Travellerspoint
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| URL | http://www.travellerspoint.com |
| Type of site | Social network service |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Tupela Ltd AS |
| Created by | Samuel and Peter Daams |
| Launched | 2002 |
| Current status | Active |
Travellerspoint is a social networking site for people who want to learn from or share experiences with other travellers. Members of the site participate through forums, blogs, photo galleries and a wiki travel guide.
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[edit] Major Features
- Forums: Members discuss their travel experiences in several several destination and topic related forums.
- Travel Guide: A custom built wiki in which users can edit destination information to help assist potential visitors.
- Blogs: An integrated blogging system allowing users to post content to their own Travellerspoint subdomain.
- Photography: Users upload photos of their trips. The best photos are manually featured and displayed throughout the site.
- Travel Maps: A mapping system that allows users to plot their trip's itinerary on a world map. It is interlinked with the photos and blogs. A user's map integrates their photography and blog entries through geotagging. In March 2007, Travellerspoint travel maps were nominated in the category of Best Use of Social Media for the Travolution Awards.[1]
- Travel Helpers: An early addition to the Travellerspoint set of services was a Travel Helper system, which allowed members to sign up as travel helpers for any number of countries. There are currently over 3000 travel helpers.[2]
[edit] External Reviews
Travellerspoint has been mentioned and recommended by BBC World, [3] The Guardian,[4] USA Today,[5] The Washington Post,[6] The Sydney Morning Herald,[7], The Age[8] and the MX[9]. In 2004, it was named the "Best Online-Only Agency" by Travelmole in their annual Travel & Tourism Web Awards, winning out over Travelocity and Opodo.[10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Travolution blog
- ^ Travellerspoint Statistics
- ^ Click Surf (27). Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
- ^ Sean Dodson (24). How to DIY: Ski Easy. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
- ^ Hot sites (4). Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
- ^ 'Dining alone', Washington Post, (9 March 2003)
- ^ Maria Nguyen, 'Quills and Spills', Sydney Morning Herald, (14 September 2002)
- ^ 'Greenland', The Age, (29 May 2005)
- ^ 'World Wide Web', MX: Escape, (13 March 2007)
- ^ TravelMole announces 2004 web awards winners (May 2004). Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
