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
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 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
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
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
Traveling can be a tricky business especially when you are on your own. It would be nice if you could connect with some trusted and like-minded globe trotters and locals to make your adventures even better though, wouldn't it? Tripl is a social networking travel tool that allows you to interact with cool fellow travelers as well as "must meet" locals. Tripl is part travel guide and half social network. It was formed out of a travel company called Vacation Relation in Sweden. It's main aim in life is to create a more social and global world through the ... Read more
Billed purely as a worldwide cost of living comparison site, numbeo.com clearly has ideas to expand beyond that, more of which will be touched on later. Read more
Everybody hates traffic jams. Some of us would sell our Grandmothers' to avoid them. Our cities are being clogged by too many cars on roads that have often seen better days. What's Traffic is travel application for Android that will take the heat off your Grandmother. It's an easy-to-use traffic app that let's you see what's happening with the traffic surrounding you enabling you to take better travel decisions and avoid those hot spots that will hold you up. If you hate traffic snarl ups as much as the rest of us this easy-to-use app will help you instantly ... Read more
HipGeo is a travel journal and blog application that was given the accolade of "Most Promising Travel Tech for 2012" by the prestigious Conde Nast Traveler Magazine. Now when I saw this award given my eyes lit up because, let's face it, the world can't have too many travel apps. So how did Hip Geo grab the headlines? By providing a great looking free trip journal and travel diary which keeps all your useful travel information in one place - on your smartphone. You will find plenty of great travel blogs and guides reviewed in FeedMyApp with apps like ... Read more
Just what the world needs, you say? Another travel guide application? Well, to my mind there can't be enough of them and Tripomatic for iPhone is one of the best. It's a comprehensive guide that you keep in your pocket that gives you information galore when visiting a new city and helps you figure out the best things to see. Create a custom itinerary for the city you want to visit and let Tripomatic do the rest and present you with places, photos and recommendations and it's all completely free. Imagine visiting an unknown city for the first time ... Read more