To fly!
But how is Google Flights different from other flight search engines? To begin with, in many options it offers and how detailed they are . Suppose, for example, that you want to do the Route 66 in the United States, but you are not sure where to start. Just enter your departure location in "Discover travel" and choose the country as the destination, or even, if you want to narrow down the search, write a particular state.
The tool will give you back the routes to different nearby states to, for example, New York, with their respective prices depending on how long you plan to stay (one week, two, one weekend) . In addition, you will be able to see, with a single click, the cheapest ticket for each month of the year (something that does not always work in other applications, which often do not have enough data to do the calculation).
If you decide on any of the flights offered (of course, you can also enter the dates that interest you), Google Flights offers you one more option, the one that makes up its latest update: " Track prices ·. This, when activated, will send you emails with information about the trip and will notify you when prices change , giving you the opportunity to purchase the ticket at the best time (the app, only available in the US, sends real-time notifications to your mobile) .
Likewise, it also enables you keep track of multiple destinations, dates and ticket classes choosing the elements that interest you, such as, number of passengers and stops or airlines. In addition, it makes it easy for you to choose between one flight and another at a glance thanks to small icons that are displayed next to the ticket, showing if the plane has Wi-Fi, plugs, on-board entertainment...
PERSONALIZED TIPS
Imagine now that you want to fly to Boston on a particular date. In addition to offering you the lowest price available, Google Flights will most likely give you a tip that will save you many hours of searching : "If you fly to New York, you save 50 euros. It is 299 kilometers from Boston." Likewise, it will also notify you of other aspects to take care of your pocket, alerting you of cheaper prices if you leave on dates close to the scheduled , always respecting the period of time in the destination that you have established.
TRAVEL IDEAS
The tool is not only limited to trips that you already have planned, You can also turn to her for inspiration: Imagine, for example, that you are looking for a honeymoon at a good price but you don't know where to start. In Google Flights, under "Discover destinations" click on "interests" and click on "Honeymoon" . It will automatically come out a map with ticket prices in romantic destinations, as well as typical destination cards (and not so much) for that type of trip, such as Cancun, Lanzarote, Orlando or Tahiti. Under the photo of them, they are indicated its greatest attractions: "Snorkeling", "beach", "art"...
You can follow the same pattern when visit a continent . Choose, instead of interests, "places" and click, for example, on Africa, to see a map with the price of the ticket to each of its countries.
A honeymoon in Sri Lanka? Why not!
WHAT IS TO COME
In United States, Google Flights even has its mobile version, while here it is limited to a search engine in your internet browser. The same offers even more options , such as the button "I'm gonna get lucky".
Yes, when looking for inspiration you also have the option of pressing it -as already happens in the famous search engine- and the application will return destinations based on both your search history (!) like in The most popular at that time, also showing you a chart in which to appreciate when the tickets will be cheaper.
On the other hand, the same algorithm that Google Flights uses with flights is also being applied to hotel rates in the United States. A) Yes, When you search for "Hotels in (place of the hotel)", the search engine makes it easy for you to discover if the night you are looking for is now cheaper of what it has marked historically (both on the same dates other years and on days before and after) . So, finally, you will be able to know if the discounts they are offering you as "unique" they are the ones they normally do on those dates... and if they are better than the ones they will have the following week.