,
• 15:53
  but
• 15:53
  for
• 15:54
  a
• 15:54
  traditional
• 15:54
  aggregator,
• 15:55
  it
• 15:55
  really
• 15:56
  kind
• 15:56
  of
• 15:56
  blew
• 15:56
  the
• 15:56
  pants
• 15:57
  off
• 15:57
  everybody.
• 15:58
  Including
• 15:58
  one
• 15:58
  website
• 15:59
  that
• 15:59
  used
• 16:00
  to
• 16:00
  rank
• 16:00
  really
• 16:00
  high
• 16:00
  and
• 16:01
  now
• 16:01
  is
• 16:01
  languishing
• 16:02
  back
• 16:02
  in
• 16:02
  Trivago's
• 16:03
  old
• 16:03
  area,
• 16:03
  number
• 16:04
  eight,
• 16:04
  booking.com.
• 16:06
  Huh.
• 16:06
  So,
• 16:07
  again,
• 16:07
  my
• 16:07
  theory
• 16:07
  is
• 16:08
  that
• 16:08
  the
• 16:08
  booking.
• 16:08
  Yeah,
• 16:09
  Commercials
• 16:09
  are
• 16:10
  eating
• 16:10
  up
• 16:10
  their
• 16:11
  ability
• 16:11
  to
• 16:11
  actually
• 16:12
  focus
• 16:13
  on
• 16:13
  giving
• 16:13
  you
• 16:13
  good
• 16:13
  results.
• 16:14
  Interesting.
• 16:15
  And
• 16:16
  does
• 16:16
  Trivago
• 16:17
  do
• 16:17
  rentals
• 16:18
  as
• 16:19
  well
• 16:19
  as
• 16:19
  hotels?
• 16:21
  It
• 16:21
  does.
• 16:21
  That
• 16:22
  is
• 16:22
  one
• 16:22
  thing
• 16:22
  that
• 16:22
  a
• 16:22
  lot
• 16:22
  of
• 16:22
  them
• 16:23
  are
• 16:23
  including.
• 16:23
  More
• 16:23
  and
• 16:23
  more
• 16:25
  is
• 16:25
  including
• 16:26
  not
• 16:26
  just
• 16:26
  hotels,
• 16:26
  but
• 16:27
  also
• 16:28
  vacation
• 16:28
  homes,
• 16:29
  which
• 16:29
  means
• 16:30
  an
• 16:30
  apartment,
• 16:31
  an
• 16:32
  Airbnb
• 16:32
  type
• 16:33
  property.
• 16:34
  Often
• 16:34
  they're
• 16:34
  through
• 16:35
  something
• 16:35
  like
• 16:35
  vrbo.
• 16:36
  And
• 16:37
  you
• 16:37
  can
• 16:37
  search
• 16:37
  on
• 16:38
  that.
• 16:38
  You
• 16:38
  can
• 16:38
  say,
• 16:38
  I
• 16:39
  want
• 16:39
  just
• 16:40
  hotels,
• 16:40
  or
• 16:40
  I
• 16:40
  want
• 16:40
  hotels
• 16:41
  and
• 16:41
  apartments,
• 16:41
  or
• 16:41
  I
• 16:42
  also
• 16:42
  want
• 16:42
  budget
• 16:42
  stays,
• 16:43
  which
• 16:43
  would
• 16:43
  be
• 16:43
  like
• 16:43
  B&Bs
• 16:44
  and
• 16:44
  hostels,
• 16:45
  guest
• 16:45
  houses,
• 16:45
  that
• 16:45
  kind
• 16:46
  of
• 16:46
  thing.
• 16:47
  Hmm.
• 16:47
  Okay,
• 16:48
  now,
• 16:49
  what
• 16:49
  about
• 16:50
  all
• 16:50
  the
• 16:50
  fees?
• 16:51
  The
• 16:51
  extra
• 16:51
  fees
• 16:52
  that
• 16:52
  come
• 16:53
  out
• 16:53
  come
• 16:53
  with
• 16:53
  hotels.
• 16:54
  Is
• 16:54
  it
• 16:55
  easy
• 16:55
  to
• 16:55
  see
• 16:56
  those
• 16:56
  now
• 16:57
  on
• 16:57
  these,
• 16:57
  on
• 16:58
  these
• 16:58
  booking
• 16:58
  engines?
• 16:59
  That
• 16:59
  is
• 16:59
  another
• 17:00
  big
• 17:00
  change
• 17:00
  in
• 17:00
  the
• 17:01
  last
• 17:01
  two
• 17:01
  years.
• 17:01
  It
• 17:01
  used
• 17:02
  to
• 17:02
  be
• 17:02
  that
• 17:02
  it
• 17:02
  was
• 17:02
  almost
• 17:03
  impossible
• 17:03
  to
• 17:04
  find
• 17:04
  out
• 17:05
  all
• 17:05
  of
• 17:05
  the
• 17:05
  taxes
• 17:06
  and
• 17:06
  fees
• 17:06
  you
• 17:06
  were
• 17:06
  going
• 17:06
  to
• 17:06
  pay.
• 17:07
  They
• 17:07
  would
• 17:07
  have
• 17:07
  the
• 17:08
  generic
• 17:08
  tax,
• 17:08
  which
• 17:09
  in
• 17:09
  most
• 17:09
  countries
• 17:09
  is
• 17:10
  the
• 17:10
  VAT
• 17:10
  tax,
• 17:10
  and
• 17:11
  it's
• 17:11
  federal.
• 17:12
  But
• 17:12
  it
• 17:12
  often
• 17:12
  would
• 17:12
  not
• 17:13
  include
• 17:13
  city
• 17:13
  taxes,
• 17:14
  which
• 17:14
  could
• 17:14
  be
• 17:14
  15%
• 17:16
  or
• 17:16
  even
• 17:16
  worse,
• 17:17
  cleaning
• 17:17
  fees
• 17:18
  on
• 17:18
  rental
• 17:19
  properties
• 17:19
  or
• 17:19
  resort
• 17:20
  fees
• 17:20
  at
• 17:20
  hotels.
• 17:21
  And
• 17:21
  that
• 17:21
  could
• 17:21
  tack
• 17:22
  on
• 17:22
  30,
• 17:23
  40,
• 17:23
  60,
• 17:24
  $150.
• 17:25
  I've
• 17:25
  seen
• 17:25
  ones
• 17:25
  where
• 17:26
  the
• 17:26
  base
• 17:26
  rate
• 17:27
  was
• 17:27
  $79,
• 17:28
  but
• 17:28
  once
• 17:28
  you
• 17:28
  added
• 17:29
  taxes
• 17:29
  and
• 17:29
  fees,
• 17:29
  it
• 17:29
  was
• 17:30
  $280,
• 17:31
  which
• 17:31
  was
• 17:31
  ridiculous.
• 17:32
  It
• 17:32
  used
• 17:33
  to
• 17:33
  be
• 17:33
  the
• 17:33
  only
• 17:33
  way
• 17:33
  you
• 17:33
  could
• 17:34
  get
• 17:34
  around
• 17:34
  that
• 17:34
  was
• 17:34
  to
• 17:35
  pretend
• 17:35
  you
• 17:35
  were
• 17:35
  Irish,
• 17:36
  by
• 17:36
  which
• 17:37
  I
• 17:37
  mean
• 17:37
  use
• 17:37
  a
• 17:38
  vpn,
• 17:38
  a
• 17:38
  virtual
• 17:39
  private
• 17:39
  network,
• 17:40
  to
• 17:40
  spoof
• 17:41
  the
• 17:41
  computer
• 17:42
  into
• 17:42
  thinking
• 17:42
  you're
• 17:42
  coming
• 17:43
  from
• 17:43
  another
• 17:43
  country,
• 17:43
  in
• 17:44
  this
• 17:44
  case
• 17:44
  Ireland,
• 17:45
  because
• 17:45
  you
• 17:45
  needed
• 17:46
  to
• 17:46
  be
• 17:46
  from
• 17:46
  the
• 17:46
  European
• 17:46
  Union,
• 17:47
  the
• 17:47
  eu,
• 17:48
  because
• 17:48
  they
• 17:48
  have
• 17:48
  regulations
• 17:49
  requiring
• 17:50
  the
• 17:50
  fees
• 17:50
  to
• 17:51
  be
• 17:51
  disclosed
• 17:52
  up
• 17:52
  front.
• 17:53
  And
• 17:53
  Ireland
• 17:53
  has
• 17:54
  the
• 17:54
  benefit
• 17:54
  of
• 17:54
  the
• 17:54
  results
• 17:54
  also
• 17:55
  coming
• 17:55
  in
• 17:55
  English.
• 17:56
  Now,
• 17:56
  that
• 17:57
  is
• 17:57
  still
• 17:57
  the
• 17:57
  case
• 17:57
  for
• 17:57
  about
• 17:58
  half
• 17:58
  the
• 17:58
  sites
• 17:58
  out
• 17:58
  there,
• 17:58
  including
• 17:59
  Trivago,
• 18:00
  that
• 18:00
  we
• 18:00
  talked
• 18:00
  about.
• 18:01
  But
• 18:01
  interestingly,
• 18:02
  there
• 18:02
  are
• 18:02
  some
• 18:03
  websites
• 18:03
  that
• 18:04
  now
• 18:04
  include
• 18:05
  taxes
• 18:06
  and
• 18:06
  fees
• 18:06
  in
• 18:07
  the
• 18:07
  first
• 18:07
  results
• 18:07
  they
• 18:07
  show
• 18:08
  you.
• 18:08
  Huh.
• 18:09
  It
• 18:09
  often
• 18:10
  is
• 18:10
  in
• 18:10
  fine
• 18:11
  print.
• 18:11
  A
• 18:11
  Little
• 18:11
  bit
• 18:11
  smaller
• 18:12
  than
• 18:12
  the
• 18:12
  big
• 18:12
  lead
• 18:12
  price
• 18:13
  that
• 18:13
  they
• 18:13
  show
• 18:13
  in
• 18:13
  bold
• 18:14
  because
• 18:14
  they
• 18:14
  want
• 18:14
  you
• 18:14
  to
• 18:14
  notice
• 18:15
  the
• 18:15
  cheapest
• 18:15
  price.
• 18:16
  And
• 18:16
  when
• 18:16
  you
• 18:16
  do
• 18:17
  sort
• 18:17
  by,
• 18:17
  you
• 18:18
  know,
• 18:18
  sort
• 18:18
  by
• 18:18
  price
• 18:18
  and
• 18:19
  things
• 18:19
  like
• 18:19
  that,
• 18:19
  it
• 18:20
  will
• 18:20
  still
• 18:20
  sort
• 18:20
  by
• 18:20
  that
• 18:21
  base
• 18:21
  price
• 18:21
  and
• 18:21
  not
• 18:21
  the
• 18:22
  total
• 18:23
  price.
• 18:23
  But
• 18:23
  at
• 18:23
  least
• 18:23
  they
• 18:24
  show
• 18:24
  it
• 18:24
  to
• 18:24
  you
• 18:24
  before
• 18:24
  you
• 18:25
  click
• 18:25
  through
• 18:25
  eight
• 18:25
  different
• 18:25
  screens
• 18:26
  to
• 18:26
  get
• 18:26
  to
• 18:26
  the
• 18:26
  page
• 18:27
  where
• 18:27
  you
• 18:27
  put
• 18:27
  in
• 18:27
  your
• 18:27
  credit
• 18:27
  card
• 18:28
  information
• 18:28
  and
• 18:28
  discover
• 18:29
  the
• 18:29
  hotel
• 18:29
  is
• 18:29
  three
• 18:29
  times
• 18:30
  as
• 18:30
  much
• 18:30
  as
• 18:30
  you
• 18:30
  thought
• 18:30
  it
• 18:30
  was.
• 18:31
  Right.
• 18:32
  Does
• 18:32
  Google
• 18:33
  and
• 18:33
  Trivago,
• 18:34
  do
• 18:34
  they
• 18:34
  show
• 18:35
  you
• 18:36
  the
• 18:36
  final
• 18:36
  price
• 18:37
  in
• 18:37
  smaller
• 18:38
  type
• 18:38
  or.
• 18:38
  No,
• 18:39
  Google
• 18:39
  is
• 18:39
  the
• 18:40
  only
• 18:40
  one
• 18:40
  of
• 18:40
  the
• 18:40
  top
• 18:40
  four
• 18:41
  sites
• 18:41
  that
• 18:41
  shows
• 18:42
  you
• 18:42
  the
• 18:42
  final
• 18:42
  fee,
• 18:43
  including
• 18:43
  taxes
• 18:44
  and
• 18:44
  fees.
• 18:44
  Although
• 18:45
  it's
• 18:45
  when
• 18:45
  you
• 18:45
  go
• 18:45
  to
• 18:46
  the
• 18:46
  individual
• 18:46
  results
• 18:47
  of
• 18:48
  each
• 18:48
  hotel.
• 18:49
  Okay.
• 18:49
  The
• 18:49
  next
• 18:50
  three
• 18:50
  do
• 18:50
  not.
• 18:50
  It's
• 18:51
  actually
• 18:51
  some
• 18:51
  at
• 18:51
  more
• 18:52
  at
• 18:52
  the
• 18:52
  bottom
• 18:52
  of
• 18:52
  the
• 18:53
  list
• 18:53
  in
• 18:53
  terms
• 18:53
  of
• 18:53
  finding
• 18:54
  the
• 18:54
  best
• 18:54
  price
• 18:54
  that,
• 18:55
  ironically
• 18:55
  enough,
• 18:56
  include
• 18:56
  all
• 18:56
  the
• 18:56
  fees
• 18:57
  as
• 18:57
  well.
• 18:58
  Okay.
• 18:58
  Apologies
• 18:58
  for
• 18:59
  my
• 18:59
  dog,
• 18:59
  he
• 19:00
  hates
• 19:00
  fees.
• 19:02
  Hence
• 19:02
  all
• 19:03
  the
• 19:03
  barking.
• 19:04
  So
• 19:05
  back
• 19:05
  to
• 19:05
  fees.
• 19:06
  You
• 19:07
  talked
• 19:07
  about
• 19:08
  how
• 19:09
  Momondo
• 19:10
  allows
• 19:11
  you
• 19:11
  to
• 19:11
  check
• 19:12
  and
• 19:12
  kind
• 19:13
  of
• 19:13
  change
• 19:14
  the
• 19:14
  search
• 19:15
  by
• 19:15
  luggage
• 19:16
  fees.
• 19:17
  To
• 19:17
  my
• 19:18
  mind,
• 19:18
  one
• 19:18
  of
• 19:18
  the
• 19:19
  ugliest
• 19:19
  fees
• 19:20
  out
• 19:20
  there
• 19:20
  is
• 19:21
  parking
• 19:21
  fees.
• 19:22
  Do
• 19:23
  any
• 19:23
  of
• 19:24
  these
• 19:24
  hotel
• 19:24
  websites
• 19:25
  let
• 19:26
  you
• 19:26
  shift
• 19:27
  the
• 19:27
  site
• 19:27
  by
• 19:28
  adding
• 19:28
  that
• 19:29
  into
• 19:29
  the
• 19:29
  search
• 19:30
  or
• 19:30
  no?
• 19:31
  No.
• 19:32
  Most
• 19:32
  of
• 19:32
  them
• 19:32
  will
• 19:33
  have
• 19:33
  tick
• 19:34
  marks
• 19:34
  for
• 19:34
  amenities,
• 19:34
  and
• 19:35
  one
• 19:35
  of
• 19:35
  those
• 19:35
  will
• 19:35
  be
• 19:36
  parking
• 19:36
  if
• 19:36
  it's
• 19:37
  available,
• 19:37
  including,
• 19:38
  I
• 19:38
  noticed
• 19:39
  recently,
• 19:39
  EV
• 19:40
  charging
• 19:41
  stations.
• 19:41
  But
• 19:41
  they
• 19:41
  do
• 19:42
  not,
• 19:42
  unfortunately,
• 19:42
  have
• 19:43
  the
• 19:43
  actual
• 19:43
  price,
• 19:44
  I
• 19:44
  think,
• 19:44
  because
• 19:44
  it's
• 19:44
  not
• 19:45
  divulged
• 19:46
  necessarily
• 19:47
  in
• 19:47
  the
• 19:48
  database
• 19:48
  of
• 19:48
  information
• 19:49
  they
• 19:49
  get
• 19:49
  from
• 19:49
  each
• 19:49
  one.
• 19:50
  Whereas
• 19:50
  baggage
• 19:51
  fees
• 19:51
  for
• 19:51
  airlines
• 19:52
  are
• 19:52
  in
• 19:52
  there.
• 19:53
  It's
• 19:53
  just
• 19:53
  many
• 19:53
  websites
• 19:54
  choose
• 19:55
  not
• 19:55
  to
• 19:55
  show
• 19:55
  them.
• 19:56
  Okay.
• 19:56
  And
• 19:57
  just
• 19:57
  to
• 19:58
  clarify
• 19:58
  the
• 19:59
  point
• 19:59
  you
• 19:59
  made
• 19:59
  earlier
• 20:00
  about
• 20:00
  virtual
• 20:01
  private
• 20:01
  networks,
• 20:02
  VPNs,
• 20:03
  if
• 20:04
  you
• 20:04
  search
• 20:04
  from
• 20:05
  Ireland,
• 20:05
  which
• 20:05
  I
• 20:06
  love
• 20:06
  that
• 20:06
  idea,
• 20:07
  will
• 20:08
  you
• 20:08
  more
• 20:09
  likely
• 20:09
  see
• 20:10
  the
• 20:10
  total
• 20:11
  price
• 20:11
  in
• 20:12
  the
• 20:12
  first
• 20:12
  results
• 20:13
  page
• 20:13
  or
• 20:14
  no?
• 20:15
  Absolutely.
• 20:16
  You
• 20:16
  have
• 20:16
  to,
• 20:16
  by
• 20:16
  law,
• 20:17
  EU
• 20:17
  regulations
• 20:18
  require
• 20:18
  it
• 20:19
  to
• 20:19
  show
• 20:19
  you
• 20:19
  the
• 20:19
  actual
• 20:20
  total
• 20:20
  price.
• 20:21
  Wow.
• 20:21
  The
• 20:21
  very
• 20:22
  first
• 20:22
  time
• 20:22
  they
• 20:22
  show
• 20:22
  you
• 20:22
  the
• 20:23
  results,
• 20:23
  it
• 20:23
  might
• 20:23
  be
• 20:24
  in
• 20:24
  Euros
• 20:24
  because
• 20:24
  you've
• 20:25
  changed
• 20:25
  to
• 20:25
  Ireland,
• 20:25
  but
• 20:26
  you
• 20:26
  can
• 20:26
  usually
• 20:26
  on
• 20:26
  every
• 20:27
  site
• 20:27
  except
• 20:27
  for
• 20:27
  google.com,
• 20:28
  you
• 20:28
  can
• 20:29
  tick
• 20:29
  a
• 20:29
  little
• 20:29
  box
• 20:29
  to
• 20:29
  change
• 20:30
  that
• 20:30
  to
• 20:30
  dollars
• 20:30
  if
• 20:31
  it
• 20:31
  helps
• 20:31
  you
• 20:32
  not
• 20:32
  do
• 20:32
  conversions
• 20:33
  in
• 20:33
  your
• 20:33
  head.
• 20:33
  Well,
• 20:34
  that's
• 20:34
  really
• 20:34
  useful
• 20:35
  to
• 20:35
  know.
• 20:35
  I'm
• 20:36
  trying
• 20:36
  to
• 20:36
  think
• 20:36
  of
• 20:36
  another.
• 20:37
  Well,
• 20:37
  it
• 20:37
  has
• 20:38
  to
• 20:38
  be
• 20:38
  an
• 20:38
  EU
• 20:39
  site.
• 20:39
  Yeah,
• 20:40
  very,
• 20:40
  very
• 20:40
  interesting.
• 20:41
  And
• 20:41
  we
• 20:42
  don't
• 20:42
  know
• 20:42
  you
• 20:42
  didn't
• 20:43
  check
• 20:43
  to
• 20:43
  see
• 20:44
  whether
• 20:44
  the
• 20:44
  price
• 20:44
  was
• 20:45
  different
• 20:45
  using
• 20:46
  a
• 20:46
  vpn,
• 20:47
  because
• 20:47
  we
• 20:47
  know
• 20:48
  that
• 20:48
  a
• 20:48
  lot
• 20:49
  of
• 20:50
  companies
• 20:50
  are
• 20:51
  profiling
• 20:52
  people
• 20:52
  by
• 20:53
  the
• 20:53
  area
• 20:53
  they
• 20:53
  live
• 20:54
  in
• 20:54
  and
• 20:54
  surfacing
• 20:55
  different
• 20:55
  prices.
• 20:56
  Oh,
• 20:57
  it's
• 20:57
  not
• 20:57
  just
• 20:57
  the
• 20:57
  area
• 20:57
  you
• 20:57
  live
• 20:58
  in,
• 20:58
  it's
• 20:58
  the
• 20:58
  cookies
• 20:58
  they
• 20:59
  put
• 20:59
  on.
• 20:59
  It's
• 21:00
  all
• 21:00
  your
• 21:00
  personal
• 21:00
  data.
• 21:00
  There
• 21:01
  was
• 21:01
  an
• 21:01
  article
• 21:01
  about
• 21:01
  it
• 21:02
  in
• 21:02
  the
• 21:02
  Times
• 21:02
  today.
• 21:04
  We're
• 21:04
  recording
• 21:04
  this.
• 21:04
  Yeah,
• 21:05
  that
• 21:06
  they
• 21:06
  are
• 21:06
  really
• 21:06
  creating
• 21:08
  personal
• 21:08
  files
• 21:08
  on
• 21:09
  every
• 21:09
  single
• 21:09
  person.
• 21:10
  As
• 21:10
  they
• 21:10
  say,
• 21:11
  if
• 21:11
  something
• 21:11
  is
• 21:12
  given
• 21:12
  to
• 21:12
  you
• 21:12
  for
• 21:12
  free,
• 21:12
  you
• 21:13
  are
• 21:13
  the
• 21:13
  product.
• 21:14
  They
• 21:14
  are
• 21:14
  collecting
• 21:14
  data
• 21:15
  on
• 21:15
  you
• 21:15
  and
• 21:15
  selling
• 21:16
  it
• 21:16
  bundled
• 21:16
  to
• 21:17
  other
• 21:17
  parties.
• 21:17
  Usually
• 21:18
  not
• 21:18
  for
• 21:18
  nefarious
• 21:18
  purposes,
• 21:19
  but
• 21:20
  you
• 21:20
  could
• 21:20
  consider
• 21:20
  someone
• 21:21
  upping
• 21:21
  the
• 21:21
  price
• 21:22
  because
• 21:22
  they
• 21:22
  think
• 21:22
  you
• 21:23
  have
• 21:23
  more
• 21:23
  disposable
• 21:24
  income
• 21:24
  kind
• 21:24
  of
• 21:24
  nefarious.
• 21:25
  I
• 21:25
  consider
• 21:26
  that
• 21:26
  definitely
• 21:27
  nefarious.
• 21:27
  Well,
• 21:28
  it's
• 21:28
  another
• 21:28
  reason
• 21:29
  to
• 21:29
  use
• 21:29
  a
• 21:29
  VPN
• 21:30
  when
• 21:30
  you
• 21:30
  do
• 21:30
  these
• 21:30
  searches
• 21:31
  as
• 21:31
  well.
• 21:32
  And
• 21:32
  also
• 21:33
  clean
• 21:33
  out
• 21:33
  all
• 21:33
  your
• 21:34
  cookies
• 21:34
  from
• 21:34
  your
• 21:35
  browser
• 21:35
  cache.
• 21:35
  It
• 21:36
  means
• 21:36
  you
• 21:36
  won't
• 21:37
  be
• 21:37
  able
• 21:37
  to
• 21:37
  automatically
• 21:38
  log
• 21:38
  into
• 21:38
  sites,
• 21:39
  but
• 21:39
  it
• 21:39
  will
• 21:40
  keep
• 21:40
  a
• 21:40
  site
• 21:40
  from
• 21:41
  pulling
• 21:41
  that
• 21:41
  scam
• 21:41
  where
• 21:42
  they.
• 21:42
  Not
• 21:42
  a
• 21:42
  scam,
• 21:43
  but
• 21:43
  from
• 21:43
  pulling
• 21:43
  that
• 21:44
  move
• 21:44
  where
• 21:44
  they
• 21:44
  show
• 21:44
  your
• 21:44
  price.
• 21:45
  And
• 21:46
  then
• 21:46
  when
• 21:46
  you
• 21:46
  go
• 21:46
  back
• 21:46
  to,
• 21:46
  it
• 21:47
  shows
• 21:47
  your
• 21:47
  price
• 21:47
  slightly
• 21:47
  higher
• 21:48
  and
• 21:48
  it
• 21:48
  creates
• 21:49
  that
• 21:49
  false
• 21:49
  sense
• 21:49
  of
• 21:49
  urgency.
• 21:50
  So
• 21:50
  you'll
• 21:50
  book
• 21:50
  it
• 21:50
  right
• 21:51
  now.
• 21:51
  And
• 21:51
  a
• 21:51
  lot
• 21:52
  of
• 21:52
  them
• 21:52
  unfortunately
• 21:52
  do
• 21:53
  do
• 21:53
  that.
• 21:53
  So
• 21:54
  if
• 21:54
  you
• 21:54
  use
• 21:54
  a
• 21:54
  virtual
• 21:55
  network
• 21:55
  and
• 21:56
  you
• 21:56
  make
• 21:56
  sure
• 21:56
  you
• 21:57
  clear
• 21:57
  your
• 21:57
  cache
• 21:58
  and
• 21:58
  your
• 21:58
  cookies
• 21:58
  and
• 21:58
  use
• 21:59
  a
• 21:59
  browser
• 21:59
  that's
• 21:59
  really
• 21:59
  good
• 22:00
  at
• 22:00
  doing
• 22:00
  that,
• 22:00
  then
• 22:01
  you
• 22:01
  usually
• 22:01
  can
• 22:01
  get
• 22:02
  much
• 22:02
  more
• 22:02
  consistent
• 22:03
  results.
• 22:04
  Okay,
• 22:04
  well,
• 22:04
  that's
• 22:04
  important.
• 22:05
  Is
• 22:05
  there
• 22:06
  anything
• 22:07
  we
• 22:07
  haven't
• 22:08
  covered
• 22:09
  that
• 22:09
  you
• 22:09
  thought
• 22:10
  we
• 22:10
  should
• 22:11
  have
• 22:11
  coming
• 22:11
  into
• 22:11
  this
• 22:13
  article,
• 22:13
  coming
• 22:13
  into
• 22:14
  this
• 22:14
  conversation?
• 22:16
  Well,
• 22:17
  I
• 22:17
  think
• 22:17
  it's
• 22:18
  interesting
• 22:18
  that
• 22:19
  there
• 22:19
  are
• 22:19
  some
• 22:19
  deals
• 22:20
  on
• 22:20
  the
• 22:20
  hotel
• 22:21
  side
• 22:22
  that
• 22:22
  you
• 22:22
  can
• 22:23
  only
• 22:23
  get
• 22:23
  if
• 22:23
  you
• 22:23
  go
• 22:24
  directly
• 22:24
  to
• 22:24
  the
• 22:25
  online
• 22:25
  travel
• 22:25
  agency
• 22:26
  that
• 22:26
  is
• 22:26
  selling
• 22:27
  it.
• 22:27
  Because
• 22:28
  the
• 22:28
  aggregators
• 22:29
  will
• 22:29
  canvass
• 22:30
  all
• 22:30
  of
• 22:30
  the
• 22:30
  online
• 22:31
  travel
• 22:31
  agencies,
• 22:31
  all
• 22:32
  the
• 22:32
  ones
• 22:32
  that
• 22:32
  actually
• 22:32
  sell
• 22:33
  you
• 22:33
  the
• 22:33
  information,
• 22:34
  I
• 22:34
  mean,
• 22:35
  sell
• 22:35
  you
• 22:35
  the
• 22:35
  tickets
• 22:36
  as
• 22:36
  well
• 22:36
  as
• 22:37
  the
• 22:37
  best
• 22:37
  ones.
• 22:37
  We'll
• 22:38
  also
• 22:38
  look
• 22:38
  at
• 22:38
  the
• 22:38
  hotel's
• 22:39
  own
• 22:39
  website
• 22:39
  because
• 22:39
  that'll
• 22:40
  often
• 22:40
  beat
• 22:40
  one
• 22:40
  of
• 22:41
  these
• 22:42
  online
• 22:42
  travel
• 22:42
  agencies.
• 22:43
  But
• 22:44
  some
• 22:44
  of
• 22:44
  the
• 22:44
  online
• 22:44
  travel
• 22:45
  agencies
• 22:45
  have
• 22:45
  deals
• 22:46
  that
• 22:46
  you
• 22:46
  can
• 22:46
  only
• 22:46
  get
• 22:46
  by
• 22:47
  going
• 22:47
  directly
• 22:47
  to
• 22:47
  them
• 22:48
  sometimes,
• 22:48
  Right.
• 22:48
  On
• 22:49
  the
• 22:49
  surface,
• 22:49
  if
• 22:49
  you
• 22:49
  just
• 22:49
  go
• 22:50
  to
• 22:50
  the
• 22:50
  site,
• 22:50
  sometimes
• 22:51
  you
• 22:51
  have
• 22:51
  to
• 22:51
  log
• 22:51
  in
• 22:52
  for
• 22:52
  their
• 22:52
  genius
• 22:53
  rate
• 22:53
  or
• 22:53
  their
• 22:53
  member
• 22:54
  only
• 22:55
  discounts,
• 22:55
  which
• 22:56
  is
• 22:56
  usually
• 22:56
  worth
• 22:57
  doing.
• 22:57
  We
• 22:58
  did
• 22:58
  not,
• 22:58
  for
• 22:58
  this
• 22:58
  particular
• 22:59
  articles
• 22:59
  do
• 22:59
  that
• 23:00
  because
• 23:00
  we
• 23:00
  wanted
• 23:00
  to
• 23:00
  get
• 23:00
  the
• 23:00
  plain
• 23:01
  vanilla
• 23:01
  rates
• 23:01
  that
• 23:01
  everyone
• 23:02
  can
• 23:02
  find.
• 23:02
  Right.
• 23:03
  However,
• 23:03
  conversely,
• 23:04
  there
• 23:05
  are
• 23:05
  some
• 23:06
  rates
• 23:06
  that
• 23:06
  the
• 23:06
  large
• 23:07
  aggregators
• 23:07
  have
• 23:08
  locked
• 23:08
  in
• 23:08
  at
• 23:08
  the
• 23:09
  online
• 23:09
  travel
• 23:09
  agencies
• 23:10
  that
• 23:10
  you
• 23:10
  won't
• 23:10
  get
• 23:11
  unless
• 23:11
  you
• 23:11
  go
• 23:11
  through
• 23:12
  the
• 23:12
  aggregator
• 23:13
  like
• 23:13
  Trivago
• 23:14
  or
• 23:15
  Skyscanner.
• 23:15
  Yeah,
• 23:16
  it's
• 23:16
  the
• 23:16
  weirdest
• 23:16
  thing.
• 23:17
  Sometimes
• 23:17
  it
• 23:17
  was
• 23:17
  lower
• 23:18
  going
• 23:18
  direct,
• 23:18
  sometimes
• 23:19
  it
• 23:19
  was
• 23:19
  lower
• 23:19
  going
• 23:20
  through
• 23:20
  an
• 23:20
  aggregator,
• 23:20
  which
• 23:21
  just
• 23:21
  means
• 23:22
  you
• 23:22
  kind
• 23:22
  of
• 23:22
  got
• 23:22
  to
• 23:22
  look
• 23:23
  at
• 23:23
  both.
• 23:23
  Oh.
• 23:24
  Oh,
• 23:24
  I
• 23:25
  hate
• 23:25
  that.
• 23:25
  So
• 23:25
  it's
• 23:26
  a
• 23:26
  lot.
• 23:26
  It's
• 23:26
  very
• 23:26
  frustrating.
• 23:27
  It's
• 23:27
  very
• 23:28
  frustrating.
• 23:28
  So
• 23:29
  that's
• 23:29
  a
• 23:29
  lot
• 23:29
  of
• 23:29
  work.
• 23:30
  So
• 23:31
  you
• 23:31
  need
• 23:31
  to
• 23:31
  sign
• 23:32
  in,
• 23:33
  look
• 23:33
  at
• 23:33
  it
• 23:33
  that
• 23:33
  way.
• 23:34
  But
• 23:34
  then
• 23:34
  you
• 23:34
  can't
• 23:34
  use
• 23:35
  a
• 23:35
  VPN
• 23:36
  if
• 23:36
  you're
• 23:36
  signing
• 23:37
  in
• 23:37
  to
• 23:37
  get
• 23:37
  the
• 23:37
  secret
• 23:38
  rate.
• 23:39
  And
• 23:39
  then.
• 23:39
  And
• 23:39
  you
• 23:39
  also
• 23:40
  have
• 23:40
  to
• 23:40
  look
• 23:40
  at
• 23:41
  the.
• 23:42
  So
• 23:42
  that's.
• 23:42
  You
• 23:42
  have
• 23:43
  to
• 23:43
  do
• 23:43
  that
• 23:43
  with
• 23:43
  the
• 23:43
  OTAs,
• 23:44
  the
• 23:44
  online
• 23:45
  travel
• 23:45
  agency.
• 23:46
  You
• 23:46
  have
• 23:46
  to
• 23:46
  do
• 23:46
  that
• 23:46
  with
• 23:47
  the
• 23:47
  aggregators,
• 23:48
  and
• 23:49
  maybe
• 23:49
  you
• 23:49
  have
• 23:49
  to
• 23:49
  do
• 23:50
  it
• 23:50
  with
• 23:50
  the
• 23:50
  hotels.
• 23:50
  Or
• 23:51
  will
• 23:51
  you
• 23:51
  consistently
• 23:52
  find
• 23:53
  the
• 23:53
  hotel
• 23:53
  direct
• 23:54
  places
• 23:54
  on
• 23:55
  the
• 23:55
  sites
• 23:55
  that
• 23:56
  aggregate
• 23:56
  different.
• 23:57
  Different
• 23:57
  prices?
• 23:58
  Most
• 23:58
  of
• 23:58
  the.
• 23:58
  Most
• 23:59
  of
• 23:59
  the
• 23:59
  best
• 23:59
  aggregators
• 24:00
  and
• 24:00
  the
• 24:00
  ones
• 24:00
  that
• 24:00
  we
• 24:00
  recommend
• 24:01
  at
• 24:01
  the
• 24:01
  top
• 24:01
  of
• 24:01
  the
• 24:01
  list
• 24:02
  will
• 24:03
  canvas
• 24:03
  the
• 24:04
  individual
• 24:04
  sites
• 24:05
  of
• 24:05
  the
• 24:05
  hotels
• 24:05
  themselves.
• 24:05
  And
• 24:06
  if
• 24:06
  you
• 24:06
  go
• 24:06
  to
• 24:06
  a
• 24:06
  hotel
• 24:07
  site,
• 24:07
  it
• 24:07
  will
• 24:07
  tell
• 24:07
  you
• 24:07
  what
• 24:08
  the
• 24:08
  rate
• 24:08
  is
• 24:08
  and
• 24:08
  what
• 24:09
  their
• 24:09
  member
• 24:09
  rate
• 24:09
  is
• 24:10
  to
• 24:10
  join
• 24:10
  their,
• 24:10
  you
• 24:11
  know,
• 24:11
  membership
• 24:12
  club
• 24:12
  and
• 24:12
  what
• 24:12
  the
• 24:12
  AAA
• 24:13
  rate
• 24:13
  is.
• 24:13
  Things
• 24:13
  like
• 24:13
  that.
• 24:14
  Yeah.
• 24:14
  What
• 24:14
  percentage
• 24:15
  of
• 24:15
  the
• 24:15
  time
• 24:16
  is
• 24:16
  the
• 24:16
  hotel
• 24:16
  rate
• 24:16
  lowest?
• 24:17
  I
• 24:17
  would
• 24:18
  think
• 24:18
  it's
• 24:18
  a
• 24:18
  lot.
• 24:18
  Right.
• 24:19
  Or,
• 24:19
  no,
• 24:19
  the
• 24:20
  hotel
• 24:20
  rate
• 24:21
  is.
• 24:21
  I
• 24:21
  would.
• 24:22
  I
• 24:22
  didn't
• 24:22
  actually
• 24:22
  calculate
• 24:23
  percentages,
• 24:24
  but
• 24:24
  just
• 24:24
  if
• 24:24
  I
• 24:25
  had
• 24:25
  to
• 24:25
  rough
• 24:25
  it
• 24:25
  out
• 24:26
  from
• 24:26
  all
• 24:26
  the
• 24:26
  results
• 24:26
  that
• 24:27
  I've
• 24:27
  seen,
• 24:27
  I
• 24:27
  looked
• 24:27
  at
• 24:27
  about
• 24:29
  800
• 24:29
  results
• 24:29
  for
• 24:29
  hotels
• 24:30
  for
• 24:30
  this
• 24:30
  article.
• 24:31
  Wow.
• 24:31
  It
• 24:31
  was
• 24:31
  probably
• 24:32
  about,
• 24:32
  yeah,
• 24:32
  75,
• 24:33
  80%
• 24:33
  of
• 24:34
  the
• 24:34
  time.
• 24:34
  But
• 24:35
  sometimes,
• 24:35
  you
• 24:35
  know,
• 24:35
  a
• 24:36
  hotel,
• 24:36
  in
• 24:36
  order
• 24:36
  to
• 24:36
  move
• 24:36
  rooms,
• 24:37
  will
• 24:37
  offer
• 24:38
  a
• 24:38
  discount
• 24:39
  to
• 24:39
  a
• 24:39
  third
• 24:39
  party
• 24:40
  to
• 24:40
  sell
• 24:40
  those
• 24:40
  rooms
• 24:41
  because
• 24:41
  they
• 24:41
  know
• 24:41
  that
• 24:41
  more
• 24:42
  people
• 24:42
  know
• 24:42
  the
• 24:43
  names
• 24:43
  of
• 24:43
  trivago
• 24:44
  or
• 24:44
  booking.com
• 24:45
  or
• 24:45
  priceline
• 24:46
  or
• 24:46
  something
• 24:46
  like
• 24:46
  that.
• 24:47
  And
• 24:47
  so
• 24:48
  they
• 24:48
  figure,
• 24:48
  well,
• 24:49
  if
• 24:49
  we
• 24:49
  have
• 24:49
  to
• 24:49
  eat
• 24:50
  a
• 24:50
  little
• 24:50
  bit
• 24:50
  of
• 24:50
  profit
• 24:50
  to
• 24:51
  get
• 24:51
  way
• 24:51
  more
• 24:51
  bookings,
• 24:52
  then
• 24:52
  we'll
• 24:52
  offer
• 24:52
  a
• 24:53
  discount
• 24:53
  to
• 24:53
  the
• 24:53
  people
• 24:53
  coming
• 24:54
  through
• 24:54
  those
• 24:55
  venues.
• 24:56
  So,
• 24:56
  again,
• 24:56
  you
• 24:57
  kind
• 24:57
  of
• 24:57
  have
• 24:57
  to
• 24:57
  look
• 24:58
  at
• 24:58
  all
• 24:58
  of
• 24:59
  the
• 24:59
  options,
• 24:59
  which
• 24:59
  is
• 24:59
  why
• 25:00
  we
• 25:00
  have
• 25:00
  a
• 25:00
  top
• 25:00
  10
• 25:01
  list,
• 25:01
  so
• 25:01
  that
• 25:02
  you'll
• 25:02
  know
• 25:02
  which
• 25:02
  are
• 25:02
  the
• 25:03
  best
• 25:03
  ones
• 25:03
  to
• 25:03
  go
• 25:03
  to
• 25:04
  first.
• 25:04
  Well,
• 25:05
  and
• 25:05
  on
• 25:05
  that
• 25:05
  happy
• 25:06
  note,
• 25:07
  I
• 25:07
  will
• 25:08
  say
• 25:08
  thank
• 25:08
  you
• 25:08
  so,
• 25:09
  so
• 25:09
  much,
• 25:09
  Reid.
• 25:10
  I
• 25:10
  learned
• 25:11
  a
• 25:11
  lot.
• 25:12
  No
• 25:12
  trouble.
• 25:12
  Pauline,
• 25:13
  I
• 25:13
  appreciate
• 25:13
  it,
• 25:14
  and
• 25:14
  I
• 25:14
  appreciate
• 25:15
  doing
• 25:15
  this
• 25:15
  article
• 25:15
  every
• 25:16
  two
• 25:16
  years,
• 25:16
  even
• 25:16
  if
• 25:16
  it
• 25:16
  involves
• 25:17
  a
• 25:17
  whole
• 25:17
  lot
• 25:18
  of
• 25:18
  spreadsheets.
• 25:19
  Yeah.
• 25:19
  Yeah.
• 25:20
  Well,
• 25:20
  you
• 25:20
  are
• 25:20
  the
• 25:20
  spreadsheet
• 25:21
  king.
• 25:21
  Thanks
• 25:22
  again.
• 25:23
  And
• 25:23
  that
• 25:23
  is
• 25:23
  it
• 25:24
  for
• 25:24
  this
• 25:24
  week's
• 25:24
  show.
• 25:25
  I
• 25:25
  thank
• 25:25
  you
• 25:25
  so,
• 25:25
  so
• 25:26
  much
• 25:26
  for
• 25:26
  listening.
• 25:27
  And
• 25:27
  to
• 25:27
  those
• 25:27
  who
• 25:28
  are
• 25:28
  traveling,
• 25:29
  may
• 25:29
  I
• 25:29
  wish
• 25:29
  you
• 25:30
  a
• 25:30
  hearty
• 25:30
  Bon
• 25:31
  voyage.
• 25:43
  Sour
• 25:44
  candy
• 25:44
  on
• 25:45
  the
• 25:46
  table.
• 25:48
  Lazy
• 25:49
  afternoons
• 25:50
  in
• 25:50
  your
• 25:50
  sweatpants
• 25:51
  Watching
• 25:52
  cable
• 25:54
  well,
• 25:54
  it
• 25:55
  feels
• 25:55
  so
• 25:56
  far
• 25:56
  away.
• 25:59
  All.
• 26:00
  The
• 26:00
  channels
• 26:01
  seem
• 26:01
  the
• 26:02
  same.
• 26:04
  Trying
• 26:05
  to
• 26:05
  remember
• 26:06
  all
• 26:07
  the
• 26:07
  songs
• 26:07
  we
• 26:08
  like
• 26:08
  to
• 26:08
  play?
• 26:09
  Cause
• 26:09
  those
• 26:10
  lazy
• 26:10
  afternoons
• 26:11
  don't
• 26:12
  come
• 26:12
  so
• 26:12
  fresh
• 26:13
  frequently
• 26:13
  these
• 26:13
  days
• 26:15
  oh,
• 26:16
  it's
• 26:17
  been
• 26:18
  so
• 26:18
  long
• 26:19
  and
• 26:20
  I
• 26:20
  cannot
• 26:21
  help
• 26:21
  but
• 26:21
  wonder
• 26:22
  Are
• 26:22
  you
• 26:23
  ever
• 26:23
  coming
• 26:24
  home?
• 26:25
  I
• 26:25
  like
• 26:25
  you
• 26:26
  with
• 26:26
  your
• 26:26
  sour
• 26:27
  candy
• 26:28
  in
• 26:28
  the
• 26:28
  bouse
• 26:29
  on
• 26:29
  the
• 26:29
  lake
• 26:30
  oh,
• 26:31
  but
• 26:31
  I
• 26:31
  hate,
• 26:31
  I
• 26:32
  hate,
• 26:32
  I
• 26:32
  hate,
• 26:33
  I
• 26:33
  hate,
• 26:33
  I
• 26:33
  hate,
• 26:35
  I
• 26:35
  hate
• 26:35
  the
• 26:36
  way
• 26:36
  it
• 26:36
  tastes.