Comments on: The Ultimate Travel Community Site

By: iGuide

iGuide — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:15:28 +0000

Don't start this site; it already exists, and has existed since about 2000 and is called VirtualToruist. There is no way to compete in the social media segment, its like trying to compete with Wikipedia by doing the same thing they do! The best site in any given category tends to rise to the top, and often there is no room for seconds. And I know I own a mid-sized niche travel site of my own, I've linked with my name.

By: Oliver Feakins

Oliver Feakins — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:03:56 +0000

Great post! i'll be sure to check those out. We are working on a site that offers travel information for beautiful Lancaster County, PA. Be sure to visit http://www.lancasterpahotels.com for more info.

By: Charles Warren

Charles Warren — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:31:52 +0000

i am building a web site that is exactly what you are looking for. i have already put a business case together on this and should have something very soon in the next month or so. i was hoping i was the only guy with this idea. give me a buzz to discuss further
charles_w@btinternet.com

By: odysseus

odysseus — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:04:38 +0000

I would always google for my travel information. Wikitravel, virtualtourist, etc are good info source but ultimately, the decision falls back on us.

By: Darren Johnson

Darren Johnson — Sat, 12 May 2007 19:32:08 +0000

Hey Brad,

I just took a Director position at a company called Zonder you might want to checkout (www.zonder.com). We are focused on the vacation rentals space, but are incorporating a lot of the features you talk about. We’ll also be raising another round here in the next year or so…

Best,

Darren Johnson
Director of Product Marketing
Zonder.com

By: Barrett

Barrett — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:08:13 +0000

Hi Brad, I am currently living in Germany and am starting a company aimed at exactly what you’re talking about — the ultimate travel website. Our goal is create *real* community around people’s favorite places on earth. We have 5 world class business intelligence developers working on the site right now. Currently, we are set to go beta this summer…also, since we are a small startup, we are looking for private investors. If you’re interested in investing or know folks that are looking to invest, please have them contact me and I will send them our executive summary. Thanks and Best, BwC

By: tobias

tobias — Tue, 08 May 2007 23:55:25 +0000

Brad – boo.com is back.

Not as the high-end sports-gear e-tailer of yesteryear, but as a comunity travel site.

By: Esteban Sardera

Esteban Sardera — Thu, 03 May 2007 01:59:01 +0000

Another friendly plug for PairUp at http://www.PairUp.com I launched at DEMO 07.

PairUp is a networking site for business travelers (think Expedia + LinkedIn) and just had a booth show at ad:tech San Francisco where I talked about Connected Travel(tm) and Connected Advertising(tm).

Always interested in potential partnerships for the folks out there…

Esteban Sardera
Founder
PairUp

By: p-air

p-air — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:08:07 +0000

You may also want to check out RealTravel (http://realtravel.com). I’ve heard that they have been growing very nicely in this niche.

By: Jan Blanchard

Jan Blanchard — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:53:24 +0000

See the world through the eyes of other users. This is our motto at TouristR. I love traveling and have spent the last year building a community travel site with in mind of what you have described above.

The trick is to keep only the essentials. It’s very tempting to combine flickr, facebook, expedia, lonely planet, tripadvisor, twitter etc.. but it gets confusing very quickly. I love simple things.

TouristR is about sharing travel destinations. Every day we have to restrain ourselves from adding cool features because we want to keep it simple!

We’re in private beta right now and we love feedback (hint hint) and my email is jan@touristr.com

Jan Blanchard – Founder http://www.TouristR.com