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Travel Auctions: Auctions Of Travel Packages Are Major eBay Sellers

Travel auctions are a major category on eBay and definitely a promising area for auction sellers. In fact, eBay has an entire category devoted just to travel, which is an indication of its healthy sales.

The subcategories in travel are:

Airline: offering discount and bargain tickets, as well as luggage, how-to books and even a "CONCORDE ROYAL DOULTON SALT AND PEPPER SET", this is a moderately active category, only. I think this category suffers because eBay has its own agenda. For example, right next to the listings of sellers, eBay has its own links to priceline.com. This is unfortunate - and unfair - in my opinion.

Cruises: eBay lists three areas as having their own categories: Alaska, the Caribbean and Mexico. Presumably, these are the three most popular cruise destinations for eBay US although there are certainly cruises to other areas like Europe, South America and Bermuda.

There are sellers that are doing very well indeed in these areas. For instance, here is the listing title from a seller who regularly offers cruises starting at $1 with no reserve: "CROWN BERMUDA CRUISE OWNERS SUITE 1$NR". All her auctions sell promptly and with multiple bids.

The question is: Is she really taking a risk by using a no-reserve format? Absolutely not! She knows perfectly well that these cruises are very popular and there is no danger of losing money. But by starting at such a low price, she brings buyers flocking to her listings.

Lodging: There are special categories for different kinds of lodging.

1. Bed & Breakfast: this category shows how travel businesses use eBay to promote themselves:

http://auction-genius-course.com/listings/bizpromo.shtml

This B&B is offering a 'murder mystery" weekend directly on eBay. It's the cheapest ad in town!

2. Hotel: there are hotel deals everywhere on eBay. In fact, when we travel, we always check eBay first. Many times we have found incredible bargains that have enabled us to save money on our business trips.

3. Vacation rentals on eBay are specific to California, Florida and Hawaii. Of course, there are other areas, but obviously the biggest business is in those areas.

4. Other lodging includes apartments and private homes. There are even intriguing and colorful homes in France and other European areas. I've even seen an Irish castle, complete with staff, for the mere price of $4,000/week. :-)

Luggage is another popular travel auction item, with specific categories for: backpacks, business cases, carry-ons, duffle bags, garment bags, sets, suitcases and the ever-present "other".

Vacation packages are specific to Florida, Hawaii, the Caribbean and Mexico.

This last category was the source of much abuse and fraud on eBay in the past. The rules for those who can sell on eBay were changed effective June 3, 2002. If you are interested in selling travel services on eBay, check here for the rules:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/travel.html

Travel auctions on eBay are a fantastic business, and show no sign of decline. In fact, business is booming and travel, depending on world situations, grows each year.

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