MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- As the industry's only Web site dedicated exclusively to international travel, vayama.com (http://www.vayama.com) today announced that it now accepts foreign credit cards from 14 European and Asia-Pacific countries so that a greater number of travelers can access its industry leading collection of international fares, flights and schedules.

With the current U.S. economy, an increasing number of foreign travelers have taken advantage of the strong Euro and other currency to visit the U.S. Vayama wanted to make it easier for customers with foreign credit cards to access its wide range of low international fares so it added the ability to process bookings made by residents of the following 14 countries: Australia, Austria, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan.

"Since our 2007 launch, we've seen demand skyrocket from overseas travelers interested in booking vayama.com's exclusive low fares from the U.S. to international destinations," says Andre Hesselink, vayama.com CEO. "We've added the ability to accept credit cards from these 14 countries to make it easier and more cost effective for those residents to travel between the U.S. and other places."

Vayama is the only travel Web site 100% focused on international travel in order to offer the best prices and most schedule options from hundreds of airlines to 191 countries. Vayama also helps travelers prepare for other aspects of their trip by offering the following: country-specific etiquette guides; airline factoids such as fleet size and age; ground transportation (from airport, within city, to other parts of the country); health, visa and safety information; detailed city maps and more.

About Vayama

Vayama (http://www.vayama.com) is a first-of-its-kind travel website that provides North Americans a whole new world of choice for booking international flights. Using the latest in web technologies, vayama offers a massive selection of airlines, flights and fares, many never previously available online, so you can find the lowest prices and best schedule options for all your international travel. Even though vayama was established 1.5 years ago, the company was founded by travel experts with decades of experience, and is backed by one of the world's largest travel organizations. Vayama is a subsidiary of BCD Holdings NV, one of the global leaders in the travel industry.

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