Travel 2.0
81Web 2.0 Travel Websites and Tools
This is a list of websites and tools that I have reviewed at my Web 2.0 Travel Tools blog. Things are a bit disorganized on that site, so this more simple list complements it well. -- Alan
TRAVEL 2.0 DEFINED
- Next wave of travel websites feels like MySpace - Christian Science Monitor article
- Web 2.0 Travel Tools - http://web20travel.com
- Hotel Blogs - http://www.hotel-blogs.com/guillaume_thevenot/
- Les Explorers Blog - http://www.lesexplorers.com/
- MBA & PhD in eTourism - in the UK
DESTINATIONS
DESTINATION PORTALS
- Virtual Malaysia - http://www.virtualmalaysia.com/
GUIDE BOOKS & TRAVEL REVIEW & TRAVEL TIPS - these are closely related in cyberspace, as most of the online, social software-based guidebooks are actually written by travelers themselves
- WikiHow: Travel - http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Travel
- 43 Places - http://43places.com
- Schmap - http://www.schmap.com/ - downloadable guidebooks
- Trip Advisor - http://www.tripadvisor.com/
- Virtual Tourist - http://www.virtualtourist.com/
- Vcarious - http://vcarious.com/
- Wiki Travel - http://wikitravel.org
- World 66 - http://www.world66.com/
- Yelp - http://yelp.com
ATTRACTIONS, ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
- Busy Tonight* - http://busytonight.com/
- Eventful - http://eventful.com/demand
- Geobirds - http://www.geobirds.com/
- PodBop - http://podbop.org/
TRAVEL WRITING
- I Love Travel Stories - http://ilovetravelstories.com/index.php
- Latitudes Magazine - http://latitudesmag.leonardo.it/# (photo magazine)
- The Written Road - http://www.writtenroad.com/
AUDIO GUIDES / TOURS
- The death of the guidebook? - article about audio tours
- iAudio Guide - http://www.iaudioguide.com/
- Siam (Bangkok) SoundTreks - http://www.soundtrek.org/
- Podguides - http://podguides.net
- Paris Audio Guides - http://arisaudioguides.com
- Blue Brolly - bluebrolly.co.uk
- Dorling Kindersley - dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/travel/podcast.html
- Visit Scotland - visitscotland.com/sitewide/edinburghpodcast
- Talking Street - talkingstreet.com/
- Footnotes Audio Walks - footnotesaudiowalks.co.uk/
- Audio City Tour - audiocitytour.com/
- iJourneys - ijourneys.com/
- Rick Steves Audio Tours - ricksteves.com/news/travelnews/0602/audiotour.htm
- Vidocity - http://www.vidocity.com/ (video-casts)
TRAVEL PLANNING
HOTELS / ACCOMMODATIONS
- Lickety Trip - http://www.licketytrip.com/ - Last minute accommodations
- Paguna - https://www.paguna.com/
- Sheraton Hotel's Social Reservation Website - Customer travel blogs (stories) based on Sheraton hotel locations.
- Trip Mojo - http://www.tripmojo.com/
GROUP TRAVEL PLANNERS
- Triporama - http://triporama.com
TRAVEL MAPS
- Ask Maps - http://maps.ask.com/
- Google Maps - http://maps.google.com/
- Mapquest - http://mapquest.com/
- Microsoft Local.Live - http://local.live.com/
- Yahoo Maps - http://maps.Yahoo.com
PASSPORTS / VISAS
- ePassport Photo - http://www.epassportphoto.com/
WIFI - STAYING CONNECT ON THE ROAD
- Free Wifi Hotspots - http://www.wififreespot.com/
- Leading Edge Technology podcast episode on wifi security when traveling
TRAVEL EXPERIENCES
SOUNDSEEING PODCASTS
- The Audio Collective Podcast - http://www.audiocollective.net/
- Soundseeing Podcasts - http://www.soundseeingpodcasts.com/
- SoundTransit - http://soundtransit.nl/
TRAVEL BLOGS / JOURNALS / DIARIES
- My Life of Travel - http://www.mylifeoftravel.com/Home.aspx
- Travel Pod - http://travelpod.com/
- Vcarious - http://vcarious.com/
- Many people also use more general personal blog sites, such as Blogger.com and MySpace.com
TRAVEL MAPPING
- Flagr - http://www.flagr.com/
- Jump Claimer - http://www.jumpclaimer.com/
- Vicarious Explorer - http://www.vcarious.com/Explorer/Photos - travel blog site with geotagging to enable map-based photo and journal searching
TRAVEL & TOURISM PODCASTS
- Podcasts about Travel & Tourism - http://alanlew.com/TG_Podcasts.html
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For domestic US trips and online itinerary building check out TripWiser http://www.tripwiser.com Ready-to-go itineraries to customize.
for itinerary building and Advice check out:
vacation rentals 2.0 site. google map, listings in alpha version ...
With the advent of social networking concept, we see almost 10 new sites are being released to attract users. I doubt how many of them will exist in coming year. I have developed amicoz.com in such a way that it emphasizes more on a theme rather being a so called Make-A-Friend site. So I took steps to build travel based networking and map mashup where information can be shared among users in a nice way.The site is under beta. I have planned to code itso that users dont have to type in where they want to go, rather their clicks will inform the system where they want to go.I expect you to visit my efforts in amicoz.com and let me know your feedback.
I like kayak.com to find flight information.
http://www.bootsnall.com is a good resource for budget conscious and independent travelers and has a forum where like-minded people can connect.
If by any far-out chance you read French (maybe yur from Canada) go to the very complete guide from the french tour guide company routard.com. It's a French version of Let's Go guides. They have very helpful (in French) forums for every part of France and the world.
I like Hotel Price Finder (dot com) http://www.hotelpricefinder.com. Searchs over 30 different sites and returns all prices in 1 screen for easy comparison.
Another good web site for planning road trips in the US is http://www.tripcart.com
Travel guides: http://www.tourist4tourist.com
Travel mapping: http://www.aniwai.com/
A very helpful website for travelers heading to Cancun and the Riviera Maya in Mexico.
www.MyCancunTV.com
The First Real Video Guide Website for Cancun and the Riviera Maya destination.Featuring some of the best Places , Hotels, Things to do, Golf, Luxury Real Estate, Dinning, Tours and Entertainment.For Travelers, this site offers a insightful and unique experience.We have included an Online Reservation Center and A LIVE CANCUN AND RIVIERA MAYA TRAVEL BLOG.
2.0 travel site with over 1 million travel reviews, destination guides and a traveller network. www.boo.com
I keep stumbling upon your hubpage, and your resouces and explanations for each are great. Thanks once again
for travel blog, check out blogs.bootsnall.com
A very helpful website for travelers in Italy is www.segnaloitalia.it: the project is still in beta, but the social network is running quite well
Good HubPage Alan!
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The one thing I think the web doesn't do well for travel is maps- nothing really beats having a table size map for planning - a screen is just too small!
Wau cool resource for anyone who likes travel and travel writing!
http://www.vacationrentaldirect.com has over 9000 vacation rentals for rent and hs just introduced two new photo widgets for property owners to share their properties with others on over 40 social networking sites. Pretty cool if you are a property owner.
Hi Everywhere! is a volunteer local tour guide exchange community.
Need your advise or feedback. Thank you.
Very, very comprehensive list of travel tools and ideas. Very useful! Thanks!
What do you think of my website about travel do's and don'ts reviews:
re: Traveldodo - Interesting idea, though I wanted to see all of the Dos and Don't for a single city (our country) at a glance and could not do that. You should add rss and possibly twitter feeds for each city. That could be fun.
wow 2.0 - nice hub!
iGuide, the Interactive Travel Guide should be on the list.
The site blends social travel information from Wikipedia, YouTube, etc with a cool Google Maps interface. The site would probably fit best in the 'travel mapping' category.
Hey some cool maps and views. This site has extra information about hotels and cool stuff to do there. http://www.galicia360.com I really liked being there on a trip, and this site really helped me.
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Great post - so many links. This will keep me busy for a while to check them out. What I can say till now is they seams to be very useful. Thank you for posting!
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Heh. Obviously I need to go some traveling.
Another great list of web 2.0 sites. I love your series of hubs!
yet another gr8 hub, how you get that much of information man, simply awesome
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Tavel podcasts - http://www.pluggd.com/tag/travel