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Tripfab launches to eliminate the travel middleman.

3 pointsby mtjl79almost 13 years ago

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tony_landisalmost 13 years ago
Hi Michael, your site looks pretty slick. Reminds me of airbnb a bit.<p>The way I understand your marketing pitch, you hate expedia and are going to undercut their prices. I compared one of the top hotels you list in la fortuna with expedia's rates and they are matching tripfab. Seems like their cancellation terms are more lenient also.<p><a href="http://d.pr/i/LFjl" rel="nofollow">http://d.pr/i/LFjl</a> <a href="http://d.pr/i/oe1s" rel="nofollow">http://d.pr/i/oe1s</a><p>Actually, the rooms are shown twice and they could actually be beating your rate, hard to tell. When I tried to proceed to get the tax breakdown I got an error page.<p>Expedia has a lowest rate guarantee, so how can anyone really hope to undercut them any way?<p>--<p>For reference:<p><a href="http://www.expedia.com/Arenal-Volcano-Region-Hotels-Arenal-Kioro-Suites-And-Spa.h1690575.Hotel-Information?chkin=06%2F01%2F2012&#38;chkout=06%2F02%2F2012&#38;rm1=a2&#38;hashTag=roomsAndRates&#38;#book_now" rel="nofollow">http://www.expedia.com/Arenal-Volcano-Region-Hotels-Arenal-K...</a><p><a href="https://tripfab.com/en-US/costa_rica/la_fortuna/arenal_kioro_suite_&#38;_spa" rel="nofollow">https://tripfab.com/en-US/costa_rica/la_fortuna/arenal_kioro...</a>
lnguyenalmost 13 years ago
Nitpick: It's not that they're eliminating the "travel middleman" but that they're removing removing unnecessary layers and being a better "middleman" by lowering costs for the consumer.