Updated:  When I checked, the only Hawaii hotels I found of interest at the $99 rate were the Aston Maui Kaanapali Villas and the Aston Kauai Beach at Makaiwa. Frankly, however, I would consider neither to be 4-star.  The link at the bottom of the $99 deal page was not working, so perhaps check later [...]

As I’ve repeatedly said, the review sites became ripe for fraud due to their fast-waxing prominence together with the dire financial state of the travel industry.  Here are two recent examples: More bad news at Expedia’s TripAdvisor and Cruise Critic. Cruise Critic, a part of Expedia’s TripAdvisor brand, has recently come under fire for assisting [...]