Ideas

This site is very intersting but only with the right content and critical mass of people.
How will you do that?
Tommy

your right, i thought of that myself, these are the two main things that could make the site a success
the more users you have, the more content you get from them for the community part, for the other part of the site i thought that there could a technical solution, some kind of database or search algorithm that would search the sites of travel agencies, this would be the source for the travel recommendations
i also thought for the community/social network part there could be a prestige system similar to CH, users could post travel reports (and all the other things i mentioned before), other users will rate all this things and the users would gain prestige for rating other users content and of course when other users rate there content

for the critical mass part, there would be a big promotion campaign on all the popular web 2.0 sites, popular forums, second life, even WoW if someone who plays it gets involved, and here on CH and any other popular online place

i agree with you that for such a site to function it needs a large user base and the content it offers must be right, so thanks for your great comment, i hope there will be more of this kind

A REALLY GOOD ONE!
... a travel match site for the member's profile...
You got my 5 stars! wish i stumbled this early ...promote this to your circle of friends, and launch this...before the other suckers copied..try entering to the business section first and bazaar!

Thank you very much saigon for your support and your 5 stars, I'll follow your advice and take this to the business section

I like the idea, and I am curious on how you plan to develop it further.

I just updated the idea description and added the elevator pitch.

If you like this idea please vote to help make it reality.

MrY thanks for your comment.

This idea won Idea Warz a few months back

so why is it posted back?!

@Gods_Light: can you tell me the name of this idea so I can see it for myself and contact those people. thank you

sounds good!

This sound like something that could be easily developed and sold as an add-on for currently established travel sites like Travelocity etc.

Alternatively to add incentive perhaps you could partner with the other travel sites in some way to give small discounts to strongly contributing members (for instance if you write a review of a location that other users highly rate get 5% off next trip booked through travelocity or something or what have you).

@fossiloflife: thank you very much for your support

@bcforrester: thank you, really great suggestion, definitely a way this idea could go

@coolnerd: i love your idea, this could be great way to expand the user base and to motivate the existing users to contribute more so the site will get more quality content

thank you all for your comments and suggestions, if you like the idea please vote for it

to make this idea reality i'm looking for skilled and creative people, like web designers and programmers, marketing people, investors and anyone willing to contribute and to turn this idea into a successful business

nice idea, I've just left the online travel sector and therefor know it quite well and I do think there is a place for this but you must move fast as there are lots of travel sites out there that already have the user base.

My question to you is how to you drive traffic to the site in the first place?

tobstar thank you for your comment and thats a great question, well as i already mentioned to promote the site we'll start a massive online promotion campaign, promoting the site at all the popular online places (digg, youtube, myspace, facebook, secondlife, entropia, last.fm, etc.) that's why we need, besides programmers and web designers to work on the side, many people who'll work in this promotion campaign

I agree with Tobstar, you need deep pockets or a well connected team to get the attention of the crowds. Also, I do not see what is this more than another tripadvisor.com or igougo.com or boo.com?

I don't think this is a new idea. And monster company's such as Google are already going that way with their services.

It could work, but you'll need a very distinctively USP to stand out in a competitive market.

Sounds like a very social trip advisor. I'm a traveler, love traveling, love weird and as they call "adventure" travel and what I love even more is finding out what the travel agents won't , don't tell you...real world experiences. What I miss from trip advisor is the sharing of information about when you come back or any real time element or the social connection even if virtual. For example, went to Panama to the gamboa rainforest...the brochures were great but didn't tell you about the lovely kuna indian ladies selling their handicrafts a 20 minute walk down the way. That was the GREATEST FIND...or that if you walked a few blocks out of the resort to the local corner store you could buy beer for a quarter or so...whooeeee

Then you can have showcase destinations, group travel, roaming travel reporters...onsite reports (would be great in hurricane season)...

wowowowow possibilities = endless

@annievee: yes the possibilities are really endless, if we manage to atract a reasonable user base from the beginning this could become one of the leading travel advisors on the net

This is a good niche idea for those people who do not want to travel on the same vacations as everone else.

I like it!

@fish99: thank you very much for your kind comment, hope you voted, just to remember everyone, fi someone wants to help me on this idea please feel free to contact me

good idea. people can also post their experiences about a place which can help with decisions and such.

can you describe how exactly this differs form say, lonelyplanet.com, virtualtourist.com, and a value proposition for yours?

i have had some ideas to build on where these types of sites leave off. But first, I want to get in your exact same page. ;)

I like it, although I am a bit of a sucker when it comes to travel (and film) ideas.

thank you all for your comments and (i hope favorable) votes, just to remember you all if someone has questions and suggestions, or if someone wants to contribute to this project, please contact me

I like it, hey JustMe film ideas are right up our alley check out the beta

http://www.filmnotion.com !

Our full site will be up in about 10 days.. dont quote me on that, anyways i like the travel idea would users be able to put everything into a slideshow perhaps? and maybe they could post activities and fun hikes etc to do while your their. and also find the cheapest flights.

Lule, I believe the idea that Gods_Light was referring to is this one:

http://www.cambrianh...er/ideas-id/Qo9s3fB/

It won the "Reid Hoffman Tournament". What are the differences you see between your ideas? Would it make sense for you to team up with PeteC?

@kairaspo, ccozad: thank you both for your comments, i just checked PeteC's idea and it's really great, but the main difference Travel Lucky and Wicked Travel Site! is the community part, but i'll contact PeteC and see if there is a way we could work on this together

well it's good idea and share the same "Core function" of the"Wicked Travel Site!" Project which created by PeteC.

But ur lucky concept is outstanding easy for public to understand how does ur site work.

I admit Travel Lucky and Wicked Travel Site share some basic principles but the concepts are dramatically different, I contacted PeteC about a possible collaboration, but his idea is at a far more advanced stage and he and his team aren't interested in a joint project at the moment, which I of course fully understand.

I'm looking for the right people to take this project to the next level, so contact me if you're interested. Thank you all for your comments and votes.

http://confusingsimp...theory.blogspot.com/

you should team up w/ the last idea warz winner - ogg tours!!

Thank you all for your votes.

@doublelibra: Thanks for the advice, I'll contact them and see if there are any options to work together.

As TechCrunch recently said in a post about a new travel site, "How many travel sites do we need?"

I think that travel sites are definitely saturated.

I have been using tripadvisor.com for years... check out it, it has all this covered.

problem with collaboration is a 3 letter word: E G O =/

So has this idea already been through the voting round once? Why is it back again ? I don't see it being a 2.0 - the old comments are still on here.

Secondly, I agree with ccozad and gods_light - it's already kinda been done. Not in the sense that it's out there and ready for use but it's been done by another CH'er.

Laracee- just checked it - and tripadvisor does already cover it.

been done.

GroundLoad, comments aren't cleared off an idea because its been resubmitted (whether or not its been modified).

One thing I like to see on ideas that are resubmitted is how much has been done since the last time it has been submitted.

So Lule, do you have a sample site available yet?

Where are you going to get this massive amount of data bank that is also time dependent for all seasons. Also, ever hear of Google I'm Feeling Lucky what stops people from just typing in some hobby and the word country?

For example: snow sports winter tourist
Pack your bags lets go to West Virginia!

See, Google all ready has a data base. Same with many travel sites.

Agree with ccozad above, what has changed since the last time we saw this?

This sounds a bit like Wicked Travel site

http://www.cambrianh...er/ideas-id/Qo9s3fB/

I have decided to put this idea up for sale at the bazaar, I just don't have enough time to further develop this business. Thank you all for your comments and votes. Right now I have to much going, but I hope to be back sooner rather than later.