Online travel agency MakeMyTrip has acquired 18 percent stake in Inspirock, an online planning tool for creating custom itineraries, reports Techcircle. The deal was done through MakeMyTrip’s innovation fund, although the size of the deal remains undisclosed. Inspirock essentially provides users with customizable itineraries based on where they are travelling to and for how long. The platform currently only works with cities in the US and Europe. To use the service, users first need to enter the details of their trip like the destinations to visit, dates of travel, traveller age category and kind of activities they would like to do. On entering these customary details, the website then generates an itinerary for the user, based on their preferences. In our test, the website provided us with an itinerary which scheduled visits to various local attractions, about 3-4 each day. Users can also choose to view a full list of attractions in and around the city, and add and remove from their itinerary what they please. Details like scheduling based on distances and time spent at the destination are all provided default values for by the website. This can also be changed by the user based on his/her preferences. Users can then download this itinerary either for printing or as a calendar. Interestingly, no login is required to avail these features. The website also provides a list of hotels in the area where users can stay. Users can also hire travel agents on the website to help with additional planning…
