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Adioso was amazing! It was the only flight search engine that let explore possible trips (rather than just looking up flights once you knew where you wanted to go) by searching for regions or "International".

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Great to hear! Thanks for saying so.

Question for you: can Google Flights (or any other flight search engine) give you the same kind of search capabilities/answers/experience you got from Adioso?

Not that I'm aware of. Google Flights has good data (such as price change data), but it feels like any other search app. Adioso felt more like Pinterest in some ways, where I could have a vague idea of how I wanted to travel, and then explore different trips based on that. Even just big photos (IIRC) of different cities gave some idea of vibes.

I've looked for other booking sites that helped me determine where I want to go, but haven't found anything else similar sadly.

Thank you for sharing this. It’s some food for thought! So much thought and effort went into how the site would feel to use, but it’s very hard to convey the importance and value of that to investors who are not in the primary audience. I still haven’t let go of the idea that we could make it work some day.

It very much came through. Always disappointing when a great product doesn't become a great company, but I hope you get some satisfaction in knowing you built a great product that a lot of people really enjoyed!

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