I was driving to the library today and I heard an advertisement for an interesting website called 'FareCompare.com'. What is FareCompare.com you ask?
FareCompare.com lets users find flights and hotels really, really quickly. Click on any of the prior links in blue that say FareCompare.com and you'll visit the site.
The site bills itself as having over 4 million users each month and has been mentioned in various media outlets like the New York Times, NBC, ABCNews, USAToday, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and The Boston Globe among others. Also, FareCompare finds prices from airlines and aggregator websites as varied as American Airlines, Priceline.com, Expedia.com, BookingBuddy.com and CheapOAir.com.
So, how exactly does FareCompare help users? Indeed - great question.
From the main page users use two drop down boxes to select a flight. Users click on a box for 'Roundtrip' or 'One-way', depending on whether you want to come back or not :)
In addition, users need to click on at least 3 sites (mentioned above...) to compare. Once the boxes on the three comparison sites are checked, users click on the green button that says 'Find Flights'.
Each of the three comparison sites information is shown on a window that appears on your computer screen. So...that means you'll have three tiled windows on your screen so that you can compare the prices of the flight you chose. It is fairly easy to go from one site to another fairly quickly so you can compare the information on the three sites.
On all three sites, you'll find similar information.... flight number, price and links so you can purchase the ticket and reserve your seat. Once on any of the 3 comparison sites, users can edit/change any information (ie departure time or departure city and more).
Users can use FareCompare to find hotels and get great deals on flights by click on these links: Hotels, Deals. There is also a very helpful section on the site called 'Travel Advice'. New users can sign-in to FareCompare in order to get fare alerts, information and more from FareCompare.com.
Finally, there is a section on the site called 'Ask Rick'. Rick is the CEO of FareCompare and this is the section that has articles like, 'Surprising Things About Super Bowl Airfare', and '8 Airline Gotchas You Need to Know About' and '6 Travel Mega-Mistakes: When Airlines say 'Oops!' Basically this is the fluffly, PR section on FareCompare. That said, the articles are pretty interesting and certainly current and entertaining.
So there you have it...FareCompare.com and how it can help you to find the information you need so you can save money. And isn't that something that we all want to do these days?
Enjoy the links and the sites and the flights and the money you'll save by using FareCompare.com
Regards,
Stu
PS - At some point in the future I will probably discuss Priceline.com - the 800 pound gorilla in the hotel/room finding industry and the find-a-flight industry as well as the rental car industry. Stay tuned.
