Travel aggregators are websites. It has all the information related to travel in one place. From helping consumers pick which flight is cheapest to any destination to informing them about offers, travel aggregators have all this in one space making it convenient for consumers to make better traveling decisions.

Travel aggregators conduct this job for you to bring convenience for a consumer to identify which pricing range is better when the whole list if in front of you. For instance, say you want to travel to the USA next week and understanding it is on very short notice, you want to spend your money on a cheaper airline that can get you there quicker. What travel aggregators do here is find all the flights which are traveling to the USA on the date you specify and give you all those results. When you have the data, you can compare it and make your decision. 

For travel aggregation to take place, quality data needs to be in hand, which means that every time a consumer has queries relating to travel, travel aggregators need to have the solution at that moment?

But with so many consumers traveling back and forth and with so many websites helping consumers make the right traveling decisions, how can travel aggregators manage to get all that information in one space?

The use of proxies could be your ultimate solution.

A proxy acts as the point of contact between the user and the website which the user aims to access. When a user wishes to access it will send a request which will be first received by the proxy server. The proxy will then change the user’s IP address and send the request to the website. Once the website approves, the information is sent back to the proxy who filters the information and ensures that no risk or malicious activities are involved and sends it back to the user to view.

In the case of travel aggregators, proxies can be an efficient measure to help retrieve information. With proxies, the information can be viewed from several websites without even having to share any IP address. Surfing any website for travel-related queries be it the airlines or any other travel queries, proxies ensure that the genuine information is accessed and that the action can be conducted multiple times without the fear of being tracked.

Companies indulging in travel aggregation can take the help of proxies to web scrape (extracting information from any sources which have information) through relevant travel agencies and assist that data with your current consumers by solving their queries with the solution you have in hand

1. STATIC PROXIES

If a user aims to have access to the internet via a specific computer or device, static proxies ensure it takes place. These proxies are supported with the help of the Internet Service provider (ISP). In case of the device chosen fails to perform static proxies duties, the proxy would then be disabled, the device name you selected will be eliminated and the user will receive an error message which will be understood that the static proxies requirements didn’t cater to the set factors. Travel aggregators can be set accordingly since the device to implement the action can be conducted from a specific one. 

PROS:

1 . More reliable

2. Quicker in its action

CONS:

1 . To set up static proxies can be a hassle

2. If all the requirements are not met in static proxies, the proxies will not function

2. ROTATING PROXIES

As the name suggests it rotates the IP address. So when your request for access, the IP addresses get changes every time. This is fruitful in travel aggregation as any travel data can be easily retrieved without the fear of being spotted by travel agencies or airlines. 

PROS:

1 . No shortage of IP addresses

2. Speed is faster

CONS:

1 . If rotating proxies are used for free, the security can be tampered with and the traffic and the speed of the process will slow down

2. Too many IP’s can carry a small risk of the process getting stuck or being caught in the act

3. DATA CENTER PROXIES

Data center proxies are widely used to serve the purpose of brand protection conducting market research, travel aggregations, SEO monitoring and much more. Data center proxies work as a regular proxy, they hide the IP address so that your anonymity is hidden while surfing the internet. What makes them stand out is that they don’t require the need for an ISP (Internet service provider) or an internet connection. When you request to view a website instead of your information, data center proxies will send theirs.

PROS:

1 . Cheaper in cost

2. Provides faster speed in its action

CONS:

1. Doesn’t hold a reliable position when it comes to securing anonymity 

4. RESIDENTIAL PROXIES

Aims to retrieve data without the fear of being blocked when conducting online data retrieval activities. Whether it is information on any travel queries such as the flight details get any data you want without having the fear of your IP address being subjected to high risk. Residential proxies have IP addresses attached to a physical location. The IP address is provided to users from the ISP itself. When you access information from any location, your ISP will give you an IP address.

PROS:

1. It is a brilliant measure for data harvesting
2. Offers high anonymity

CONS:

1. Only if the residential proxies are of good quality will the chances of not getting blocked while conducting online activities will stand secure. So a risk will always be there. 

5. WEB SCRAPING

Web scraping is the process of extracting information online through the method of scraping. Say you want to scrape through a few airline’s websites to view the different flights available, you can conduct this action without any hassle.

With web scraping all you need to do is click on the website to scrape, conduct the process and the data gets saved in your system. The data can be saved in any format for instance in a CSV file, Excel, JSON and much more. Web scraping, however, is more efficient when it is conducted with the help of any proxy servers. While the scraping happens, proxy servers ensure that 

PROS:

1 . Eliminates the manual work of copy-pasting information into the system

2. Retrieves data quicker

CONS:

1. Regular scraping can cause the IP to be blocked
2. With the rise in technology, websites are incorporating advanced methods making it difficult to scrape the information.

6. REAL-TIME CRAWLER

Search any sorts of information you want from search engines and e-commerce websites with the help of a real-time crawler. When you send a request to the real-time crawler, it collects all the information required according to your request. Once the information is collected it sends you back the information in a format of an HTML or JSON.

For instance, travel aggregation data of websites can be collected to help consumers coming on travel aggregators to find the right travel rates according to their preference. All the action taking place is conducted on the same connection being implemented which gives you real-time web scraping solutions. 

PROS:

1 . With a large IP choice and an exceptional IP backup option, the real-time crawler can deliver a 100% success rate in its data retrieval activities.

2. It is a user-friendly application that just requires a URL to get started

CONS:

1. Requires constant modifications due to frequent website changes concerning its design or structural form.

7. PREMIUM PROXIES

Premium proxies are great to retrieve information online because it offers a dedicated proxy for a user. With premium proxies, any brand can conduct online activities without the fear of being blocked or their IP addresses being caught as suspicious. Premium proxies offer great speed and have a lot of advantages added to it for instance information can be viewed from any geo locations available, multiple IP addresses are provided, the data and bandwidth speed is great, ads can be conducted with a dedicated IP address and much more. 

PROS:

1 . Speed will never be tapered since the IP addresses provided are dedicated to the users

2. The servers are maintained from trusted brands which assure no crash or shutdown errors.

CONS:

1. Proxies have a cache system which saves the information. This can cause security issues as anyone can view it.