Articles tagged “planning”

Online Travel

5 New Travel Startups Use Digital Tools to Solve Travel Logistics

The problems that travel apps might seem inconsequential in context of the world's larger issues, but they still make life easier, more productive, and sometimes more lucrative for their users.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 8 years ago

Online Travel

5 New Travel Startups Help Travelers Bypass Traditional Costs

The Internet is connecting users so that they can work together to save money on travel while increasing the value of the products they do spend on.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 8 years ago

Online Travel

Daily Travel Startup Watch: TripChamp, Guideally, Venhoko and More

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Travelers Visit 38 Sites Before Booking a Vacation, Study Says

In the wrong hands, studies like this will encourage people to launch trip-planning startups. History demonstrates that's not the best idea.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Cruises

Historic Savannah sinks plans for a city-funded cruise ship terminal

The city council did indeed sink the proposal, adding yet another hurdle to cruise lines attempting to set up a major port in the U.S. southeast.

Savannah Morning News | 10 years ago

Business Travel

Five startups that want to define the future of travel in five different ways

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

SkiftX

Orbitz says more Americans are headed to the beach this summer

Travelers don't have much more money than last year, but they're willing to scrimp on food and the length of their trip in order to avoid missing a vacation all together.

Patricia Reaney, Reuters | 10 years ago

Skift Originals

The online planning and booking habits of ten different tourist groups

There are a number of OTAs making headway in the booming tourism markets of Asia, but their growth and travelers’ independence continues to be limited by structural and political infrastructure.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Media and PR

High-end travelers look for expert trip-planning advice, but not from travel agents

These specific examples won't all survive, but they speak to the next solution to travelers' needs and the failure of traditional travel agents to evolve.

Lola Pedro, Daily Telegraph | 10 years ago

Hotels

MyGola pivots from concierge-planned trips to algorithmic ones

MyGola is taking a technology approach to easing trip-planning pain. Algorithms may cost a lot less over the long term than human travel planners, but let's see if there is enough of an audience for the service.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago