Will it change the aviation industry? At the Google Tourism Conference that opened today (Tuesday), a new tool was unveiled that can save hundreds and even thousands of shekels when booking a flight.
According to a report by Shimon Yaish in Israel Hayom, the conference opened with the debunking of several myths, based on information collected by Google over the years: connecting flights will not always be cheaper, it is not cheapest to buy a ticket in the 90th minute, and Tuesday is not the cheapest day to make a reservation or fly.
According to Google data, the most decorated destinations this year were London, followed by Istanbul in second place and Larnaca in third place, with Athens and Paris rounding out the top five.
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The fastest growing destinations are Sri Lanka, Montenegro, Ibiza, Osaka and Paphos.
After the data, it's time to reveal the new tool launched by Google, which is currently available on many flights, but not all of them.
After you enter all the search details on Google Flights, and proceed to the results stage, a message will appear stating whether the ticket price to the destination is currently expensive and when it is recommended to purchase the flight ticket to the destination.
Next to the message, a three-color axis will appear – green (cheap price), yellow (average price), and red (expensive price), so you will know whether it is worth it for you to book the flight now or wait.
Another tool available on Google Flights is the alert that will tell you that if you move your flight a day forward or backward, you can save hundreds or even thousands of shekels. After you conduct a search on Google Flights, you may see a message pop up telling you that if you agree to fly a day earlier or later, the flight will be cheaper.
Next to the message, there is also a tool called Date grid where you can get a sort of price table for the time range in which you planned to fly and see when it is cheapest to do it.
Google in the US has launched a tool that allows you to get your money back if the price drops. This tool is not available in Israel and is currently in a pilot phase in the US.
Yaish notes that Google is so confident in its information that it suggests that US bookers order according to its recommendations and, as mentioned, guarantees a refund if the ticket price drops.
It is not yet clear whether this tool will enter Israel, but if so, it could change the rules of the game.
