Comments on: Reader mail: I don’t care where I go, it just has to be cheap http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Jeremy http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/#comment-16365 Jeremy Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:32:12 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/#comment-16365 AJs question was a great. It's a very similar scenario to a problem I ran across 2 years ago on a year-long trip around the world. How can you see all the places you can go from where you are at? A sort of spin the glob, put your finger where it lands, and see how much it would cost to go there mentality. This became the basis for a new type of travel information company I founded: <a href="http://www.travature.com" rel="nofollow">Travature.com</a>. Specifically on our <a href="http://www.travature.com/flights" rel="nofollow">flight metasearch engine</a>, you can leave everything blank but your departure location, and you'll see a map driven list of all the airfares we have cached for routes leaving your city. You can then filter the list based on distance, activity tags, and more. We also extend this open ended travel discovery concept to a bunch of other rarely integrated aspects of travel (such as Restaurant Reviews, Wiki style Travel Guides, etc). We have just begun building and have a long way to go. But ultimately we think a free, unbiased, flexible trip planner is exactly what travelers like you and me need. -Jeremy Founder of Travature AJs question was a great. It’s a very similar scenario to a problem I ran across 2 years ago on a year-long trip around the world. How can you see all the places you can go from where you are at? A sort of spin the glob, put your finger where it lands, and see how much it would cost to go there mentality.

This became the basis for a new type of travel information company I founded: Travature.com. Specifically on our flight metasearch engine, you can leave everything blank but your departure location, and you’ll see a map driven list of all the airfares we have cached for routes leaving your city. You can then filter the list based on distance, activity tags, and more.

We also extend this open ended travel discovery concept to a bunch of other rarely integrated aspects of travel (such as Restaurant Reviews, Wiki style Travel Guides, etc). We have just begun building and have a long way to go. But ultimately we think a free, unbiased, flexible trip planner is exactly what travelers like you and me need.
-Jeremy
Founder of Travature

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/#comment-178 Anonymous Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/09/04/reader-mail-i-dont-care-where-i-go-it-just-has-to-be-cheap/#comment-178 You actually don't even have to go to activity search. Just put <B>Europe</B> or <B>Asia</B> or <B>Latin America</B> or <B>Caribbean</B> into the <B>TO:</B> box on the front page and you can see all the cheapest fares users have found in the last two weeks. -Mobissimo You actually don’t even have to go to activity search. Just put Europe or Asia or Latin America or Caribbean into the TO: box on the front page and you can see all the cheapest fares users have found in the last two weeks.

-Mobissimo

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