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In addition to sorting by price or duration, Flight Penguin can sort options by pain to help travelers find the best combination of comfort and value. Photo Credit: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com
A little over a year since SAP Concur shuttered metasearch engine Hipmunk, which the company had acquired in 2016, Hipmunk founders Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman have launched a new venture in the metasearch market.
Called Flight Penguin, the Chrome extension launches today and is billed as a direct competitor to Kayak (the company s website goes so far as to say It s time to put Kayak on ice ).
Flight Penguin differs from Hipmunk in that Flight Penguin is a Chrome extension, not a website, that works from a customer s browser to pull the most up-to-date airfare prices.
Travel organizer app TripIt is now adding a very important feature for travelers, and it’s called the COVID-19 travel guidance for the destination they are traveling to.
Low Fares, Flexible Cancellation, and Award Travel: Your Guide to Booking 2021 Travel By Kyle Potter • December 16, 2020 • Travel Tips
TripIt is teaming up with our friends at Thrifty Traveler, a site that helps you travel more for less, to share strategies for booking 2021 travel.
I don’t need to tell you that 2020 has been a hard year for travel. Heck, it’s been a hard year, period.
Most of us travelers have been grounded for months. And while we can’t wait to take to the skies again, the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic can make it difficult to plan. But I’ve had a mantra for months that I keep coming back to: Book now, travel later.