Am I the only person who is annoyed by the Expedia ads that pop up periodically and don't offer the option of closing them?

I recognize that it costs to maintain a website, but most that I visit offer the option of closing the ads if you don't want to view them.

I never use the services of people who cram their advertising down my throat even if I have to pay more elsewhere. Bye, bye, Expedia.

There have been several threads on this.
They are the MOST annoying of the ads. Even with experimenting I couldn't figure out exactly what would trigger the drop-down menu thingy. The one that honks me the most is when I'm writing a reply.. Sheesh! As the saying goes -- put your money where you mouse is -- I've never used Experidia -- I never will now!!

I don't suppose anyone has thought of complaining to Fodors about this have they? It isn't like they don't KNOW that this is going on..but I guess love is truly blind even for the one who is actually abusing you, huh?

I cringe every time that annoying thing pops up!! I dispise expedia now.

Someone mentioned something about software that you can install that kills pop-ups, and said they haven't had to deal with the annoying Expedia pop-up at all since installing it.

Can anyone recommend a software such as this??

thanks!

I recently signed up for the Google toolbar and somehow through doing this I managed to get popups blocked. Have a look at the google downloads and I'm sure they must mention it somewhere.

The Expedia pop-ups are the worst! I have a pop-up blocker at home but not at work. The pop-up blocker eliminates all pop-up windows, which is great.

Try www.adsgone.com for a small $20 ish investment, we have been very satisfied. Previously we'd been getting pop-up ads even when our browser wasn't open! Now nothing gets through!

I HAVE emailed Fodors; thus far, to no avail. Would any of you care to join in?

It's not Expedia's fault. But I HATE the way it stops me typing, becuase usually I'm watching the keyboard, not the screen

Hi, rfb. I have PopUpCop, and it seems to work great on all other websites. But, it does not work on Expedia nor on the Spider Man ad for some reason. I just opened the options on my Google tool bar and turned on popup block. I'll let you know if that works.

I have the google toolbar and it blocks popups - but unfortunatley not the expedia one!

Well, I was getting Expedia popups every time I logged on (and many times in between). It may be that it is a combination of PopUpCop and Google, but I've now logged on and off three times, and so far, so good.

I just checked the box to block popups on my Google toolbar, and no Expedia so far!! Yeah! Thanks for mentioning this easy fix!

Mindy

Please help the uninitiated. How do you get a Google toolbar?

sheila:

go to this link http://toolbar.google.com/ and follow the instructions to download it.

You are magic

Sorry, I spoke too soon. I am still getting both the Spider Man and Expedia popup.

I mentioned this pop up blocker on a similar post just the other day. It's free and blocks all pop ups and scrolling banners. I have never seen an Expedia pop up.

panicware.com

Curious