Как сэкономить, куда ехать, где бронировать: вопросы про Путешествия (yet another podcast #25)

Yandex Verticals CEO Pavel Aleshin and Yandex Travel Product Director Evgeny Abramzon discuss hotel booking, how to save money on your trip, and what to do if you can't see the mountains from your "mountain view" room. And, of course, they discuss Yandex Travel's development plans. 🌍 GO ON A TRIP: • Web: https://travel.yandex.ru/ • Android: https://clck.ru/375WL4 • iOS: https://clck.ru/375WJi Yet another podcast is a regular podcast about new technologies, Yandex products, and the people who work on them. In each episode, host Pavel Kushelev and guests discuss one of the company's products: a major update, an important development, and the processes behind it. 😎 Thanks to Plus Dacha for the filming location. Stay up-to-date with new events — with a Plus subscription, you can attend any of them for free: https://plus.yandex.ru/dacha 🦸‍♂️ Guest: blogger Polina Zinovieva:    / @hellopolly   🎧 LISTEN ON OTHER PLATFORMS: • Yandex Music: https://music.yandex.ru/album/24046885 • Apple Podcasts: https://clck.ru/34JYfc • Google Podcasts: https://clck.ru/34JYPX 🕓 WHAT'S IN THE PODCAST: 00:00 — Getting Started 02:14 — Why Yandex Decided to Do Travel 05:18 — Why Now 08:37 — On the Power of Hotel Brands 11:56 — Search or Aggregators 14:35 – Why Rzhev is such an important city for travel 17:30 – When the first booking service appeared 20:00 – The technology behind booking 20:58 – Why prices vary from one hotel to another 22:42 – Yandex Travel's dream 24:41 – Why it's difficult to add apartments 28:53 – Where Russians travel 33:15 – The most popular international destinations 36:39 – Why go on excursions 39:29 – Why excursions are difficult to sell 43:07 – How to check the view in your room 46:24 – How Travel supports travelers 51:19 – Can a hotel accommodate guests on the other side of the city? 52:59 – Overbooking in hotels and planes 54:09 – Where Yandex Travel is heading 56:49 – What's more profitable for hotels: their own website or an aggregator 1:01:12 – Where View hotel reviews 1:04:11 – Can a hotel delete a negative review? 1:05:10 – How to motivate a user to write a review 1:09:06 – Where to complain if something is wrong with the hotel 1:15:10 – How to return an airline ticket 1:17:02 – What direction will travel take? 1:25:52 – How to save money on travel 1:27:21 – Does it make sense to buy tickets in advance?