Archive: ‘General’

One nagging and yet-uncompleted aspect of designing this site is incorporating user reviews (a.k.a. “guest reviews”) for our properties. I know the consumer wants to hear these ‘unbiased’ experiences – and I can certainly empathize. I’ll rarely purchase a $10 computer mouse without reading the reviews of others, so I can understand the desire for a vacationer planning to spend 200 times that amount to research thoroughly. Yet providing a review mechanism isn’t quite so simple, which is unfortunate for me as my job is to ensure consumers on our site find the information they need. I’ve been scratching my head for three years on this topic. (more…)

As the airlines continue to raise fees the travel portion of your ski/snowboard vacation may be affected.  Many carriers have specific policies for skis, snowboards and boots — some quite expensive.

Below are fees assessed by major domestic US carriers. We’ll be doing our best to keep these fees updated — this post was last updated: May 11, 2009
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