The difficult task of plan a tripThe search for flights and accommodations becomes even more complicated when the target includes several cities or countries. However, some emerging startups are taking pains to demonstrate that a multi-destination trip is not that difficult to prepare.
Among them, the Spanish Airhopping has specialized in making combinations of flights, taking advantage of the fact that, In many cases, the most economical route between two points is not a straight line.. With its search engine, the traveler chooses the number of persons, the airport and the destination, and what happens next is surprising.
Its system evaluates the existing flights between the two cities, their price, and offers new cities to the plan sorted by price, so that the user can generate a multi-destination trip.
Explains its founder, Carlos MontesinosThe idea came from his and a colleague's love of looking for cheap flights. "A lot of times, if you add a destination to your trip you can lower the cost of a round-trip flight." says the entrepreneur.
A project "a bit geeky" that has ended up becoming a travel agency which closed 2019 with a turnover of more than 3 million euros and more than 20,000 customers.
Tell me where you are leaving from and how many days you have, and I will organize your trip.
Another example of startup that automatically prepares a multidestination trip is the Californian EightyDayswhich goes one step further. The traveler only has to choose his departure point, the dates of departure and return, and a theme, which can range from the best European or Latin American cities, or sunny destinations in the Old Continent.
Once selected, the search engine of this American company works its magic: generates a travel plan that includes outbound and return flights, internal flights and accommodation optionsand offers a global cost.
With this type of support, organize a multi-destination trip is no longer a titanic task of matching flight and hotel prices until we find an alternative according to our budget.
