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...thirds of online travel planners cling to the big three--Expedia, Travelocity and Priceline--but the sharpest new way to search for bargain flights is on Kayak.com The site covers fares on some 300 airlines in any given week and saves time by letting you adjust search parameters, using a sliding dial, without having to start from scratch. It's also handy for getting hotel and car-rental deals...
Relentless bargain hunters know what it's like to search 12 times a day to see if that July flight to Paris is getting cheaper. Tripstalker.com takes care of that, constantly scouring for inexpensive trips and alerting you by e-mail or text message once a flight, hotel or rental car matching your search criteria turns...
...course of years the country will evolve into an Arab version of Pakistan, a fractious quasi-democracy held together by a strongman but reasonably able to defend itself. Few Americans had such an outcome in mind when the U.S. went into Iraq last spring. But if that's the bargain required to find a way out, there are even fewer who wouldn't take it. --Reported by Michael Ware and Phil Zabriskie/Baghdad, Scott Macleod/Cairo, Helen Gibson/London and Perry Bacon Jr., Timothy J. Burger, Massimo Calabresi, Matthew Cooper and Mark Thompson/ Washington
According to Hermacinski, this bargain level of wine collecting is mostly neglected by men. "They often shop by reading the Wine Spectator for their high-scoring and expensive recommendations," she observes. Women are more likely to ask advice from a person at a wine shop, according to a survey by Constellation Wines U.S. They appear to be less influenced by formal ratings. (Both genders, however, can be suckers for a nice label, according to the survey, though men are more drawn to images of châteaux, coats of arms and braiding, as opposed to the scenic and floral labels that...
...compare prices risk overpaying or--like Smith--getting taken. Some crafty sellers use friends and associates to get a bidding frenzy started and then let you know--after the auction has closed--that the other bidders have defaulted and you can get the item for your "bargain" bid in the middle of the range. In that case, of course, your bargain bid is no bargain...