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Kirby's Korner
David Kirby was Ticked.com's resident on-line travel expert from 1999 to 2001. He rated - and sometimes berated - the industry's online travel sites and services. Here are his columns from 1999.
Idiot's
Guide
A
book that's not for the rest of us
Adventure,
Ho
Kick
yourself out of the armchair
Agents
vs. Airlines
A thoughtful response to a troubling question
Return
of the Agents
Agents explore a love-hate relationship
Empire
Strikes Back
Agents face more than another
carrier site
Gorilla
Warfare
Can you never give a carrier an
even break?
Miami
Vice
In which the columnist writes
a letter
Kids' Web
A modest proposal for a children's
travel site
Missing Links
Needed connections aren't there
yet
Insiders and
Outsiders
More changes are coming among
online execs
Marriage Made
in Heaven?
As conglomerates go, the new Travelocity
may not be too bad
Market
Madness
Why are companies going public
in a down market?
Cozy Relationships
Airlines and others are buying
parts of online agencies
Travel
Guides Bloom
A surprisingly good showing for
Web counterparts of printed guides
City
Guides
A new Web site shows how not
to make an entrance
Golf
Advantages
Here's your chance to create a
Web portal
Adventure
Online!
Sites
approach adventure travel with different thoughts
Designed
for Failure
Some
wierd choices are being made on the Web
Deja vu All
Over Again
Building
a community isn't as easy as some seem to think
Hotels on
the Web
Why
can't the major hotel chains tell us about where we're going?
A
Home for Men?
Look
all you want -- the Web is lacking in men's discussions
Women's Web
Sites
build a community for women, not men
Using
Usenet
A
large source of information is just a click away
That
Southwest Feeling
Getting back online, and tying up a few loose
ends
Defending
Airline Sites
Readers reply on defense of real
travel agents
Alice
in the Online World
Why even our best hotels can't get it right
Why
Rely on Airline Sites?
Purchasing habits differ drastically on and
off the Web.
Unplugged Agent
Why agents don't go online
Online Agencies?
Hah!
Why you can't find travel agents on the Web
Online Agency
Blues
You might have to look elsewhere to buy travel
