Do we need a meta meta search engine called Tripeedo...seriously

My favorite online travel trade publication Travolution has  announced the launch of another "Trip" company called Tripeedo.

Something that amazes me (still) these days is the lack of innovation or bright new ideas that come up in the online travel space.

I mean Tripeedo aims not to be another meta search engine but wants to sit above that ...meaning the start up founded by Andrew Dudly  aims to - I quote -  "allow for quick comparisons of metasearch sites, airlines and OTAs - so it’s metasearch on top of that. It’s a single point to launch searches to different sites, reducing a process that takes a long time to a few minutes."

I just don't see what problem Tripeedo is trying to solve. Meta search engines facilitate the search of multiple travel websites in one user interface. A site that compares meta search engines and OTAs is just nonsense. I mean who wants dozens of windows open in your browser.

I was doing a search in New York on Firefox with all OTAs and Hotel Chains websites. When Firefox discovered that 30 windows will be opened, it just declined it (Thank You Firefox by the way, you are brilliant!)). Also how could you really compare results if you need to navigate between different windows?

Anyway, another flawed idea that would never take off (again my opinion only). If I had $100,000 in the bank, I wouldn't touch this search problem, I would do something else. You can't keep up with innovation coming from big guys like Kayak with such a small investment.

As Julie Meyer said in the title of her article at City A.M. "Entrepreneurs must show an appetite for risk", I just don't see the risk in this new venture...

 

Comments

[Daniele Beccari]

I agree, a site that just starts searchers and opens up many multiple windows - I don't see any innovation, in fact I am already annoyed enough when Tripadvisor does this for hotels.

But at least I have to notice Tripeedo's free text input search box is quite original. There is something in there.

[Duncan]

I like its free text search functionality. However I agree with you Guillaume in that a meta search of meta creates an additional layer, and thus a solution to a problem that doesn't appear to exist.

[Hotel Search Engines]

Oh my when I run into any site that does this type of search I just close my browser completely.
A hotel search engine should give the easiest results to our needs not those of the site owner.
Oh and thanks for the Firefox part I will start to use FF exclusively