In addition to the two sites I found that were good, credible sources about technology and travel, I also found many that were bad or unable to be used for some other reason. One such site was a blog entitled, Travel Technology. The author of the blog, Norm Rose, is a veteran of the travel industry with 28 years under his belt. He is also the president of Travel Tech Consulting. While his blog may have some great stories and credible information, it is still not a website students or professionals would want to cite in papers. Blogs are, however, a good source for further information. If you see a story on a blog, it can be researched some more until a more credible source has been found with more information about it. So while blogs are not necessarily the best source for a citation in a paper, they are a good starting point for further research.
Reading your three postings on credibility, you did a good job not only contrasting levels of credibility but noting the best uses of blogs to obtain initial info but then following up with more expert sites. The credible site with peer-reviewed content was especially interesting since one does not normally think of travel research to be available.
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