A great post by Tim Hughes about the Three (actually more) lies the travel industry keeps telling consumers. Many travelers will find them quite familiar:

“Again and again the travel industry thinks that lying to a customer is the best way out of an uncomfortable situation. As a consumer of online travel I have come across three standard lies that the industry keeps telling me. They are:

1. I would like to help you but “the system” wont let me;

2. The flight/hotel/boat/train is fully booked; and

3. The flight/boat/train is on time.”

Read more: Three lies the travel industry keeps telling consumers (with Qantas, Hilton and Virgin Express examples)

Frequent flyers across the Atlantic know that flights from US to UK in the winter can often arrive 1hr+ early due to tailwinds. This is the case when ArrivedOK may think it is Right Place, Wrong Time situation as described here:

If you turn on your phone in the expected destination but 30+ minutes earlier than your scheduled time, ArrivedOKs will not be delivered and you’ll get an error message.

One of our users suggested a workaround for that issue: you just deliberately set your arrival time in ArrivedOK an hour earlier than your planned arrival. This way you can signal your recipients about your precise landing time.

Another thing you can do is postponing to turn on your mobile phone until your scheduled arrival time, though in that case your recipients will get their alerts later than you land. However, if you want to contact your driver automatically when you arrive, the first hint fits you better.

It’s another time when terrorists tried to blow JW Marriott in Jakarta. Took that picture couple of years ago while staying at that place. There always was a lot of guards around the hotel, however that guy with M-16 didn’t help this time. Our condolences to the victims’ families.

“Viaggi spesso? Ti sei stancato di dover inviare o inoltrare un sms ai tuoi familiari del tuo arrivo a destinazione? Con ARRIVEDok è possibile inoltrare in modo semplice e veloce un messaggio tramite email, sms, blog, twitter del tuo arrvo a destinazione.

Il servizio è in fase beta, quest ovul dire che ancora in fase di implementazione e perfezionamento. Il servizio che vi sto proponendo è completamente gratuito per il primo anno di utilizzo e solamente per poche persone. Affrettatevi se volete testare questo nuovo modo per avvertire ai tuoi familiari, amici o colleghi di lavoro del tuo arrivo ad una determinata destinazione.

Il servizio è molto interessante perche farà in modo automatizzato l’inoltro di un determinato messaggio ad una vostra lista personalizzata di contatti.

Il servizio si basa su tre procedimenti essenziali:

1. Prima di partire crei il tuo messaggio personalizzato su ArrivedOk, crei una lista a cui inoltrare il tuo messaggio
2. Accendi i ltuo cellulare al tuo arrivo
3. con un semplice click potrai informare i tuoi contatti precedentemente impostati, sul tuo arrivo tramite SMS, email o una notifica nel tuo blog personale.”

Read more at Totumweb.com