OTAs let you put the gift of travel under the tree

December 07, 2011 | Online Travel

Expedia has launched the Travel Wish List on Facebook, which works like a gift registry, building on the Groupon Getaways for Expedia program. Once you find a Groupon Getaway you like, you can post it on your Facebook Wall, and friends and family can buy it for you.

LivingSocial has begun offering Winter Warm Up deals featuring trips to 10 tropical destinations. For an extra $2.99, LivingSocial will giftwrap the certificate and deliver it to the recipient showing only the value of the trip, not what you paid for it.

On MyTab.co, launched in July, you sign up, pick one or more destinations and notify friends through Facebook or Twitter that they can contribute to your tab via PayPal.

Traditional travel agencies have long allowed people to give the gift of travel for honeymoons. Some websites, such as Traveler's Joy, have in recent years moved that idea online. But now sites are making the exchange much more hassle-free for any trip, for any occasion, at any time.

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