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You might think that the power to compare travel prices online has created a buyer's market, since hotels and airlines must always jockey for your business with the best price. But that's an illusion. Economics dictate that companies will do whatever they can to secure a profit, and so checking...

Are sites like Expedia, Priceline, and Travelocity only paying a fraction of the taxes they owe for hotel bookings? A lot of American cities think so.Hotel web bookers such as Orbitz, Travelocity, Expedia, Priceline, and Hotels.com all buy hotel rooms at a wholesale price. When a customer like you...

The airlines might have found a tax loophole, and you're it. The travel consultancy firm T2 recently published a worrisome blog post that is gaining traction. The airlines' extra fees, it says, aren't just costing consumers more. They're also enabling the airlines to dodge tax to our...

What happens in Vegas may stay there, but these days, the problem is how to get there in the first place. McCarran Airport, Vegas' major entry point, reported its biggest year-on-year drop since after 9/11. And Southwest Airlines, the rare profitable airline which recently said it wouldn't need to...