Determining travel routes by using fee-based location preferences

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program code stored therein, said computer readable program code containing instructions executable by a processor of a computer system to implement a method of determining a route that includes a location according to a fee charged to an entity associated with the location, said method comprising:

• receiving a request from a user for a determination of a route from a first point to a second point;
• assigning a preferential weight to a location associated with a vendor;
• selecting said location as being capable of being included along said route, wherein said selecting said location is based on said request and said preferential weight;
• determining a fee to be charged to said vendor for presenting said route to said user as a recommended route, wherein said fee is based on said location being included along said recommended route;
• determining said route so that said location is included along said route;
• and
• presenting said determined route to said user as said recommended route.

A process for supporting computing infrastructure, said process comprising providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in a computing system comprising a processor, wherein said processor carries out instructions of said code to cause the computing system to specify a method of determining a route that includes a location according to a fee charged to an entity associated with the location, said method comprising:

• receiving a request from a user for a determination of a route from a first point to a second point;
• assigning a preferential weight to a location associated with a vendor;
• selecting said location as being capable of being included along said route, wherein said selecting said location is based on said request and said preferential weight;
• determining a fee to be charged to said vendor for presenting said route to said user as a recommended route, wherein said fee is based on said location being included along said recommended route;
• determining said route so that said location is included along said route;
• and
• presenting said determined route to said user as said recommended route.