WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 12, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- On the heels of its launch, TripSync(tm) (www.tripsync.com) is issuing a challenge to Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity, as well as other online travel sites: Drop your booking fees!
Today TripSync announced it is waiving booking fees, for an indefinite time, for all travel purchased through the Web's most innovative new business travel tool. Unlike other online travel sites that charge fees ranging from $5-$10 per booking -- be it a car rental, air or hotel booking -- TripSync is shifting the online travel paradigm by being the first to remove all fees on any trip. With an estimated 145 million business trips each year, the potential cost savings to the small to mid-sized business travel market is staggering.
Portaga CEO Robert Kost stated, "Small and mid-sized businesses have been nickel-and-dimed on booking and service fees, usually right at check out, as they're forced to use leisure travel sites to book their business travel. That's why we designed TripSync for the way business travelers work -- fast, easy, efficient and now totally without booking fees. "
TripSync is the free travel tool that simplifies, organizes and synchronizes the entire business travel process for one or multiple travelers directly through Microsoft(r) Outlook. TripSync is an end-to-end travel tool that helps small and medium-sized businesses reclaim control over their travel allowing them book, change and manage all aspects of their trip within Outlook -- a familiar interface for the business professional.
In addition to fee-free booking, travelers using TripSync now get $25 off their next business dinner at one of 10,000 restaurants by redeeming free Dining Dough certificates from www.restaurant.com. Now business travelers can book for free, dine with a discount and synchronize their travel with one quick click.
To obtain TripSync, users simply go to www.tripsync.com, download the TripSync button onto their Outlook, Firefox and Internet Explorer toolbars. TripSync integrates and actively synchs "live data" itineraries into Outlook so flight, rental cars and even restaurant reservations are accessible and changeable, anytime, anywhere. To make a change to an itinerary, users drag and drop any part of their travel plans into a new date and time, and simply confirm their new travel options provided by TripSync. Business travelers can also automatically notify other travelers of itinerary changes with just one click, right from their calendar. With TripSync, small and mid-sized businesses benefit by dramatically reducing the time, resources and personnel needed to book, change and manage their travel. Most importantly, TripSync draws from the same travel sources as any other online travel site, so the best fares are all available at TripSync.
About TripSync
TripSync (www.tripsync.com) is the free, Web 2.0 travel tool that allows business travelers to book, change and manage travel directly from their calendar. TripSync simplifies, organizes and synchronizes business travel for one or multiple travelers by creating live data itineraries right in Outlook and makes creating or changing travel plans as easy as scheduling a meeting. Inherently designed with an understanding of how small and medium sized companies work, TripSync was developed by veteran business travelers at Portaga, Inc., a web services company based in White Plains, NY to serve the $9.2 billion "unmanaged" business travel market. For more information about TripSync and how to get it, go to www.tripsync.com.
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