Re: UKNM: Lastminute.com...website or webhype?

[Jo Chipchase]

Roger Randolph wrote:


 >As a Brit exile in Yankland, I thought I'd make the most of my 2 week 

 >millennium visit to the UK.  I heard a radio ad urging me to "do something 

 >lastminute.com".  I'd already head about how the UK web industry had been 

 >wowed by the Lastminute.com phenomena but I have to say I was seriously 

 >underwhelmed.

 >

 >Maybe I'd been misled, but I thought the site was supposed to have loads 

 >of choice and fantastic deals(??)  Once the thing actually downloaded, 

 >there were a few mundane hotel offers at none-to-enticing rates, and some 

 >'once in a lifetime events' and the kinda prices it'd take a lifetime to 

 >afford.

 >

 >Anyway I had a great New Year's Eve in London, so it didn't matter too 

 >much in the end.  But is that site really the standard bearer of New Media 

 >in the UK???? my New Year's message is a quote from a group with a name 

 >that describes what I will probably be after dissing Lastminute.com on 

 >this list....Don't believe the hype.



I have to agree... I was looking for a bargain deal on Lastminute.com 

before Xmas, and couldn't find anything inspiring.  On the other hand, 

local travel agents have some excellent holiday deals at present.

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