Exclusion from a vacation offer may not matter much, says Pam Dixon, the executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a nonprofit group in San Diego, but if marketing algorithms judge certain people as not worthy of receiving promotions for higher education or health services, they could have a serious impact.
It was the best vacation offer I'd received in a long time.
Franchise reboot Vacation offers National Lampoon road-trip laughs.
Masha Gessen, a Moscow writer who has covered the trial but who happened to be in New York on vacation, offered to participate, too.
Friends in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, off on a five-week vacation, offered the Galls their condominium to use while they hunted for a rental.
Our river cabin vacation offers opportunities for both of us, complete with a cadre of friends nearby to break up the enforced togetherness.
Charities have sent out direct mail for years, but these days they're forsaking the tasteful written appeal for the same techniques used by promoters of those "free" vacation offers.
Melodrama aside, the campaign cuts straight to the wallet, with a range of vacation offers aimed at Americans, like a six-night Wine and Wilderness Retreat from $1,885 a person, including flights, hotels and a rental car.
Perhaps best of all, a summer ski vacation offers another bonus: bragging rights.
Users will be prompted to restock their favorite coffee brand; reminded to buy insurance for their upcoming vacation; offered test drives of exactly the model of car they were considering; and automatically answered by a mortgage consultant when they call their bank with a mortgage inquiry.
MOST travel-related Web sites have for years taken a one-size-fits-all approach to family vacations: offer up a few destinations or resorts featuring a few "kid friendly" activities, include some common-sense tips for traveling with children, post the latest Disney deals, and call it a day.
