Comments on: What I Hate About Booking Travel Online http://scotchi.net/2009/09/what-i-hate-about-booking-travel-online/ discount digital sophistry Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:18:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peter Tegelaar http://scotchi.net/2009/09/what-i-hate-about-booking-travel-online/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Peter Tegelaar Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:09:49 +0000 http://scotchi.net/?p=125#comment-50 @Ben thanks for the Zoombu link! Have just registered for their service, can't wait to try it out. @Ben thanks for the Zoombu link! Have just registered for their service, can’t wait to try it out.

]]> By: Ben Godfrey http://scotchi.net/2009/09/what-i-hate-about-booking-travel-online/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Ben Godfrey Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:48:07 +0000 http://scotchi.net/?p=125#comment-45 <a href="http://www.zoombu.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Zoombu</a> aims to provide just the experience you desire. They were a SeedCamp finalist, but they're still in development. Zoombu aims to provide just the experience you desire. They were a SeedCamp finalist, but they’re still in development.

]]> By: Scott Wheeler http://scotchi.net/2009/09/what-i-hate-about-booking-travel-online/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Scott Wheeler Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:30:14 +0000 http://scotchi.net/?p=125#comment-44 Interestingly with public transit, in the US several major cities work with Google Maps. I noticed that in both in Houston and San Francisco / Silicon Valley. That may have been part of what set me thinking that having generalized transportation on a similar model could be nice. Interestingly with public transit, in the US several major cities work with Google Maps. I noticed that in both in Houston and San Francisco / Silicon Valley. That may have been part of what set me thinking that having generalized transportation on a similar model could be nice.

]]> By: Peter Tegelaar http://scotchi.net/2009/09/what-i-hate-about-booking-travel-online/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Peter Tegelaar Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:20:22 +0000 http://scotchi.net/?p=125#comment-43 Ha, your annoyances sound very familiar! Especially the hard-to-find flexibility in departure/arrival times and the hidden costs (both the extra charges related to your flight and getting from and to the airport). Had a related idea restricted to public transport when I was in Berlin last week. You know perfectly well how to use your publics route planner in your own city/country, but most of the time you're extremely inefficient in a new one. It doesn't help if the route planner is in a different language either. In any case, you still have to find the appropriate route planner in the first place! So it would be great if you could enter start and end points/addresses. Then the application would access the publics route planner for that city/country, and feed you back the route. Nice and easy. Ha, your annoyances sound very familiar! Especially the hard-to-find flexibility in departure/arrival times and the hidden costs (both the extra charges related to your flight and getting from and to the airport).

Had a related idea restricted to public transport when I was in Berlin last week. You know perfectly well how to use your publics route planner in your own city/country, but most of the time you’re extremely inefficient in a new one. It doesn’t help if the route planner is in a different language either. In any case, you still have to find the appropriate route planner in the first place!

So it would be great if you could enter start and end points/addresses. Then the application would access the publics route planner for that city/country, and feed you back the route. Nice and easy.

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