GOOGLE continues to expand its travel offerings, this week launching a new money-back guarantee ensuring flights booked via its portal will not end up cheaper elsewhere.
Trips where the price guarantee is available will be clearly highlighted in search results, with the functionality initially available on selected itineraries originating in the USA to a range of domestic and international destinations.
According to an update from the company, “for some flight prices, Google’s algorithms are confident that the price you’re seeing is the lowest available before the flight departs.
“After you book on Google we’ll keep monitoring the price until take-off, and if it drops you’ll automatically get the difference back,” the company said.
There is no charge for the refund guarantee, with Google depositing any price difference back into the customer’s bank account in the event prices do drop.
The Google travel portal at google.com/travel has also been enhanced to automatically recommend hotels, restaurants and activities as soon as a user books a flight.
Users are now also able to manually amend their personal “trip timeline” with itinerary items not automatically collated from Gmail, and bookings can now be accessed from Google Maps.
Source: traveldaily