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"If you're entering the world of travel today, Ticked.com is a good starting point. Taking on current issues facing travelers, the information found here includes weekly rants by travel veterans Charlie Leocha and Christopher Elliott taking on business and leisure travel issues. From outrageous and hidden fees to missed connections and wasting time at airports or finding the best Web fares, you'll likely find it discussed here."
"Did your airline overcharge you for a ticket? Tired of getting taken to the dry cleaners by your car rental company? Is your hotel not worth the hassle? Tips about preventing these problems and much more."
"Features you won't find anywhere else on the Web. Learn how to secure a cheaper rate for a rental car, hotel or plane ticket, avoid poor service and get timely information on a destination."
"If you want to vent, check out an engaging site called Ticked.com."
- Salon
"Travelers are venting on Web sites such as Ticked.com"
"Read the rants posted by the stable of opinionated travel writers that sound off on topics such as travel safety, the future of space tourism or the merits of bass fishing as a spectator sport."
"A superb resource for those looking to get the real story behind holiday-package promises and travel industry hoopla ... Ticked.com's real strength is its battery of jaded, road-weary columnists. Cheap Charlie, ChrisCrossings, Err Travel and the Occidental Tourist are a few of the regular columns featured here. Each one takes on the helium highs and hellish lows of travel with an expert's insight and a cynic's jagged wit."
"Did your airline overcharge you for a ticket? Tired of getting taken to the dry cleaners by your car rental company? Is your hotel not worth the hassle? Tips about preventing these problems and much more."
"If you have a gripe, [go to] Ticked.com, which offer forms and tips for complaining."
"Ticked.com is a site where disgruntled travelers kick up dust and vent their woes."
"Commiseration for grumpy, weary travelers. Ticked.com's entertaining travel columns offer tips and solace for tourists and business travelers alike."
"A thing or two to say about the air travel industry, like 'Senior Tourists Ignored,' a feature article on how the online booking and fare-compare sites don't always help seniors find out about senior discounts. Even though senior discounts are often available, many of the search functions don't have a place to indicate whether you qualify for such a discount. "
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Planning a Trip Online
"Another savvy site is http://www.ticked.com, the site for 'The Ticked-Off Traveler.' You can find such helpful hints such as 'Don’t Get Burned' a story on how to survive a hotel fire, and juicy tidbits in a column by The Occidental Tourist. His latest 'Winners and Sinners' column takes shots at, for instance, a Westin in downtown Indianapolis where the fitness center is located on an all-smoking floor. "
"Have you ever been a ticked-off traveler? The you might enjoy a visit to Ticked.com, where a group of experts offer advice on anything from passenger rights to online ticketing."
"Ticked-Off Travelers have found a forum at Ticked.Com. If you've got a beef, this is the place to put it. Start with the Err Travel and go from there. "
"The Ticked-Off Traveler helps leisure and business travelers prevent bad trips: how to get the best travel deals, answers to travel questions, travel safety, on-line travel site ratings."
- Thirty-Thousand Feet Aviation Directory
"A Cool Net Site."
"A great site that offers tons of travel related information. Some really great articles and informational materials are there as well. Be sure to check out the articles!"
"Best airline site."
"Tips for coping with packed airports, lost baggage, and passenger unfriendly airlines."
"Got a beef with an airline? Send it to http://www.ticked.com. And be sure to check out this site for lots of cool tips on maximizing your chances at everything from getting upgraded to avoiding bumps. One hot tip: be careful of bantering your firm's name about when complaining during business travel: airlines have been known to contact employers to complain about an employee's treatment of gate personnel."
- Stacia Roesler, Cool Web Sites
"Discover tips on coping with uncooperative carriers and airport-related complaints."
"One of the best on-line travel services. Need to let off steam or commiserate with other frustrated business travelers? This site features half a dozen columnists who delve into traveler's tales of woe. You'll find advice and ways to fight back on this site, and message boards, too."
"Fed up with hearing yourself complain? Log on to Ticked.com and read how professional travelers do it. The site is packed with gruesome stories from columnists and information on securing a cheap rate for an airline ticket, hotel or rental car and tips on how to avoid poor service. It's a great site."
- The International Herald Tribune
"Ticked.com offers travel advice, tips on deals, and information on safety concerns."
"One of our favorite
travel sites."
- CNET
"Here are some frequent travelers who don't just fume at lost luggage, overpriced hotel rooms and tourist traps. They post their stories on The Ticked-Off Traveler, the Web's destination for travel gripes. The self-described 'bad boys of travel' who created the site at http://www.ticked.com decided the Internet is the best place for travelers to sound off about the powerful corporations that fly them, host them and feed them on vacation and business trips."
"A concoction of articles from opinionated travel writers whose ultimate aim is to stop you from falling into the same traps as they have."
- Business Traveller Magazine (UK)
"Travel griping reaches a new pinnacle at a website called ticked.com, which features road-savvy columnists who know the agony of travel problems and the thrill of complaining about -- or spotting and sidestepping -- them. Besides airing their own beefs, the contributors offer a wide range of solid advice for personal use."
"Are you now, or have you ever been, a ticked-off traveler? Then you might enjoy a visit to the aptly named Ticked.com, where a group of travel experts offer advice on anything from passenger rights to online ticketing."
"A highly opinionated
cyber-magazine for 'ticked-off travelers'."
- Los
Angeles Times
"Free daily travel columns and features on flier complaints."
"An all-food-groups feast of outraged and occasionally outrageous weekly travel."
- The Colorado Springs Gazette
"The best innovation for travelers since the introduction of comment cards."
- Joe Harkin's Travel The Net
"...online magazine with eye-opening consumer articles."
"The folks at Ticked.com offer straightforward advice on making the most of your business and leisure travel."
"If you have your share of gripes and 'travel is hell' stories, you will feel quite at home at this site."
- The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter
"Killer Web Site of the Week"
"Feeling less accidental as a tourist and more ticked off? You'll find others like yourself at ticked.com."
"There are a lot of sites on the Web that tell you how wonderful travel is. Now there is a site that shares the dark side."
- The I Hate Computers Newsletter
