Comments on: New Google Travel Teaser

By: Finn

Finn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:22:37 +0000

The best flight comparison site I have tried is http://www.viviro.com - a brand new site with the best possibilities for sorting results. Also it does not cache results as most other searchengines does...

Absolutely the best I have tried...

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:08:30 +0000

This actually works!

If it’s flights you’re looking for you should also check out http://www.travelmarket.com – here you’ll be able to compare the latest prices and find cheap flight fares

http://www.travelmarket.com

By: Paisa

Paisa — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:20:19 +0000

Never seen it before, not sure that feature is really necessary! I'm a Paisa though

By: Paisa

Paisa — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:19:16 +0000

Never seen it before, not sure that feature is really necessary! I'm a Paisa though...

http://www.paisatours.com

By: Rasmus Velling

Rasmus Velling — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:01:07 +0000

Don’t see the feature on google any more…
Have the removed it completely ?

By: frosti

frosti — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:50:10 +0000

If you are looking for flights you might want to check out http://www.dohop.com – it searches 660 + airlines and helps to find possible connections if there are no direct routes available.

By: Alan Sorenson

Alan Sorenson — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:47:09 +0000

As Brian touched on, what good is the Google model of searching Expedia and Orbitz since an increasing number of airlines such as JetBlue, Southwest, EasyJet, and RyanAir are selling all or a part of their inventory only at their own websites? None of those airlines are in Orbitz, Hotwire or Expedia. AirTran also seems to be moving in that direction with their recent press release that they've pulled out of Expedia.

I'm also not sure what the value is when Google adds more OTA's and even airlines and hotels to their list of sites to click on. Are travelers going to have to click each site separately to see what all their flight options are? If someone is only going to check one site, why not go there directly. On the other hand, if they need to compare all flights and fares, they should use a travel search engine like SideStep and Kayak. To me, the TSE's have a lot more value than this primitive Google feature. I don't get it.

By the way, one travel search engine that was left off Brian Smith's list is mySmartTrip which targets business travelers and their companies.

By: Brian Smith

Brian Smith — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:46:58 +0000

While I applaud Google for adding more vertical search to their result pages – thus providing potentially more relevant results to the user – I’m surprised that searching OTAs (Online Travel Agents) like Expedia is Google’s answer. Obviously these results will be refined over time, and I’m sure we’ll see suppliers added to the mix, but right now, they would have provided a better service to their users by defaulting to the travel search engines (meta search engines like SideStep, Kayak, and Mobissimo) while they work out their own system.

Google is about providing users with information. OTAs like Expedia are closed systems which are contrary to this mission. Expedia doesn’t search independent providers like JetBlue and therefore doesn’t provide as much information as a travel search engine like Kayak, SideStep, or Mobissimo.

By: smeyler

smeyler — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:18:40 +0000

Does anyone know if this is paid or not? If not, how do they select which companies appear? Their largest advertisers? Not the airlines, obviously.

Anyone seen this for hotels?

By: viggen

viggen — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:34:55 +0000

it also works when asking a question, for example cheap flights from boston to cleveland