It was easy to select dates (i'm slowly begining to become a fan of the rich date-selection-calendar idiom), search type (flight, hotel, car, flight + hotel, flight+hotel+car, hotel+car) and orgin and destination locations (these selectors could both benefit from intermediate results). Picking "flexible" trip dates was rather less than intuitive and one area of usability which could use improvement.
However, once a search was constructed, the information was returned sub-optimally. The possible flight options were presented to look somewhat similar to an airline boarding pass, I'm not convinced this is the best way to convey this information. Additionally, there was no way to sort by options other than price and number of stops. As the particular flight featured predominantly early departures, I would have been interested in seeing other flights which departed later in the day for a slightly higher price. Bi-handle selection sliders for time of arrival and departure would do much to ameliorate the issue.
However, once a search was constructed, the information was returned sub-optimally. The possible flight options were presented to look somewhat similar to an airline boarding pass, I'm not convinced this is the best way to convey this information. Additionally, there was no way to sort by options other than price and number of stops. As the particular flight featured predominantly early departures, I would have been interested in seeing other flights which departed later in the day for a slightly higher price. Bi-handle selection sliders for time of arrival and departure would do much to ameliorate the issue.
Better typography with more whitespace and better presentation of data will increase usability.
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