Archive for August, 2009

  • A Picture from My Recent Trip: Barbarism at San Jacinto

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  • New Lodging Features: Hot Tub, Whirlpool, and Solar Water Heater

    New Lodging Features: Hot Tub, Whirlpool, and Solar Water Heater

    We just added two new options that lodging staffs can select to better showcase the features of their lodgings: Hot tub / Whirlpool / Jacuzzi and Solar Water Heater. If you are a lodging staff member and your lodgings have any of these feature, please add...

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  • How Will LetMeGo Avoid Fraud

    The lodging industry, and especially, the vacation rental industry, is unfortunately all too familiar with fraud. At LetMeGo, we have developed a system designed to significantly reduce the chance that users of our service will be victimized by this problem. How Fraud Usually Works Frauds can be...

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  • Our Dev Team Grows: Cruz and Sergio Are Now LetMeGo AMeGoes!

    Our Dev Team Grows: Cruz and Sergio Are Now LetMeGo AMeGoes!

    Last week, on Monday, the Dev Team of LetMeGo grew by two: Juan Cruz (@neurobug), a.k.a. †, joins the team as senior developer. † is a veteran of the development team of Voice123. I worked closely with him during the long process of bringing Voice123...

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  • Inclusive Cost and Its Effects on Travel Agent Commissions

    Inclusive Cost and Its Effects on Travel Agent Commissions

    One of the new concepts LetMeGo is trying to bring into the lodging industry is “inclusive cost”. Inclusive cost means that the buyer gets to see, by default, the total cost of the service that he/she is buying. In contrast, most online travel agencies today...

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  • Our Web Development Methodology… Updated

    Our Web Development Methodology… Updated

    Hi! Torrenegra Labs, the parent company of LetMeGo, uses a common software development methodology across most of its ventures, which we call RRápido. Today, nearly a year after our last release (1.01), we are pleased to present the latest version, 1.1. This version offers the following improvements: In...

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  • The Most Effective Way to Find Talent: Monster.com vs. Craigslist.org vs. LinkedIn.com

    The Most Effective Way to Find Talent: Monster.com vs. Craigslist.org vs. LinkedIn.com

    A few months ago, we began searching for a new, customer-service-focused member of the LetMeGo team. We chose our new team member, Treeny Sanchez, from among 415 applicants, after 19 interviews. She began helping lodging staff members to add their listings to our database two...

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