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   Travel trouble

   

   Steve E, Sep 19th, 2006 @ 2:11am

   
   

   The travel industry is notorious for kneejerk marketing activities in response to any kind of crisis. Anything to keep sales at the levels they would like them to be at! At times the marketing can be slightly macabre or on the edge of decency as well, as was proved by a campaign to keep Britain flying after the recent terror alerts.

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   Overcast, Sep 19th, 2006 @ 6:30am

   
   

   Sure maybe a 'face to face' meeting's a little bit better....
   
   But is it worth the cost, time, and effort of traveling?

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   Just last week

   

   Chronno S. Trigger, Sep 19th, 2006 @ 8:44am

   
   

   I drove for 12 Hours just to avoid a flight that would have eaten up a total of 5 hours. Cost me half the price to.

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   Re: Driving

   

   bmojo, Sep 19th, 2006 @ 9:10am

   
   

   I definitely prefer driving over flying. There is no hassle or restrictions, im on my own schedule and its much more relaxing. Only time i will fly is if its more than a 15 hour drive, and even then if i have the time, i would really consider driving.

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   yeah

   

   wayne-o, Sep 19th, 2006 @ 9:24am

   
   

   Yeah i agree with every one and the driving thing, if you ask me though i think airline compaines are looking at it all wrong, if they still want to comepte with a business that isnt even in there field then they should go into the field as well, example northern airlines should buy out a voip companey or a video over ip compeny to compete

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   Face to Face over Teleconferencing

   

   William C Bonner, Sep 19th, 2006 @ 9:46am

   
   

   I prefer Face to Face over teleconferencing, especially for kick off meetings, where you are meeting peopel for the first time.
   
   That said, all of the new flight restrictions make air travel such a pain. If I have the money to do things right, I could fedex my toothpaste to the hotel, but what happens when I can no longer carry my business on the plane with me? (my computer)
   
   I just don't see the survival of the air industry as we know it, with security restrictions makeing it hard to justify the travel.
   
   Seattle to Portland by car = 2.5 hours. Seattle to Portland by plane = 0.5 hours, plus airport security and wait time to leave = 2 hours. Then you've got to rent a car in portland. Just 5 years ago, you could arrive 20 minutes before the flight and be fine, making a portland shuttle get you from seattle to portland in an hour.

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   flying business class is cool dammit!

   

   chris (profile), Sep 19th, 2006 @ 10:11am

   
   

   business travel is cool. i look really cool when i fly in my suit. people see me looking cool as i talk to someone on my cell, and get my laptop out on the plane. i get to use my credit card a lot and that looks cool too.
   
   if you internet hippies with your telemarketing or whatever it is you call it just don't understand looking cool. that is why i will always fly, because it makes me look cool.
   
   if you can find a way for me to bone cocktail waitresses in cleveland using webex, then i will consider it.

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   The Saviour of the travel industry..

   

   Anonymous Coward, Sep 19th, 2006 @ 11:49am

   
   

   If the porn industry figured out how to legalize prostitution in some state (think "we make your personalized porn flicks STARRING YOU for you to take home with you") then just htink of how many people would fly to that state....
   
   Finally the travel industry would be able to leverage sex properly in its advertising.

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   Airlines suck

   

   hatesflying, Sep 19th, 2006 @ 2:51pm

   
   

   My dad works for an airline. Has since long before I was born. Because of this, I get to fly comparatively frequently- especially since we live in the USA and my family lives in western Europe.
   You know what? I HATE flying. I don't care much for teleconferencing- hell, I can IM people and it's easier- but if I could drive, I'd drive to and from St. Louis, or to and from a port, where I could take a ferry or something. I honestly hate having to go through not just security, but the massive hassle of dragging baggage around for an hour or more, plus going through a dirty airport to get on a smelly, airless plane so I can sit still for several hours. It just doesn't do it for me.
   The airline industry should stop whining and REFORM. I don't have any useful suggestions, really- perhaps making airports smaller and easier to get through would be a major step forward- but someone, somewhere has to have good ideas, and the airlines should listen. The current business model for most airlines is a failure. It loses money AND costumers, who are frequently treated like they're inferior by disgruntled staff.
   There's nothing nice about the airline industry, except that it allows quicker travel to faraway overseas places.

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    Re: The Saviour of the travel industry..

    

    Anonymous Coward, Sep 19th, 2006 @ 8:22pm

    
    

    Prostitution IS legal in Nevada, and in addition in many
    many other modern countries.

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    Re: flying business class is cool dammit!

    

    Jim (profile), Sep 25th, 2006 @ 9:14am

    
    

    Yup, thats why corporations are trying to eliminate travel.

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