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Kayak was the best interface before hipmunk, and it may (or may not be) the best interface now.
But there will be more improvements in travel buying interfaces... whether those improvements come from kayak or someone else, Kayak's current interface will seem kludgy in a couple years.
Anyone have any idea if Kayak will be integrated into Priceline or if it will remain its own company?
I don't like any of the existing travel sites, so even had to write one for friends and family (we like pick a random place and just go): http://www.somewherenice.net/ This was put together over several weekends, so don't be too harsh on me. :)
1. Map interface with little lines from my home base airport to the possible destinations - It's just fun to see. 2. Sliders to increase/decrease budget - Dynamically adding/removing routes as I change the $$ limit.
Maybe these would only take another weekend to add?
I don't like any of the existing travel sites, so even had to write one for friends and family (we like pick a random place and just go): http://www.somewherenice.net/ This was put together over several weekends, so don't be too harsh on me. :)
I like it, I've been looking for something like this. Some features (dreaded feature creep!) I'd love: 1. Map interface with little lines from my home base airport to the possible destinations - It's just fun to see. 2. Sliders to increase/decrease budget - Dynamically adding/removing routes as I change the $$ limit. Maybe these would only take another weekend to add?
I don't like any of the existing travel sites, so even had to write one for friends and family (we like pick a random place and just go): http://www.somewherenice.net/ This was put together over several weekends, so don't be too harsh on me. :)
From the Kayak IPO S-1: In particular, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, Expedia and its affiliates, including its Hotels.com and Hotwire subsidiaries, accounted for 25% of our total revenues. Also during this period, Orbitz and its affiliates, including its CheapTickets and ebookers subsidiaries, accounted for 19% of our total revenues. I guess Priceline wants to get a first shot at all that business, an…
Btw, anyone from Travelocity here? Would love to share some feedback about your platform.
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There is always http://hipmunk.com , which I think has the best UX of any of them (although maybe it is lacking some features, but none I would use anyhow). Edit: Doh, fixed the link!
Hipmunk's visualization is a great way to show the flight times. I also love the tabs they use to open different searches. I live equal distance to three airports and can quickly compare prices at each.
In recent times, Kayak has been shifting to push customers directly to airlines and hotels, instead of pushing them through online travel agencies like Priceline. I suspect this is Priceline admitting that it (and other OTAs) are losing relevance in preference for the meta-search model. Smart move, and I don't think they're dumb enough to ruin it. Read up on how successful Priceline was with their Booking.com acquisi…
From the Kayak IPO S-1: In particular, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, Expedia and its affiliates, including its Hotels.com and Hotwire subsidiaries, accounted for 25% of our total revenues. Also during this period, Orbitz and its affiliates, including its CheapTickets and ebookers subsidiaries, accounted for 19% of our total revenues. I guess Priceline wants to get a first shot at all that business, an…
I am curious what their contracts with all these parties looked like... Booking providers seem to like exclusivity. Btw, anyone from Travelocity here? Would love to share some feedback about your platform.
Of course, not saying that Kayak went through this route - this is just something available to the hoi polloi.
I don't like any of the existing travel sites, so even had to write one for friends and family (we like pick a random place and just go): http://www.somewherenice.net/ This was put together over several weekends, so don't be too harsh on me. :)
I'm working on a travel (many)weekend(s) project myself yet to launch, so I won't be too harsh, but... :P I put Warsaw in, and the suggested airports were Okecie (correct) and Babice (it's in Krakow), Modlin was missing. And all the result were in the USA. I like the design theme with all the backgrounds etc. and the logo, cool idea. You should leave some way to contact you with feedback on the page. Keep on, good lu…
About the results: if there's no snow, a ski resort will most likely not be shown to you.
The destinations were hand-picked, e.g. 2012 Best All-terrain, or best night life, or... But the list is growing, we just started to add European locations.