Skyscanner tests personalized road trip service

Responding to the popularity of domestic travel by car, Skyscanner is testing a new service that offers personalized itineraries for road trips.

The company’s new “Road Trips” service is built on personalization capabilities from Inspirock, a California-based company that uses artificial intelligence and local expertise to provide personalized travel plans for more than 80,000 destinations worldwide. 

Inspirock’s system creates recommendations for routes, accommodations and activities based on the user’s interests, desired destination, trip duration, time of year and other factors. Using Road Trips, the bookings can then be done through Skyscanner. 

“We’re proud to deliver Inspirock’s technology to help Skyscanner strategically expand its offerings and meet the real needs and demands of today’s savvy travelers.

Skyscanner has always helped travelers easily find the best prices and trip options to suit their travel needs, and now together, we’ve created the ultimate tool for personalized road trips,” says Anoop Goyal, CEO and co-founder of Inspirock.

“Travelers today seek more than just the logistics of where to stay and the best route to get from A to B and B to C — they want to make the most of their precious holiday time by maximising their enjoyment of activities and experiences along the way, and that are tailored to them.”

Skyscanner is launching the Road Trips platform in beta in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Ireland.

“As always at Skyscanner, we will continue to iterate and improve to ensure we’re meeting travelers’ evolving needs. With Inspirock’s reach in over 200 countries around the world, we’re excited to continue expanding Road Trips, offering travelers more options to drive to destinations - both closer to home and once they arrive in other countries,” says Paul Cumins, head of car hire at Skyscanner.

Road.Travel is another provider of curated routes with booking capabilities. CEO Nikita Dedik participated in Phocuswright Europe 2021's Launch competition.