Fitz

A colleague recently told me about Kayak. It’s a tool for searching flights, hotels, rental cars, and cruises, but I’ve only used it to lookup up and compare flights. Kayak’s pretty useful for finding the right flight; you can choose the number of stops, which airlines you’d like to consider, and what online travel agencies you’d like to search.

Some of its more interesting features are charts that show the historical prices for flights between the cities you picked. There’s a chart for the past 90 days and a chart for every day of the month you’ve chosen to travel.

On top of its handy features, Kayak has an interface that’s both useful, easy on the eyes, and easy to navigate. Plus, the site uses advertisements sparingly. Most travel sites I’ve seen are teaming with ads, slow to load, and visually confusing. Nice job, Kayak.