Google Travel
{{Short description|Travel planner mobile site}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox website
|name = Google Travel
|logo = Google Travel logo.svg
|screenshot =
|caption =
|url = {{URL|https://www.google.com/travel/|google.com/travel}}
|commercial = Yes
|registration = Yes, Google Account
|owner = Google
|launch_date = {{Start date and age|2019|5|19}}
}}
Google Travel, formerly Google Trips, is a trip planner service developed by Google. It was originally launched as a mobile app on September 19, 2016, for Android and iOS, which was shut down on August 5, 2019.{{cite web |url=https://blog.google/products/trips/see-more-plan-less-try-google-trips/ |title=See more, plan less – try Google Trips |last1=Frank |first1=Stefan |website=The Keyword |date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=August 22, 2018}} The service is now only available on the website.
History
The mobile app launched on September 19, 2016, for Android and iOS. Google announced in May 2019 of providing desktop functionality to trip planning and integrating some of the trip planning features within Google Maps.{{cite web |url=https://www.blog.google/products/flights-hotels/planning-trip-google-can-help/ |title=There's an easier way to plan and organize your trips—here's how |first1=Richard |last1=Holden |date=May 14, 2019 |website=The Keyword |access-date=June 4, 2019}} In June 2019, Google announced that support for Google Trips would end on August 5, 2019.{{cite web |url=https://support.google.com/travel/answer/9337634 |title=Use Google Trips app features in Google Search & Maps |website=Google Trips Help |publisher=Google Inc. |access-date=June 4, 2018 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512150907/https://support.google.com/travel/answer/9337634 |url-status=dead }} Users were then redirected to using the [https://www.google.com/travel Google Travel website] to plan their trips.
Features
In order to use the mobile app, a Google account was required.{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/19/12943054/google-trips-travel-app-android-ios |title=Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist |last1=Newton |first1=Casey |date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=September 24, 2018 |website=The Verge}} Google Travel allows users to plan for upcoming trips with summarizing info about the user's destination in several categories such as day plans, reservations, and things to do. The discontinued app launched with complete day guides to more than 200 major cities.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/travel/how-to-use-google-trips-tour-guide-travel.html |last1=Sablich |first1=Justin |website=The New York Times |title=How to Use Google to Plan Your Trip |date=September 21, 2016 |access-date=September 24, 2018}} The mobile app also facilitated locating flight, hotel, car, and restaurant reservations for the trip based on emails from the user's Gmail.{{cite web |url=https://get.google.com/trips/ |title=Google Trips |website=Google Trips homepage |access-date=August 22, 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.google.com/travel/}}
{{Google LLC}}
Category:American travel websites
Category:Internet properties established in 2019
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