With most travel search engines, you enter your departure and destination cities and travel dates, then fish through the results for the lowest price.
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Adioso takes a different, open-ended approach by allowing you to enter only your departure city and … everything else is optional. Valid search terms include:
- Providence to Anywhere Under $900
- New York to London in December
- Bali to LAX
… you get the gist. The results are plotted on a timeline for a quick visualization of when the best (read: cheapest) time to fly is.
A glance at the above screenshot indicates that we can save a few hundred dollars by simply flying on the dates depicted at the very bottom of the chart. It’s a novel concept, particularly with travelers who are looking to “get away” but aren’t necessarily sure when … or even where.
Like many new web apps, there are bugs. But this definitely looks like the start of something promising.