Rome2Rio is a travel website and app that connects transportation networks from all around the world to allow users to search any city, town, landmark, attraction or address across the globe with thousands of multi-modal routes to easily get from A to B. The app has information on schedules and routes for trains, buses, ferries, taxi and planes, as well as driving information, and shows users the fastest route than can be traveled using different combinations of each. The price for each individual transport item is also displayed, which gives users a sense of what public transport or renting a car will cost in countries around the world. Rome2Rio will also give recommendations for hotels in the area, based on price and distance from the desired location.
Rome2Rio makes traveling easier because users don’t have to use multiple website to plan trips in between far-away specific locations, with the service allowing users to type in specific landmarks and addresses in other countries. Their mapping system is constantly expanding, with white spots in parts of Africa and Asia being filled in over time to give users the tools to learn about all parts of the world.
The tools to make travel over distant geographic locations easy and oversee-able are a luxury in our globalized age. Rome2Rio puts the tools to travel anywhere in the world at anyone’s finger tips, and helps connect people from around the world.
Written by: Christopher Ewell, AGS on July 9, 2015