DESPEGAR.COM, CORP.
Juana Manso 999
Cuidad Automana de Bueno Aires
Argentina C1107CBR
November 6, 2019
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attention: | Melissa Gilmore | |
| Melissa Raminpour |
| Re: | Despegar.com, Corp. (File No. 001-38209) | |
Request for Extension to Comment Letter Response |
Dear Ms. Gilmore and Ms. Raminpour:
We are in receipt of the comments of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) set forth in your letter dated October 25, 2019 (the “Comment Letter”) relating to responses to the previous comments of the Staff regarding the Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 of Despegar.com, Corp. (the “Company”).
The Company hereby requests a ten (10) day extension of time to respond to the Comment Letter. The Company will endeavor to respond to the comments made by the Staff in the Comment Letter no later than November 18, 2019.
If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please do not hesitate to contact me at alberto.lopez.gaffney@despegar.com.
| Sincerely, |
| /s/ Albert Lopez Gaffney |
| Albert Lopez Gaffney |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| cc: | Mr. Juan Alvarado, Despegar.com, Corp. | |
| Ms. Noelia Loza, Despegar.com, Corp. | ||
| Jeffrey Vetter, Esq., Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP | ||
| Albert Vanderlaan, Esq., Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP |
