Founded in 2009 as VillageVines, Savored allows diners to make free online reservations at select full-service restaurants.
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Hundreds of agencies already have made online reservations for thousands of Carbon Motors vehicles, putting the company "very well on our way to selling out our first year, " he said.
Companies approach online reservations in a variety of ways.
Car2Go is currently promoting its RFID loaded rent-by-minute service with the added attraction of one-way rentals while Hertz plans to make its 375K-strong fleet compatible for online reservations and hourly rentals by 2013.
OpenTable has no doubt established itself as the undisputed leader in all of North America when it comes to online restaurant reservations.
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In Hong Kong, Apple implemented an "iReserve" system that required customers to place reservations online.
Adding to the complexity: Several airlines, including American and United, don't let travelers add children flying free on a parent's lap to reservations online.
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These days "Luxe Life" offers video of some of the hot spots Leach writes about--and gives readers a chance to make hotel reservations online.
He can get where he wants to go faster and more efficiently by buying OpenTable ( OPEN), which has already started down this path and created a system for customers to make reservations online.
Deadlines and all their grim paraphernalia, such as alarm clocks, car services, online or phone reservations of any kind, programming my GPS, setting the hotel's always impossibly complicated alarm clock, and, yes, understanding a voice-mail message.
My favorite split-rated name at the moment is Expedia, the online travel service that offers reservations for airlines, hotels and rental cars.
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By comparison, only 12% of US restaurant reservations are booked online.
Reservations can be made online, with a booking fee of 17 euros to be paid up front.
VillageVines lets its members make reservations at select restaurants online, like OpenTable.
When I called to confirm the information I had picked up online, even the airline's reservations desk was unaware of the special deal until I pointed it out to them and demonstrated that my travel plans fit the restrictions exactly.
Reservations are being taken by phone and online, and the full menus are available for viewing online.
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Reservations are required and tickets can be purchased online.
Though there is valuable information online, especially via blogs, you cannot fully plot out your routes or book reservations in advance.
Many online travel agencies have come to resemble physical ones, signing up with a GDS which provides a reservations system and other computing power while handing them a commission (ultimately paid by the airlines) on every booking.
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