153 posts tagged TripAdvisor

For very obvious reasons TripAdvisor is to push its three enormously successful Facebook applications onto rival social network MySpace. We got the story this morning. The trio of apps - Cities I’ve Visited, Local Picks and the frighteningly addictive Traveler IQ Challenge - have attracted six million downloads over the last year, which is impressive.

A recent survey of popular tourist destinations by travel website specialists Trip Advisor has thrown up a few surprises and may offer some interesting alternatives for those looking at overseas property investment.

Palm Springs has always been a favorite destination for nudists. For instance we have the 2nd highest occupancy rate of all hotels in Palm Springs. Now tripadvisor is recommending Palm Springs as one of the 10 best getaway destinations for a long weekends in the US.

“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. “ To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

This will send a shiver down the spine of many old school editors but Budget Travel, a glossy travel mag in the US, has decided to commemorate its birthday by producing the entire edition with contributions from readers. All copy and photography was sent in by loyal fans - bar its regular Deals section, which staffers wrote.

Reviewing the Reviewers - a TripAdvisor Analysis I like TripAdvisor. Where else can I find hundreds of reviews of a hotel in one place with a popularity ranking system? The more I use TripAdvisor, the more frequently I notice some limitations of the service.

Social Media and Small Luxury Hotels May 12th, 2008 by Madigan Pratt On a recent [very long] flight I had time for a thorough read through the HSMAI special report entitled, “The Travel Marketer’s Guide to Social Media and Social Networks: Sales and Marketing in a Web 2.0 World.” If you have

I am a member of TripAdvisor. I share my profile and places of interests that I have been in the past years. I find good tips and read a lot about other travelers' experience at Trip Advisor also. These are my top favorite traveling destinations.

Trip Advisor has this kewl feature where you can put dart on a virtual map of places you've been to, and here's mine. There's still so much grounds to cover!! View my profile Create your own travel map or travel blog Visit TripAdvisor.com

Noosa was voted as the 78th best destination in visit in the world, and 11th in the Asia Pacific region, in the recent Trip Advisor survey. See: Trip Advisor Report