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-- Introduction Introduction -- About usAbout us -- HolidaysHolidays-- Our style Our style -- DirectoriesDirectories-- Our network Our network -- Affiliate CenterAffiliate Center-- Personalised resultsPersonalised results -- Light versionLight version

In briefIn brief

-- Personalised resultsPersonalised results -- Light versionLight version-- Filter Filter -- Predictive destination finderPredictive destination finder-- Flights Flights -- RSS feedsRSS feeds-- Hotels Hotels -- Yahoo, MSN & Google integrationYahoo, MSN & Google integration-- Hostels Hostels -- Traveller’s toolbar Traveller’s toolbar -- Car hireCar hire -- Airports and airlinesAirports and airlines-- CruisesCruises -- Coming soon......Coming soon......



IntroductionIntroduction

To find a flight, choose a hotel or hostel, select a cruise or package holiday, To find a flight, choose a hotel or hostel, select a cruise or package holiday, hire a car..... There’s so much choice on the Internet... However can you find hire a car..... There’s so much choice on the Internet... However can you find what’s best for you?what’s best for you?

Spider is the answer!Spider is the answer! Whether you’re travelling for business or pleasure, in Whether you’re travelling for business or pleasure, in just one search on a single site our Spider lets you compare prices, offers just one search on a single site our Spider lets you compare prices, offers and availability with over 400 tour operators on 5 continents.and availability with over 400 tour operators on 5 continents.and availability with over 400 tour operators on 5 continents.and availability with over 400 tour operators on 5 continents.



LowcostplanetLowcostplanet is a young company with a passion for innovation, is a young company with a passion for innovation, founded in 2004 by an international team of professionals with a mix founded in 2004 by an international team of professionals with a mix of skills and experience. Our strategy for market penetration means of skills and experience. Our strategy for market penetration means we work with a number of different brands: we work with a number of different brands: EuropelowcostEuropelowcost is a price is a price comparison specialist with a wealth of information for travellers; comparison specialist with a wealth of information for travellers; LowcostplanetLowcostplanet concentrates on hiconcentrates on hi--tech distribution to other portals, tech distribution to other portals, four multilingual vertical directories; four multilingual vertical directories; FlightLowcostFlightLowcost, , OfferteHotelOfferteHotel, , HostelsPriceHostelsPrice and and CruisesPricesCruisesPrices..

About usAbout us

HostelsPriceHostelsPrice and and CruisesPricesCruisesPrices..

Our own brand of innovative technology provides realOur own brand of innovative technology provides real--time searches time searches of the major travel and holiday booking systems producing results of the major travel and holiday booking systems producing results and price comparisons strictly targeted to meet your individual needs, and price comparisons strictly targeted to meet your individual needs, for business or pleasure.for business or pleasure.

Whichever service you require, Spider finds the best offers from the Whichever service you require, Spider finds the best offers from the major domestic and international operators and presents them you in major domestic and international operators and presents them you in price order and in a choice of languages.price order and in a choice of languages.



Our style… How we do thingsOur style… How we do things

We believe in Netiquette and using professional, scientific techniques to We believe in Netiquette and using professional, scientific techniques to benefit from the information available. That’s why we use an innovative benefit from the information available. That’s why we use an innovative approach, even in marketing. approach, even in marketing.

We have developed an upWe have developed an up--toto--the minute search engine that is “clean” and the minute search engine that is “clean” and easy to use, with a noticeable absence of invasive advertising. There is no easy to use, with a noticeable absence of invasive advertising. There is no need to register and we give you the results in price order, lowest first: no need to register and we give you the results in price order, lowest first: no matter which of our partners pays us best.matter which of our partners pays us best.matter which of our partners pays us best.matter which of our partners pays us best.

Our information and travel offers are provided on a “self service” basis: by Our information and travel offers are provided on a “self service” basis: by using our search engine, our RSS feeds or our “low cost alarm” you are using our search engine, our RSS feeds or our “low cost alarm” you are fully in control.fully in control.

Our search engine only compares information. Our search engine only compares information. We do not sell directWe do not sell direct, nor do , nor do we act as agents. Once you have chosen your best travel option you will be we act as agents. Once you have chosen your best travel option you will be redirected straight to the service provider’s official site for maximum redirected straight to the service provider’s official site for maximum savings and in total security.savings and in total security.



Our NetworkOur Network


Prices are in two Prices are in two currencies at once. currencies at once. You choose which You choose which two.two.

You can also You can also choose how many choose how many results you want to results you want to

Personalised ResultsPersonalised Results

results you want to results you want to see. see.



Filters are part Filters are part of every search. of every search. They ensure you They ensure you get the results get the results youyou need. need.

FiltersFilters


The The flightflight search search engine compares engine compares prices and availability prices and availability with over 900 low cost with over 900 low cost and regular airlinesand regular airlines..

Around 45,000 Around 45,000 routes on five routes on five

FlightsFlights

routes on five routes on five continents.continents.

Fast background Fast background search facility.search facility.

EasyEasy--toto--use, use, multimulti--function function interface.interface.



FlightsFlights



The The hotelhotel search search engine compares engine compares prices and availability prices and availability in over 220,000 hotels in over 220,000 hotels and guestand guest--houses houses worldwide.worldwide.

Search results Search results display prices, display prices,

HotelsHotels

descriptions and descriptions and photos of the hotel. photos of the hotel. The cheapest The cheapest option is option is highlighted.highlighted.

The filter allows The filter allows you to order the you to order the results by price, results by price, hotel chain or hotel chain or number of stars.number of stars.



HotelsHotels



Search results are Search results are ordered by price, ordered by price,

HostelsHostels

The The hostelhostel search search engine compares engine compares prices and prices and availability in over availability in over 25,000 youth hostels 25,000 youth hostels worldwide.worldwide.

ordered by price, ordered by price, lowest first, and lowest first, and display prices, display prices, descriptions and descriptions and photos of the photos of the hostel.hostel.



The The car hirecar hire search search engine compares engine compares prices and prices and availability with the availability with the major hire major hire companies companies worldwide.worldwide.

Car HireCar Hire



CruisesCruises

The The cruisecruise search search engine compares engine compares prices and prices and availability of cruise availability of cruise operators in the operators in the major tourist major tourist destinations.destinations.destinations.destinations.


HolidaysHolidays

The The holidayholiday search search engine compares engine compares prices and prices and availability of availability of package holidays package holidays with the major with the major domestic and domestic and international tourist international tourist international tourist international tourist operators.operators.



DDirectoriesirectories

The contents of our site are arranged and displayed in The contents of our site are arranged and displayed in multilingual vertical directories which are subdivided by the multilingual vertical directories which are subdivided by the service you require (flights, hotels, etc) with extremely successful service you require (flights, hotels, etc) with extremely successful results. The information is organised by continent, country and results. The information is organised by continent, country and city and is kept current by weekly updates on airlines, airports, city and is kept current by weekly updates on airlines, airports, low cost and regular routes, as well as descriptions and average low cost and regular routes, as well as descriptions and average prices for hotels, hostels and cruises. prices for hotels, hostels and cruises.

HotelsHotels

HostelsHostels

FlightsFlights

CruisesCruises



Multilingual Multilingual worldwide worldwide hotelhotelddirectory organised irectory organised by country and city.by country and city.

Updated weekly Updated weekly

Hotel Hotel DirectoryDirectory

Updated weekly Updated weekly with offers from the with offers from the best domestic and best domestic and international online international online operators.operators.



The The hotelhotel directory directory displays displays descriptions, photos, descriptions, photos, hotel chain and hotel chain and average price range average price range of the hotel.of the hotel.

Hotel OffersHotel Offers



The worldwide The worldwide hostelshostels directory is directory is organised by organised by continent, country continent, country and city.and city.

Hostel DirectoryHostel Directory

Updated weekly Updated weekly with offers from the with offers from the best online operatorsbest online operatorsbest online operatorsbest online operatorsspecialising in youth specialising in youth hostels.hostels.



Hostel DirectoryHostel Directory

The The hostelshostelsdirectory displays directory displays descriptions and descriptions and photos, the name of photos, the name of the operator and the the operator and the average price range average price range of the hostel.of the hostel.


The largest The largest organised flight organised flight directory.directory.

Flight DirectoryFlight Directory

220 low cost and 220 low cost and regular airlines, 226 regular airlines, 226 countries, 1867 countries, 1867 cities, 45,368 routes cities, 45,368 routes cities, 45,368 routes cities, 45,368 routes in 5 continents.in 5 continents.


Detailed Detailed information information organised by organised by country and city, country and city, route, low cost and route, low cost and regular airlines, regular airlines, airports.airports.

Flight DirectoryFlight Directory



The international The international CruiseCruise directory directory displays displays information on information on offers from the offers from the major cruise major cruise operators operators organised by organised by

Cruise DirectoryCruise Directory

organised by organised by destination.destination.



Cruise DirectoryCruise Directory

The directory The directory displays displays descriptions of the descriptions of the cruise, photos, cruise, photos, name of cruise name of cruise operator and the operator and the average price average price range for the range for the range for the range for the cruise.cruise.



Affiliate CenterAffiliate Center

Partnership whitPartnership whitgeneral highgeneral high--use site use site or vertical portals or vertical portals from the tourism from the tourism industry.industry.



Links allow you to Links allow you to personalise your personalise your requirements with a requirements with a single service single service provider.provider.

To personalise the To personalise the appearance of the appearance of the

Affiliate CenterAffiliate Center

appearance of the appearance of the interface.interface.

And provide you And provide you with extremely with extremely detailed statistics.detailed statistics.


Each time the Each time the search engine is used search engine is used a detailed reala detailed real--time time report is sent to the report is sent to the partner.partner.

For large partners For large partners we can supply we can supply

Affiliation Affiliation -- StatisticsStatistics

we can supply we can supply details of service details of service flow in XML format.flow in XML format.



Affiliation Affiliation –– CoCo--brandingbranding


Light VersionLight Version

The The Light versionLight version of of this site is ideal for this site is ideal for users with slow users with slow internet connections internet connections or anyoneor anyone who who prefers quick access prefers quick access to the essentials.to the essentials.to the essentials.to the essentials.

Search results are Search results are displayed as text displayed as text --only, with no images only, with no images or addor add--ons.ons.



Light Version ResultsLight Version Results

Results from the Results from the two types of search two types of search engine: normal and engine: normal and light. Note how light. Note how images are replaced images are replaced by text in this by text in this example of a hotel example of a hotel example of a hotel example of a hotel search.search.

The light version The light version makes navigation very makes navigation very much quicker.much quicker.


Digitalised City GuideDigitalised City Guide

The digitalised guide The digitalised guide uses predictive spelling uses predictive spelling to help the user find to help the user find destinations.destinations.

Rapid, targeted Rapid, targeted searching saves time.searching saves time.searching saves time.searching saves time.

Improved navigation.Improved navigation.

Full access to Full access to all destinations.all destinations.



RSS FeedsRSS Feeds

http://www.europelowcost.com/RSS/flights.xmlhttp://www.europelowcost.com/RSS/flights.xml

RSS feeds enable networked distribution of offers and site RSS feeds enable networked distribution of offers and site contents.contents.



RSS Feed DistributionRSS Feed Distribution

Integration with Yahoo, Integration with Yahoo, Google and Live enables Google and Live enables much greater distribution of much greater distribution of site contents and offers via site contents and offers via three extremely important three extremely important channels.channels.


Add to GoogleAdd to Google

Integration with Integration with Google Gadget opens Google Gadget opens up another important up another important distribution channel for distribution channel for site contents and offers.site contents and offers.



Traveller’s ToolbarTraveller’s Toolbar

The innovative The innovative Traveller’s Toolbar Traveller’s Toolbar provides constant provides constant monitoring of offers on monitoring of offers on flights, hotels, hostels, flights, hotels, hostels, holidays, cruises and car holidays, cruises and car hire, so you can always hire, so you can always hire, so you can always hire, so you can always snap up the best travel snap up the best travel bargains.bargains.

The toolbar is The toolbar is compatible with compatible with Windows Explorer or Windows Explorer or Firefox.Firefox.



Airport DirectoryAirport Directory

List of major List of major domestic and domestic and international airports international airports with interactive road with interactive road and satellite maps.and satellite maps.General information and General information and links to official sites.links to official sites.links to official sites.links to official sites.

CrossCross--marketing marketing services for the services for the targeted city.targeted city.


Airline DirectoryAirline Directory

World list of low cost World list of low cost and regular airlines, and regular airlines, subdivided by subdivided by continent, country and continent, country and city.city.



Airline DirectoryAirline Directory

The directory contains The directory contains information on baggage information on baggage allowances, checkallowances, check--in in times and general times and general conditions of transport.conditions of transport.

In addition, airports In addition, airports In addition, airports In addition, airports with only one carrier are with only one carrier are highlighted.highlighted.



Coming soon......Coming soon......

++ Flight + HotelFlight + Hotel

++ ++ Car + Flight + HotelCar + Flight + Hotel

Flights and hotels on your mobileFlights and hotels on your mobile++ ++ Flights and hotels on your mobileFlights and hotels on your mobile++ ++



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