Please direct your questions, comments, subscription requests, and site submissions to geoff@kleinman.comIn This Week's Report:
***Easily Missed
***Get A Book Recommendation
***Track The Cheapest Fare
***See The World in 360 Degrees
URLs in this issue:
Amazon.com Book Recommender: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/recommendations-center/
Thetrip.com Fare Tracker: http://www.thetrip.com/flight/register.html
360 Degree Views of the World: http://expedia.msn.com/daily/fullcircle/archives/***Easily Missed ***
The only thing more gratifying than finding a great new site on the Internet is the exhilaration of discovering something you missed on one of your favorite sites. This week, I decided to take a look at some of the sites I've mentioned and the little gems that had been cleverly hiding in plain sight.***Get A Book Recommendation***
I often visit Amazon to see if new books have been released by my favorite authors, and to read reviews of new books, but I hadn't visited their recommendation center until recently. At the recommendation center you can get instant recommendations (based on what you've bought at Amazon in the past), plus recommendations based on what books you like, what authors you read, or even your mood. Next time you're trying to figure out what book to read next, give Amazon's recommendation center a try.Amazon.com Book Recommender: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/recommendations-center/
***Track The Cheapest Fare*** As most of you know, I spend a great deal of time on thetrip.com, but it wasn't until recently (actually from a tip by my mom) that I discovered their Fare Tracker. Thetrip's Fare Tracker lets you keep an eye on the lowest roundtrip airfares between ten different combinations of cities, then sends out a periodical report to you via e-mail. Thetrip's Fare Tracker is one of the best ways to keep an eye out for cheap fares.
Thetrip.com Fare Tracker: http://www.thetrip.com/flight/register.html
***See The World in 360 Degrees ***
Like thetrip.com, when I visit Expedia it is often with specific travel plans in mind. This past week I realized that I had missed out on one of the cooler travel gizmos on the web. Visit Expedia's Full Circle and see some of the world famous travel locales in full 360 Degree Panoramic Views.
360 Degree Views of the World: http://expedia.msn.com/daily/fullcircle/archives/
(If your surfing with Netscape, you'll want to download and install the special activeX plug in before visiting Expedia. Download the plugin at: http://carpoint.msn.com/components/npwrap/NpWrap.exe)