FareCast and FareCompare are two services that are distinctly different from the above participants. Meanwhile, FareCompare, which also leverages its historical data to provide airfare-drop alerts, is positioning itself as a consumer advocate...
FareCompare is a newer entry and I met someone from the site at NYC SES. In the United States, the summer travel season is about to begin and the most used method for booking and researching travel options is the web.
Comparison Shopping (Kayak, Sidestep, FareCast, FareCompare) For whatever reason, the travel search space is not getting the same attention that local, social, shopping and multimedia verticals are these days.
But that could be changing with new offerings from Farecast and FareCompare. I really enjoyed talking to both Farecast and FareCompare because they have big ideas about how online travel search should be conducted.
SYS-CON Media reports that FareCompare has integrated Google Maps to show you flight costs from your origin. Currently Cleveland is the cheapest place I can fly to, according to FareCompare, at $118. Every want to just go fly somewhere but didn't...
