Abha Malpani of the Written Road spilled the beans today about a new online travel community that’s just emerged from private beta. Matador Travel is going for one-stop shopping for all your Web 2.0 travel-site needs (‘cept video, ahem): social networking, geo-mapped blog posts and photos, articles, classifieds and travel tips from users. The site’s mission is to bring together all varieties of traveler – adventurers, backpackers, urban tourists, art and music fans – into one big melting pot, with some social consciousness for flavoring. Matador is a member of One Percent for the Planet, with one-percent of their proceeds dedicated to the Surf Rider Foundation. For a site that’s only been in existence for a few months, and shielded from public view, there’s lots of interesting info to be found, and any number of members who blog regularly from home or from the road about their experiences. The site design is also slick and appealing, which will certainly help support their ambitious concept; I’m looking forward to seeing how the site develops. Welcome to the neighborhood folks!
Posted on Jan 30, 2007 08:30 PM by kristin
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They call it the GoAbroad Network and is being upgraded with new features. With GoAbroad's large base of listings for different travel opportunities like volunteering, teaching, study abroad or foreign language study, I'm sure you will find it useful.
I'd like to suggest the recently launched beta site for Vayama, a travel site focused on international travel. In the same vein as Matador Travel, the site puts a nice visual to traveling abroad in letting you see the different flight routes on a world map. In addition to that, there's a 3D seat map to help choosing seats.
http://www.vayama.com
My company, e-Storm, is currently working with them to help build more of an online presence, as they are just starting up. Your review is greatly appreciated.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Jonathan