RyanAir Accuses Online Travel Sites of Misleading, Overpricing
Ryanair has announced it will begin to block Lastminute.com, Ebookers, Flights Direct and Global Holidays from selling tickets on its airline. Apparently, Ryanair believes that these companies have been overcharging passengers by as much as 133 percent and offering misleading information on everything from terms and conditions to check-in times.
Lastminute.com director John Bevan insisted that the company provided competitive prices and did not mislead any of its customers. He also pointed out that his company includes taxation costs at the beginning of the booking process, while Ryanair includes them at the end.
Regardless of who is right and wrong, the moral of the story is, if you don’t shop around online, there is a strong chance you will pay too much.
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It’s reasons like that why I don’t like the BIG online travel agencies. My favorite for a long time now has been SideStep.com . It’s a metasearch site that allows you to search many different travel providers, including smaller independent ones with the benefit of no booking fees and being able to actually book with whom your making arrangements with. I definitely recommend the site to anyone wanting to save on travel.
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