Stopping Over After A Game?

Last updated : 31 August 2006 By Sarah Rudd
Coventry City fans can now search through every football fixture and book
convenient accommodation instantly thanks to a new revolutionary website.

The www.football.bedsearcher.co.uk site is a totally unique offering to
fans, allowing them to accurately target exactly where to stay when
watching a match.

The exceptional accuracy comes from the unique search engine technology -
called PINPOINT™ - which uses Ordnance Survey grid references to literally
pinpoint a place for users to choose accommodation by village, postcode or
even football ground.

Bedsearcher's co-creator, Gill Chapple, said: “This site puts the customer
in charge of their home or away match travel itinerary – they can decide
which match they want to be at and look for suitable accommodation
nearby - or decide where they want to stay and look for a game in the
area.”

"Previously football enthusiasts have had to access several different
resources in order to get this much information and even then were
unlikely to be able to entirely plan and book a trip with such confidence
and accuracy.”

As well as having a fully searchable fixture list for all leagues which
links to accommodation for the correct ground and date, it will also give
detailed descriptions of the local area and daily football news.

The football site is already enjoying great success and many of the top
football web resources and fanzines are adding links to the site.

The site is the latest offering from the hugely successful
www.bedsearcher.co.uk, which connects people with more than 19,000 hotels,bed and breakfasts and guesthouses in the UK.

“We believe an trip to the match should start with the planning and it
should be a pleasurable experience,” said Ms Chapple.

”Bedsearcher has tackled this head on with its PINPOINT™ technology - not
only can we give more information in one place, but we can increase both
the relevancy and the speed of the process making it easy for customers.

The site caters for all football fans whether they are interested in the
Premiership, Championship or other league games.

Bedsearcher - which has beaten off stiff competition from big names to win
top industry awards in travel and tourism, business and innovation, offers
a more personalised, fast and precise service. Company statistics show
users are 15 times more likely to find what they're looking for and book
first time with Bedsearcher – converting one in 20 users against the
average one in 300. Plans are in place to roll the site out across
Europe.