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What kind of premium would you (or the average traveler) be willing to pay for a travel agent replacement webapp? I've been thinking about this as well while wo
by christonog 16y ago
What kind of premium would you (or the average traveler) be willing to pay for a travel agent replacement webapp? I've been thinking about this as well while working on my own travel based project. Perhaps this is an opportunity for me to pivot in the future, if need be.
- loumf 16y agoWhen I used travel agents, it's more like this -- I have $X and I want to be at a beach next weekend (Island? Florida? Big lake? Fri-Sun, Thu-Sun, Sat-Tues -- what's the cheapest) If I know exact dates, places, etc -- travel booking isn't hard enough to pay much for. The problem is, you go book it somewhere else when you have the info, so you have to go after affiliate fees and be as good at the booking as you are at the advice.
- wheels 16y ago10% is my gut feeling. I'd imagine that the plan of attack would be figuring out the top 10 or so most important cities and working out the details for them (airport transportation, transit, car rental, taxi rates) and going from there. As to loumf's concern, once I trusted the site (say, after getting one booking commission free), I'd have no problem with the details not being revealed to me as to flight numbers / lines, details of public transit, etc. until I'd purchased. But I'm not sure you'd need that if the commissions are reasonable; I'm willing to pay to have my planning simplified.
- pbcdwa 16y agoEasyTravel -- 10% more expensive. 1,000% more convenient.