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Will We See First Class Airfare On Sale At Jetsetter.com In The Future?
Have you come around to travel sample sales yet? If you've checked out the newish site Jetsetter.com, or even better yet, scored a luxury hotel stay from it, then you're in danger of becoming addicted to the newest way to purchase travel online.
Since they launched in Beta at the end of September, we've kept a daily eye to their members-only (join here) "sample sales" of five-star hotel rooms and suites from around the world, not to mention the occasional cruise. For us, the turning point—which makes us think them a burgeoning success story like their parent site, Gilt.com—is when they featured rooms at Paris' storied Hôtel de Crillon for hundreds off the rack rate.
So last night, at their official launch party in the penthouse of New York City's Hotel on Rivington, we set out to see just how well they are doing, and what juicy plans they're forming for the future...
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'Jetsetter' Launches, Introduces Travel World To Trip Sample Sales
We warned you they were coming: vacation sample sales from the luxury discount shopping site Gilt.com. The site launched today, along with their new iPhone app, and they're beginning their life pretty strong, offering "discounted" rates on hotel rooms and cruises from top names like Seabourn Yachts and Peninsula Hotels.
So are you getting a deal? First, the "sample sales" are tremendously limited in time, so you better know that when you're headed to New York in order to book a deal at The Standard New York, prices starting at $225. Now we've definitely stayed there for less, so you have to understand that these sale prices are off the rack rate, which is pretty easy to get around in the first place if you search all the usual travel booking sites.
Even "private" islands get the Jetsetter treatment, after the jump.
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Are Vacation Sample Sales In Our Future? Gilt.com Hints At New Site
Update 08/11: Racked.com reports that the new site is called "Jetsetter" and is accepting pre-launch sign-ups here.
Could we be on the verge of purchasing travel in an entirely new way? If the founders of the uber-successful upscale sample sale website Gilt Groupe have anything to say about it, choosing and purchasing your vacation will become an adrenaline-fueled, timed transaction that mimics the way their fashion site works now.
We just happened to be at last night's Racked.com panel discussion on the future of retail, where Alexandra Wilkis Wilson of Gilt divulged their plans to move beyond selling discounted designer clothing overstock and into the world of selling hotel rooms, vacation home rentals, and trip packages. They will be luxe, of course, and "ski chalets" were especially named.
