Comments on: InsideTrip Thinks There’s More to Shopping for Airline Tickets Than Just Prices

By: 「比价网站」杀成红海，「比质网站」却没人在做？ | 博雅塔主@GANNYLE.CN

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[...] TechCrunch昨天提到一个叫做InsideTrip的网站，看了很有感受。这个网站想打一个腥腥红海市场，也就是Expedia、Orbitz、Travelocity、Lowestfare.com、HotWire、CheapTickets这些群雄并列的机票购买网站。不同的是，InsideTrip特别强调「比质」，也就是比较每一家航空公司、机场、飞机的质量，最后为每一个购买选项算出一个66~95分不等的「质量分数」。有了一个「质量分数」，就可以为所有的选项排一排。哪家「最棒」，InsideTrip告诉你！ [...]

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Insidetrip的商业模式分析 | 8码卦 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:26:32 +0000

[...] 在insidetrip的商业模式中另一个重要环节是资源配置与合作伙伴，由于内容必须由自己提供，搜集和整理相关信息（比如飞行时间，安检等待时间，机场位置等）便成了重中之重，据techcrunch的介绍，这些信息大多来自航空公司或者相关部门的网站，还有一些直接来自航空管理部门（或许有内部关系），并且信息要及时更新，很关键的是计算TripQuality的算法，不过这个没有介绍，呵呵。 [...]

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Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:07:34 +0000

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Mon, 12 May 2008 23:06:09 +0000

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By: Multi Attribute For The Masses « Where Next

Multi Attribute For The Masses « Where Next — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:40:31 +0000

[...] It is a travel site that uses non-price attributes to work out the overall quality of your plane trip, including such elements as leg room, travel duration, gate location etc. Read more at TechCrunch. [...]

By: Grimm

Grimm — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:46:14 +0000

Silly for them not to support all browsers. I clicked the link – It told me to go download a compatible browser.

I immediately lost interest. : /

By: Booster

Booster — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:04:44 +0000

Not bad. But according to http:www.fly-how.com it is smarter to use such systems just to get general view of the prices. However, prices are cheaper at the direct websites of the airlines

By: unitedBIT’s RoundUp - InsideTrip: Find your airlines ticket based on other factors rather than cost.

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:39:43 +0000

[...] ticket search clound last weekend, joining the likes of Kayak and Mobissimo among several others, TechCrunch reports. InsideTrip wants to help you find and purchase the tickets for your next trip based on the [...]

By: cuzican54

cuzican54 — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:03:51 +0000

I definitely think this is one of those ideas that really needed to be implemented… although, it probably should have been one of those things that one of the big guys like Kayak should have done…

I put up my constructive criticisms on chide.it:
http://chide.it/post/41/

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:50:36 +0000

Looks like a novel idea, and I’d love to be able to take legroom into account when planning a flight.
Unfortunately, the site was not working when I tried it. Taking a full minute to search and then returning an error code is unacceptable on the web.
I realize it’s beta. It’s a shame that it didn’t work while they had my attention, but in all honesty, I’ll not likely remember to try it out again later.

By: Search Engine Optimization Journal

Search Engine Optimization Journal — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:40:27 +0000

We think it’s a great idea but as stated above, if it takes off Kayak will certainly do the same and most likely continue to reign. Recently, we went on a trip where the ticket was an amazing price but there was a reason for that — the connection was awful at the airport, so this idea of comfort and ease is a great addition but again, will be bought out most likely.

By: Netmark

Netmark — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:06:43 +0000

It is an interesting concept. But this field is so competitive now that I expect it will be bought out soon.

By: Joe M.

Joe M. — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:51:34 +0000

I think OZ Har Adir makes a great point. There is no reason why the other travel sites won’t go and do the same thing since most of the info is publicly available. Plus, when I am searching for a flight I am already looking to fly direct and fly Virgin/Jet Blue/Alaska if at all possible.

By: amit

amit — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:53:38 +0000

interesting

By: Arona

Arona — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:59:44 +0000

I think the next evolution in this space needs to come from the airlines themselves – i.e. my favorite idea -

weigh and pay

ticket price paid for by the kilo.

))))

By: AdvertiseSpace

AdvertiseSpace — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:22:11 +0000

Site would not work for me either in IE7.

super buggy. type in the airport location and then once you choose the dates, it re-set the airports to blank again.

Oh boy…

By: Jimmy Hat

Jimmy Hat — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:13:42 +0000

novel – but not enough to compete versus the others in this space – deadpool in 12 months.

By: Oz Har Adir

Oz Har Adir — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:49:34 +0000

Its a nice feature, but is not a theme of its own and won’t be enough to bring customers over – especially when competitors could (and would) copy the feature themselves.

It should be put in the same category as Farecast, but with a feature that is even less of a ‘deal breaker’ or generates new type of revenues (which would be the game in the category).

By: Kristin K

Kristin K — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:58:13 +0000

Unfortunately, the site would not load for me using Internet Explorer (not a good thing — did anyone else have this problem?).

Based on the above description, I think the site is heading in the way of the future. After all, that is how many hotel Web sites are run these days. Many people might not book a cheap hotel room if they read the room is going to be dirty, and the staff rude.

Nevertheless, I am still one to look at price overall. For $40, I may be willing to book with an airline that has a better quality of service, but for $100… I don’t think so..

By: Steve E

Steve E — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:51:09 +0000

I like it; a nice twist on the flight aggregator approach. Eventually travel has to become about more than just price and these are definitely the factors that influence most customers with their choices.

By: James

James — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:49:44 +0000

Ok attempt but still a far away from Kayal, FareCompare and FareCast