Rick Seaney: Take Me Away

Rick Seaney and his posse of tech associates live and breathe travel like a fashion intern trying to get into New York Fashion Week. They know what they’re talking about hands down. Rick Seaney’s very unbiased approach to reporting travel deals and news within the airline industry will keep you coming back for more.

Whenever I come across something great, I love to share. This is no exception. People asked me often, “How do you save so much money on travel?” I tell them about FareCompare.com. FareCompare.com allows me to keep a lot of my money during this temporary economic crunch. The information that this site provide is mind-boggling. Check out RickSeaney.com too. He even tells you how to write an airline complaint letter.

Rick was kind enough to answer a few questions and concerns about travel and a little background history about his company:

Where are you from and where are you located?

I am originally from El Paso, TX, moved to the Dallas area at age 9 where I
currently reside.

Why are you passionate about travel?

When I go home at night and think of all the people we helped navigate the
shark infested waters of finding and buying a good air travel deal – I sleep
like a baby.

Tell us how you started FareCompare.com?

We are a bunch of technology guys that got into air travel by accident as we
looked for something interesting that let us use our skills crunching huge
amounts of data.

Why should consumers visit FareCompare.com?

We can tell you hours before prices hit the streets that you favorite
destination is going down in price and when you get our site with one click
you can check hundreds of combinations of depart and return days for those
elusive cheap seats. It is very simple we save you both time and money (I
have a symbol of a clock and $ on my whiteboard, it reminds me everyday what
we are coming to work to do — save consumers time and money).

What are 3 of the most asked questions about purchasing travel?

1) When is the best time to buy travel to X departing on Y?
2) The current quote for my trip is X, Is that a good deal?
3) Why does the persons setting next to me pay a different price than I
do?

What are the best days to fly?

Tue/Wed/Sat (Wed absolute cheapest), during the day (first flight out, just
after lunch, just after dinner are the cheapest) – Basically when most
don’t want to fly.

What are the Top 5 places to travel internationally or domestic?

1) The cheapest 4 European destinations the summer and fall are, Ireland,
Spain, Germany and Switzerland
2) The cheapest U.S. destinations in the summer are Florida, beaches
3) Prices to Rio/Sao Paulo have dropped nearly in half to under $600rt
from many locations

How can consumers keep up with travel deals and news from FareCompare.com?

1) Sign up for our real-time email alerts http://farecompare.com/signup/
2) Follow our real-time deal tweets on Twitter
http://farecompare.com/twitter/
3) Checkout our new dealfinder tool http://farecompare.com/dealfinder/
4) Come to our homepage and get a quote from anywhere in the world to
your desired destination
5) Check out our blogs http://rickseaney.com http://deals.farecompare.com
http://firstclass.farecompare.com
6) Catch my column each week on ABCNews.com