Today’s post come from Christopher who has recently joined our team as a work experience developer – Enjoy! My name…
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Rome2Rio is pleased to be able to support the next generation of computer science talent from home and abroad. We are delighted to introduce two special new members to our team; Christopher and Phoebe. Phoebe joins us as an intern in our…
After months of development and experimentation, we’re proud to release a new and improved user experience for searching for train, bus and flight bookings on Rome2Rio. We’re calling it Unified Bookings. It’s a part of our goal to make the…
Rome2Rio, with its comprehensive database of global routes and transport information, is a very attractive tool for the casual traveller and globe trekker alike. We’ll help you get from A to B by any means that we can find. (including…
We recently wrote about our move to direct bookings on Rome2Rio; starting with our partnership with SilverRail for UK train tickets. We are now pleased to announce another way that will make booking travel easier – we’ve partnered with Distribusion for…
Rome2Rio makes travel easy – providing a full range of air, rail, bus, rideshare, ferry and self-drive options for you to choose from. Once you’ve found your perfect mode of travel, it’s time to book your ticket! Rome2Rio users are…
The team at Rome2Rio continues to grow apace. This month we’ve added a trio of top talent to our team. Meet Chantelle, Jordan, and Liz. Chantelle has almost ten years digital project management experience delivering online solutions within both agency…
For some time now, Google has been publicly encouraging website owners to transition to HTTPS, a more secure version of the ubiquitous HTTP protocol that powers the web. You can identify websites that use HTTPS with the padlock symbol in the…
We wrote in some depth last year about the poor quality of the inter-city transit component in many Google Maps results. These results are displayed at the top of SERPs for queries like “How do I get from A to B?”. Since then…
With our unique repository of 750,000 travel routes from over 4,800 operators in 144 countries, Rome2Rio attracts over 7 million visitors each month. While the searches conducted by these visitors are varied; from short distance intra-city searches to multihop long haul…
Recent media coverage of the isochronic map we developed, based on a 1914 map by the well-known London mapmaker John G. Bartholomew, provides a classic case study on how quickly things can flourish online. (We wrote about the map and…
The new year is well and truly underway and brings with it new team members to Rome2Rio. This month we welcome Archit, Kirsteene, and Quinn.
Australians are a well-travelled bunch – the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that in 2014, over 9 million Australians headed overseas. Members of the Rome2Rio team are no exception, having recently been to Toblach and San Gimignano in Italy, Alpe d’Huez in…
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When my co-founder Bernie and I began to build the Rome2Rio product, we drew heavily on our experience working at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. As time passes and our team grows, we are consciously blending various cultural characteristics of US…
Rome2Rio’s development team continues to grow, and this month we welcome three new team members: Richard Fothergill, Marton Bodonyi and Andrew Greig. Richard is completing his Computer Science PhD at the University of Melbourne. He has been studying under Tim Baldwin in the…
During a recent trip to the US, our content team member Kate had a chance to explore Washington DC using the popular Capital Bikeshare program. Kate used Rome2Rio on her phone to plan her journey around town, but craved an additional feature –…
Rome2Rio announced today the launch of its Advance Booking Alert function, aimed at ensuring travelers are fully informed when transport operators require or recommend advance reservations for their services. The Rome2Rio site now displays an alert alongside schedules that indicates whether advance…
We have launched support for user accounts on Rome2Rio, providing users with the ability to browse their search history, and save their favourite trips. To create an account, simply click the Sign up button at the top of the page: You can access…
Over the last year a new tradition has evolved at Rome2Rio team meetings and we call it Fruit Tray Wednesday. Each week a team member will present an analysis of some part of the Rome2Rio site or user behavior. The results…