Have Vote, Will Travel; Site59 Offers Additional $59 Off Last-Minute Getaways to Swing States

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 13, 2004–Site59, the leading
online provider of discount last-minute getaways, announces a deal
that even George W. Bush and John Kerry couldn’t debate:
bargain-priced travel packages to presidential election swing states
on sale Oct. 20 – Nov. 2.

The Nov. 2 race for the White House is heating up with polls
showing the candidates in a dead heat. Site59 encourages voters to
take advantage of its inexpensive packages to Florida, Minnesota,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other states with electoral votes still in
full swing. To make it even easier for travelers to chat up locals
about President Bush, Senator Kerry, or even third-party candidate
Ralph Nader, cities in the swing states including West Palm Beach,
Detroit, Cleveland, and Philadelphia are on sale at an additional $59
off of packages that are $300 or more.

Site59 Last-Minute Getaways are dynamic travel packages that
include the traveler’s selected combination of round-trip flights,
hotels and rental cars. They are available 14 days up to three hours
before departure from more than 100 cities in the United States and
Canada. All Site59 flights are eligible for frequent flyer mile
credit.

    Last-Minute Getaways that will be on sale include:

    West Palm Beach, Fla.: Rock the Boat...er, Vote

Sample price from New York City: flight +2 nights hotel from
$357pp double (take $59 off $714)

The dimpled chad jokes have been retired, but with 27 electoral
votes up for grabs, all eyes are on Florida again. Head to this swing
state’s beautiful beaches to campaign for a little R & R while
persuading locals to vote for the candidate of your choice.

Detroit: Detroit Rock the Vote City

Sample price from New York City: flight +2 nights hotel from
$250pp double (take $59 off $500)

Motor to Motown in time to make a difference in the battle over
who will get Michigan’s 17 precious presidential electoral votes.

“With the election on everyone’s minds, Site59 feels a
responsibility to give voters a chance to travel to swing states to
support their candidates,” said Robert Albert, general manager of
Site59. “Combined with our most recent addition to the site, our new
59th-Minute Dash search engine, there are plenty of reasons for
travelers to log on to Site59 and hit the road.”

About SITE59(R)

Named for the 59th, or last minute, SITE59(R) is a recognized
leader in technology and creative content for last-minute online
travel, and is owned by Travelocity(R), a Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG)
company. Beyond accolades and best of web awards from Forbes, CNN, The
Wall St. Journal, The NBC Today Show, Readers Digest, PC Magazine, USA
Today, The Washington Post, and many more, Site59 is credited with
developing the industry’s premier real-time packaging technology.
Site59 has a patent-pending system that automates and assembles
inventory in real-time from over 3300 industry suppliers — including
major airlines, hotel companies, car rental companies, and hundreds of
specialty providers worldwide. Site59’s technology and supplier
relationships are the cornerstones of the company’s successful ASP
distribution product. Additional information and offerings can be
viewed at www.Site59.com.


    CONTACT: PJ Inc., New York
             Pamela Johnston/Randy Williams, 212-629-8445
             pamela@pjinc.net/randy@pjinc.net

    SOURCE: SITE59