Talk:Travelocity/Archives/2013

Fined for booking trips to Cuba?

Is it true that Travelocity was recently fined for booking trips to Cuba in violation of the embargo? It was in the part of The Onion that gets people's reactions to current news. Yes, I know it's a joke newspaper, but that particular section has always been about a real news item (Gonzales resigning, etc.) http://www.theonion.com/content/amvo/travelocity_fined_for_cuba_trips If it's real, maybe someone should put it in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baligant (talk • contribs) 08:31, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

It was apparently first

Its website says it was "founded" in March 1996. A random job listing at here claims it to be "the first Internet travel site for consumers." Postings in rec.travel.air show people indeed using it as early as March, 1996. The first mention of Expedia as functioning (as distinct from "coming") seems to be December, 1996. Yahoo Travel, November 1997. Orbitz did not start until 2001. There were various services e.g. on CompuServe that allowed you to look up air fares and schedules, and IIRC to make reservations, but before Travelocity there was no way to actually buy the tickets online. Dpbsmith 23:24, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Not true. Eaasy Sabre (correct spelling; aa=American Airlines) was online from the late 1980's. Initially only booking (not ticketing) was online, but by the mid-90's online ticketing was allowed. Paper tickets would be mailed on AA ticket stock, even if the flights were on other airlines. For a point of reference, I purchased New York-Austria in August 1994 through Eaasy Sabre (and not on AA). May have purchased other domestic US tickets before that.

Eaasy Sabre was not Travelocity. Both were owned by American Airlines, and spun off with the Sabre reservation system in the late 90's. ES had a command-line interface, and provided easy access to much more information (fare rules, available classes-of-service etc) than travelocity or any of the modern web-based GUI's. Y2K problems were used as an excuse to kill Eaasy Sabre, and promote Travelocity.

Travelshop was a similar service offered through PARS (Northwest Airlines). Don't think it ever offered online ticketing.

Should be a separate article on Eaasy Sabre. Don't have adequate references handy to write one. --Zaqrfv (talk) 01:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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Why? Seems like perfectly legitimate discussion to me.

Pronounciation

In the UK, I've heard 'Travelocity' generally pronounced as travel-oh-city, whilst an American that I know says travel-uh-city. Is there a company standard pronounciation ? Presumably the way the brand sounds in the UK (i.e. sounds odd) is in part something that led to poor sales in the UK of their website before their lastminute.com purchase.--Ordew 15:02, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Good point. The Roaming Gnome, who has a British accent, says it with the third syllable vowel as an 'ɔː', as in 'law' or 'caught' (I'm using IPA Received Pronounciation as a guide here). The standard North American pronounciation would be with the 'o' pronounced as 'ɑː', as in father, I believe. Twalls 15:23, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

In the U.S. it is pronounced Travel-ah-city not Travel-uh-city. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.193.220.27 (talk) 21:12, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

A comparison of the audio of their American television advertisement's and their British television advertisement's pronunciations (warning: slightly comically offensive) proves the above testimonials. I, however, could find no articles citing the different pronunciations leading to different sales. richardc020 (talk) 03:51, 21 July 2009 (UTC)