20080312976 | ENHANCED TRAVEL RESERVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An enhanced travel reservation system and method allows for contribution to reservation offer and selection of a travel reservation provider by a traveler while also allowing for negotiation to occur between the traveler and the travel reservation provider. Before a final booking both the traveler and the travel reservation provider can negotiate over unsettled issues directly with each other. In implementations, the system deducts a fee from an account of the travel reservation provider to enter a final negotiation phase. Depending upon the result of the final negotiation, the traveler will either book a reservation directly or decline. In this manner the traveler is involved with travel reservation offer definition while retaining control over the reservation process so that the traveler can avoid unsatisfactory results. | 12-18-2008 |