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Hipmunk is definitely one of the worst sites in it's category

by onlyup 13y ago

baby 13y ago
Depends where you're living I think. I live in Europe and, besides not displaying easyjet, ryanair and the other lowcost companies, it displays good prices. But what really gets me is the UI. It's my favorite one out of all the websites I know.
- onlyup 13y ago
  I live in Europe too and it doesn't display two of the most popular airlines?
- kawsper 13y ago
  How will you compare it with Momondo?
  - count 13y ago
    Beats Momondo hands down. I'd never heard of Momondo, so I just checked it out. Hipmunk's UI is WAY better for me trying to pick flights. I don't care that I might save $10 or whatever, as much as avoiding 8 hour layovers, or leaving at 5am. You can't easily tell any of that with an interface like Momondo's (which is just a pretty version of every other travel site).
    - onlyup 13y ago
      I tried both. (Monmondo/Skyscanner) 162 vs 177 (himpunk) And the UI just doesn't matter with these sites.. do search, ignore crazy prices, select the legs that suit you best..
      - count 13y ago
        But that's the part that Hipmunk makes easiest: figuring out which flights suit you best.
    - kawsper 13y ago
      You have to use the sidebar after you have done your search, then you can specify the details that you want and compare. You can put a max on travel-time and choose which part of the day that you want to travel in.
      - count 13y ago
        Have you used Hipmunk? It's NOTHING like that at all. Those sidebar features are the same on every travel website, except Hipmunk. The linear bar graph display of flights is, for me, infinitely superior than a data tabel that I can drag sliders around to change the wall of text. It takes me a glance to see that there are great options or shitty options on a given hipmunk search, even on my iphone. Momondo and basically every other site require significantly more cognitive work on my part to piece apart their text boxes full of information to figure out if that flight is a good fit for my needs or not.

Hipmunk is definitely one of the worst sites in it's category

by onlyup 13y ago

Hipmunk is definitely one of the worst sites in it's category

baby 13y ago

Depends where you're living I think. I live in Europe and, besides not displaying easyjet, ryanair and the other lowcost companies, it displays good prices. But what really gets me is the UI. It's my favorite one out of all the websites I know.

onlyup 13y ago
I live in Europe too and it doesn't display two of the most popular airlines?
kawsper 13y ago
How will you compare it with Momondo?
- count 13y ago
  Beats Momondo hands down. I'd never heard of Momondo, so I just checked it out. Hipmunk's UI is WAY better for me trying to pick flights. I don't care that I might save $10 or whatever, as much as avoiding 8 hour layovers, or leaving at 5am. You can't easily tell any of that with an interface like Momondo's (which is just a pretty version of every other travel site).
  - onlyup 13y ago
    I tried both. (Monmondo/Skyscanner) 162 vs 177 (himpunk) And the UI just doesn't matter with these sites.. do search, ignore crazy prices, select the legs that suit you best..
    - count 13y ago
      But that's the part that Hipmunk makes easiest: figuring out which flights suit you best.
  - kawsper 13y ago
    You have to use the sidebar after you have done your search, then you can specify the details that you want and compare. You can put a max on travel-time and choose which part of the day that you want to travel in.
    - count 13y ago
      Have you used Hipmunk? It's NOTHING like that at all. Those sidebar features are the same on every travel website, except Hipmunk. The linear bar graph display of flights is, for me, infinitely superior than a data tabel that I can drag sliders around to change the wall of text. It takes me a glance to see that there are great options or shitty options on a given hipmunk search, even on my iphone. Momondo and basically every other site require significantly more cognitive work on my part to piece apart their text boxes full of information to figure out if that flight is a good fit for my needs or not.