It’s never too late to plan for a vacation, even this summer’s vacation to…France! Yahoo’s “Farechase” has just gone from beta to full public release – which means it’s ready for you. This travel service searches several (seemingly ALL) travel brokers to find you the best deal in airfares possible. So when you buy your plane tickets, it won’t make you cry.
I did a search for flights from Paris to Los Angeles and was pretty impressed by the features that come with this little service. The prices are broken down into the times of departure because that makes a whole world of a difference in price, apparently. It also lists all of the nearest airports for each city, which is a really nice option. Yahoo also incorporates the use of their mapping system, called Yahoo Local (still in beta), and it’s neat because with it, you can look for hotels that are close to where you’d like to be based. Need to chase that fare?
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Looks pretty cool. Hey, by the way, how do you get screenshots like the one you have on this post?
Comment by Elisabeth 04.23.06 @ 6:19 pmInteresting…It gives me a pretty good price for a flight from NY to Brussels on Royal Air Maroc. Anybody fly the friendly skies on this carrier? Unfortunately, it doesn’t do international hotel searches yet, but still, it’s a good resource. Thanks!
Carol Ann
Comment by PretzelBug 04.23.06 @ 7:17 pmelisabeth, for your mac, shift-apple-4 gives you the crosshairs to select the screenshot. i usually have to size it in photoshop. or you can take a whole screenshot of your desktop shift-apple-3.
Comment by ptinfrance 04.24.06 @ 2:01 amTravelocity has had a similar service for years now, called FareWatcher. They also will email you whenever your chosen trips go down in price. My sister was able to find a ticket from Minneapolis to Paris for less than $300 (not including taxes) a few weeks ago. It also emails you special deals, etc. and does international hotels, car rentals, and all that jazz.
Comment by Ronica 04.24.06 @ 3:12 amwhoa, ronica. that is a mega cheap flight to paris. thanks for that suggestion!
Comment by ptinfrance 04.24.06 @ 4:04 amHey thanks for the screenshot explanation. It works like a charm!
Comment by Elisabeth 04.24.06 @ 8:51 pmHave you tried the travel search engine Trabber? is a quite useful web2.0 application. Here is the address: http://www.trabber.com
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