SOUTHLAKE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 7, 2006–Travelocity(R) announces the addition of a one-of-a-kind booking feature to its popular Last Minute Packages portion of the site that will make it easier than ever for family and friends to connect. The patent pending Meet Me In…(SM)online tool allows consumers traveling from two departure cities to meet in a common destination through convenient, deeply-discounted travel packages.
Travelocity’s newest booking feature helps to eliminate the scheduling and communication challenges associated with coordinating complex travel itineraries from two separate origins. This technology helps eliminate cumbersome coordination by allowing up to four people from two different cities to select itineraries that maximize their time together. To further celebrate the launch of this new tool, Travelocity is offering its members who book before March 15 an exclusive $75 discount on all Meet Me In… bookings.
“In addition to making group travel as affordable as possible, Meet Me In…simplifies the entire travel planning process, regardless of where travelers are coming from,” said Jeff Varhol, general manager of Travelocity’s Last Minute Packages. “Launched as an industry first on Site59 last October, we’re proud to extend this feature to Travelocity, providing our customers with the most innovative leisure travel planning product in the market.”
Additional details regarding Travelocity’s newest Meet Me In…travel technology include:
-- A new search option that gives customers the choice of either
a traditional one departure city search or a search that
simultaneously queries for round-trip flight, hotel, and
rental car availability from two departure cities - complete
with package pricing upfront;
-- An algorithm that sorts through thousands of possible flight
combinations to present the seven best itineraries, based on
price, travel time, coordinated arrival and departure times,
and most importantly, time together;
-- A "time together" calculation (e.g....3 days, 7 hours, 42
minutes) is shown for all seven itineraries;
-- A flexible side-by-side flight comparison, that can be
independently sorted based on the following priorities: price,
airline, departure time, arrival time and travel time;
-- A suggested price breakdown for each traveler, including taxes
and fees, based on the origination cities.
Meet Me In... Promotional Details
Travelocity is offering $75 off(1) of a Meet Me In… package booked before March 15, 2006 at 11:59pm ET. To redeem the discount, customers must enter “MeetMeIn” into the Promotional Code field on the billing page and $75 will be automatically deducted from the final package price.
(1) May only be used on www.travelocity.com/meetmein for the purchase of a Meet Me In… Last Minute Package and is not redeemable on other Travelocity products or gift certificates.
About Travelocity Last-Minute Packages
Travelocity’s Last Minute Packages are low-priced weekend getaway packages from more than 150 North American departure cities that allow consumers to select a combination of flight, hotel, car rental, and often added extras, that are available from 14 days to three hours before departure to more than 170 domestic and international destinations. With Travelocity’s specially negotiated rates on Last Minute Packages, Flight + Hotel Packages generally start at about $200 per person, while Flight + Car packages and Hotel + Car packages generally start at about $150 per person.
So, put the “we” back in your weekend. With Travelocity’s Meet Me In… booking tool, saving time, saving money and spending time together just got a whole lot easier. For more details visit www.travelocity.com/meetmein.
About Travelocity
Travelocity is committed to being the traveler’s champion – before, during and after the trip and guarantees everything about a customer’s booking will be right. If it’s not, Travelocity will work with its partners to make it right, right away. This customer-driven focus, backed by live 24/7 phone support, great prices and powerful shopping technology has made Travelocity the fifth largest travel agency in the U.S. – booking $7.4 billion in travel worldwide in 2005. Based in Southlake, Texas, Travelocity also owns and operates Travelocity Business(SM) and GetThere for corporate travelers, lastminute.com, a leader in European online travel and ZUJI, a leader in Asia-Pacific online travel. Travelocity is owned by Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE: TSG), a world leader in travel commerce.
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SOURCE: Travelocity
