It’s a guessing game and you kind of have to take the plunge. We tell you yes, you can book it but just wait a few weeks to book your accommodations because they could cancel it. So if you’re a regular consumer and you see a fare like this, you might be skeptical, but we take all the guess work out. Don’t call the airline–just book it! They don’t have to honor in, but in this case they did. to Chile, we will publish it and say it was probably a mistake. If we see something like $171 roundtrip from Washington D.C. For example, with an error fare, like when an airline accidentally prices something too low, they could cancel the fare or they could honor it. It’s impressive.Ĭalvin Iverson: We know what to look out for. The Voluntourist: You find deals I’ve never seen anywhere else before. We just give you step by step instructions to take out all of the guess-work and all of those hours that you would spend planning your own vacation. So you can trust that it’s a real company that you’re booking with. We’re not sending you to a sketchy booking site. People don’t believe that our deals are even real so you might not be inclined to book spontaneously because you’re, ‘thinking it can’t be real.’ We have five people on the deal hunting team alone and they’re whole job is to review these properties, the airline, review all of the deals to make sure they’re legit. We’re in the trenches every day trying to find the best value deals for our audience.Ĭalvin Iverson: It all comes back to trust. We all have a very specific set of skills that we’re able to use. It’s so time-consuming for our audience to go through and figure out, which dates are going to offer the best prices, will the hotel I want to stay at match up with these dates? So it’s a lot of digging around. We have a lot of affiliate partners, so places like Kayak and Priceline, places that people are familiar with. Jessica Bisesto: We use a lot of our proprietary tools that have been created by our headquartered office in Berlin. The Voluntourist: What’s the secret to finding the deals? The key is these deals go quickly, but we’re finding so many a day that if you miss one, you’ll find another one. It could be a deal that you have to take advantage of the next month, or it could be something farther in advance. But, we find the best value trips for the places that you might not even realize are affordable. If you know that you want to go to Thailand or Costa Rica and you know that you want to go for a certain time of year, you’re just going to search for the cheapest flight for that time for that region. It’s about the best value for your money, so not necessarily the cheapest. We have a team of full-time deal hunters and they spend all day hunting for the very best value for travel deals–flights, hotels, vacation packages–everything. We have a website and an app for IOS and Android. The Voluntourist: For those who don’t know about TravelPirates, describe the services you offer.Ĭalvin Iverson: We’re travel deals platform. And you should be flexible with your dates and destination for the best rate. The prices are so good that they’re almost unbelievable.Īt the Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show, I actually met with two members of their team, Calvin Iverson, who is the PR Manager and Jessica Bisesto, the Senior Editor, and they filled me in on everything to know about TravelPirates. You have to book the fare immediately because the deal will sellout instantly. So what’s the catch? There isn’t one really, but here’s what you should know. Whether you’re planning a quick weekend getaway or jet-setting around the globe, TravelPirates does the legwork for you and finds the greatest deals.
TravelPirates is an online Boston based travel company that finds the cheapest rates on everything from flights to accommodations to tours and complete vacation packages. Pack your bags because you’re about to book an awesome affordable adventure!
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