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Tips & Information

Please Stop Being Mean to Your Friends!

July 8, 2010

We must not like our friends. Why? We often post comments on Facebook or Twitter when we like or don’t like something. BUT this just makes our friends read our commentary when they don’t need it. And when they do need it, our commentary is not available since it’s not stored or categorized for them [...]

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Are you a spa or gym person when you travel?

June 23, 2010

If you are the kind of person that needs a good gym or spa when staying at a hotel, then your best bet is to start your search at Funnelscope. Funnelscope analyzes reviews for gym quality, spa quality, pool quality, and much more.
As an example, here are reviews and ratings for Caliente Tropics Resort in [...]

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Finding a hotel with a nice bathroom

June 22, 2010

Let’s admit it. There are really just a few things that can make a great stay at any hotel. Comfortable bed, cleanliness, and a nice bathroom would probably do it for most of us. Sure maybe a nice TV and gym would help but probably not as important as the other three.
So if those things [...]

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History Of Online Travel Information Discovery

November 17, 2009

As we chart the course for FunnelScope’s future – with your feedback incorporated of course – a reflection of where the online travel industry has been is of interest.  As the old cliche goes, “you can’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been”.
There appears to be 4 major phases:
1 – Internet Service [...]

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Social Networking Changes Travel Planning

November 10, 2009

Facebook has over 300 million users.  Almost 20% of Americans are estimated to have a Twitter account.  These are both significant statistics.
Social Networking is huge, and it isn’t going away.
However, the most interesting aspect of social networking isn’t the massive number of people that engage – it’s how social networking is changing human behavior.
Think back [...]

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Hotel Reviews Are Trusted

September 18, 2009

Consumers Trust Hotel Reviews More Than Advertising.
Surprising?  Not to me, and probably not to you either.
Nielsen recently completed a study that confirms a core belief at FunnelScope:

We tend to trust recommendations from people we know.
Consumers trust other consumer’s opinions posted online.

What’s again not surprising is that both online reviews and friend recommendations are more [...]

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