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"Why Hipmunk Is The World's Best Travel Site" - @Forbes

George Orwell said journalism is “printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.” Bully for you, Eric Arthur Blair, but you never had to book a flight from JFK to SFO for a family of four on a budget. Because I have run that gauntlet several times, I don’t feel bad writing a few paragraphs of unpaid PR for Hipmunk, a two-year-old travel-booking site. This post meets the Orwellian bar for journalism insofar as it’s not what Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline, ual.com and aa.com want printed: Hipmunk is the best travel site on the Web. Period.

Hot damn. It doesn't get much better than that. Thank you, Bruce! And thanks to all of you hipmunks for spreading the word and helping us soar. We couldn't do it without you.