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Adioso (YC W09) launch mini-site for Valentine's Day travel deals

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Re: Adioso (YC W09) launch mini-site for Valentine's Day travel deals

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Post by kirpekar »

I am probably not their target customer -- I will just never use this sort of thing. I'm curious to know who this is targeted to.

I don't need ideas on where to travel. Recommendations on destination come from family and friends ... the game is then to fit it into budget / vacation days / schedule, etc.

Re: Adioso (YC W09) launch mini-site for Valentine's Day travel deals

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Post by mariuskempe »

Adioso strikes me as a company with little social sense. Asking how much I 'value' my girlfriend is just... off. And similarly, the fact their normal site actually _admits_ that it has a confusing interface and asks if you want help understanding it is just the oddest UX design I've ever heard of.

Re: Adioso (YC W09) launch mini-site for Valentine's Day travel deals

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Post by tbull007 »

mariuskempe wrote: post #7

Adioso strikes me as a company with little social sense. Asking how much I 'value' my girlfriend is just... off. And similarly, the fact their normal site actually _admits_ that it has a confusing interface and asks if you want help understanding it is just the oddest UX design I've ever heard of.

Had to go look at the main site again as this isn't my recollection of it. So yes, there is a small "show search help" link under the main search entry, but I don't see this as an admission of a confusing interface. Feels more like helps there if you need it, but unobtrusive if you don't.

I think in the problem domain the Adioso guys are in, this is a fair trade off. Not all first time users would understand the concept of natural language search and would instead be looking for "from and to" dates.

What's you suggestion to improve the main site? I think it's pretty good.

Re: Adioso (YC W09) launch mini-site for Valentine's Day travel deals

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Post by beingacquired »

thenduks wrote: post #2

This looks really awesome but it apparently only has US airports.

It's international but it still only allows me to select an airport about 20 hours drive away. I'm not sure what their logic is in self-selecting an airport in a country that is outside of my usual area while I'm traveling?
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