There are lots of travel guides and tourist books around but they’re generally written by expert writers or a country’s own tourist board so to get the views of ordinary people who have been there as well as people who live there gives a great personal insight. Read more
I must be one of the luckiest people around. I’ve travelled a bit both for business and pleasure purposes but I’ve never had the misfortune to be eaten alive by bedbugs! I’m not quite sure what the people behind this site hope to achieve but I suppose they are providing a public service of some kind. Having said that I do think their mission to "report and follow bedbug information around the world" could be just slightly bordering on the over ambitious. There are a number of ways of interpreting the activity (or lack of it) on the site and some are ... Read more
If you love travelling but don’t want to join the usual crowds jostling to see the famous landmarks and attractions of the world then this site can provide a whole host of places you won’t find in the brochures. Read more
In this day and age with the internet being what it is planning a trip is certainly a lot easier. Gone are the days when you either bought all the guide books yourself or borrowed them from a library. All you need to do now is tap in the destination and a whole mine of information is revealed. Read more
There has been plenty of talk about this travel site in recent months with a successful round of fundraising and a revamp completed in February of this year (2011) and more recently a partnership deal signed with The New York Times. Read more
Remember the days when the Dymo was the way for making name tags for your staff. Well you don't have to do that anymore. MakeBadge is a business event tool that let's you make name tags, passes, ID cards, business cards as well as badges for any occasion. MakeBadge is an easy to use free web application for making badges, name tags, staff passes, employee ID cards, and business cards on the spot and for every occasion. MakeBadge is a full-featured badge maker application with benefits. The online tool is simple and intuitive. It lets skip expensive training or ... Read more
There are heaps of virtual greetings cards sites on the Internet. If you've got a birthday or a valentine card to send it's pretty easy to google one up in a second. It's a bit impersonal though, isn't it? It would be much better if you could send a REAL card with the same simplicity. Oh Greetings Cards is a social holiday tool where, for the same price as a trip to the local store, you can send a real, personalized greetings card to anyone the world over. Ohgreetings.com allows users to send real, personalized greeting cards anywhere in ... Read more
The world is our oyster when it comes to travel these days. We can pretty well choose anywhere we want to go in the world and go there assuming we have the the time and money. Well, unless we are in striking distance of Somalian pirates, of course. The time thing is an issue too. Given that we may have limited time to have our annual excursions it would seem a good idea to plan the perfect trip. Tripomatic's is an excellent travel and organize tool that will set you off in the right direction. Tripomatic is a travel ... Read more
When it's entertainment you are putting together it always helps if there's someone with a little entrepreneurial nous to ensure that things run smoothly and all facets of your event are looked after. There needs to be information for all sides of the program to be catered for and that means your visitors, your sponsors, your performers and not forgetting you guys...the organizers. twoppy is a free online event design mobile tool that will cater to everybody. twoppy enables free online and mobile tools for event visitors, organizers, performers and sponsors. By utilizing twoppy's event organizational skills your team ... Read more
Cafesworld is a fledgling travel and social event tool that gives you an idea of the quality of cool cafes in some of the biggest cities in the United Kingdom, Canada, France and even Australia. There are many that actively hunt out the great coffee places in the world and base their holidays around those meccas to caffeine. Cafesworld takes that one step further by encouraging locals and travelers to recommend and share their favorite cafes in their favorite towns and cities around the world. Given that we all travel so much these days it is an added bonus ... Read more