The launch comes just three months after GoEuro secured $4m in seed financing from Battery Ventures and Hasso Plattner Ventures.
GoEuro, a multi-mode travel search website that allows users to plan journeys by comparing and combining air, rail, bus and car transport, officially launched in open beta. The GoEuro offering covers the whole of Europe, with the most extensive transport options available in Germany and the UK at the time of launch. Through GoEuro, travellers can search to and from any location in Europe, including small towns and villages, eliminating the need to visit numerous websites to piece together an entire journey. The site provides users with detailed journey plans and finds the best options for different modes of transportation based on both total travel time and price. The launch comes just three months after GoEuro secured $4m in seed financing from Battery Ventures and Hasso Plattner Ventures.
GoEuro allows users to enter in their starting point (city, town or even village), and specific destination. It then shows the user multiple solutions for air, rail, bus and car travel for their journey. Depending on the search, it not only allows easy comparison of the various modes of travel, but also combines air with ground transportation, enabling the user to view the entire journey, plus alternate airport choices as needed. Through GoEuro, users can find and book transport based on price, total travel time and routing – simplifying the ent ire journey planning experience. To achieve this, GoEuro takes on the challenge of bringing together mass data from various national transport providers, which travellers can then access in a very simple, user friendly format.
Naren Shaam, CEO of GoEuro said: “Our goal is to provide the best possible travel planning experience, as well as the most competitive fares, without any additional fees to our users. A key part of this is to become a leader in a new category of online travel that goes beyond the dispersed offerings focused on airlines and airports as the start and end points of the journey. For example, if I want to travel from London to Heidelberg, Germany, GoEuro will give me multiple flight choices together with train connections to and from nearby airports, as well as direct train and bus options, helping me to plan my whole trip quickly and easily. In this way, GoEuro makes travel planning simple, flexible and personal for everyone.”
GoEuro launches with strong partners, including Deutsche Bahn, Rail Easy, Eurolines and Rentalcars.com, as well as worldwide air from multiple sources. GoEuro is in the process of integrating additional partnerships across Europe and will continue to expand its offering over the coming weeks and months. With online travel search currently focused heavily on the airline industry, GoEuro levels the playing-field by offering rail and bus operators the opportunity to have their service presented alongside air, making comparison easy. GoEuro is free to customers and monetizes through revenue sharing agreements with travel partners on ticket sales.
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