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6th
OCT

Tripadvisor.co.uk launch all-inclusive flight search tool

Posted by Brian | Filed under air, road

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Tripadvisor.co.uk has launched a new flight search engine which allows its users to add extras to their search criteria for cheaper flights, such as seat selection, baggage allowance and even snacks!

The hotel review website’s new tool went live on its website on Monday evening to enable searchers to compare like for like and also to see the true cost of added extras levied by budget airlines. Many flight search engines do not take added extras into account when searching for cheap flights, instead showing only the flight price making it difficult for travellers to properly gauge the cheapest fares.

The tool, called The Tripadvisor Fees Estimator is available for short-haul flight searches from the UK and allows users to specify the added extras required so they are taken into account when the overall price is calculated.

The Times Online ran some comparisons between Tripadvisor’s tool and prices quoted on operators’ own websites. In some instances there were discrepancies between the two but at least this is a step towards making additional fees a little more transparent to travellers looking for cheaper flights.

And, with direct relationships with several airlines and other travel search engines such as ebookers, Opodo and Expedia there is also the option to add in hotels close to a searcher’s chosen arrival airport into the Tripadvisor tool, making the process of searching for flights and hotels in one place all the more seamless, while providing a much clearer picture of the true costs involved.