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Mygola startup improves travel planning

Posted on October 19, 2013December 25, 2013 by timbatchelder

Mygola could (at last) be the startup to make your travel planning dreams come true
Rebecca Grant, venturebeat.com

Tickets On Sale Now

We wait all year to take a vacation and jet off someplace exotic for a week or two of glorious relaxation and adventure.

Unfortunately the process of planning a trip sucks.

Travel startup Mygola has raised…

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Mygola could (at last) be the startup to make your travel planning dreams come true (venturebeat.com)
Mygola wants to bring back the travel agent, grabs $1M in funding (venturebeat.com)

HomeAway Co-Founder: Why I Hire Failures

Posted on December 2, 2012May 24, 2013 by timbatchelder

“Epic Fail Brigade” subset of Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology in Washington, DC. 15 March 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jessica Stillman, inc.com

START IT UP

An epic fail early in his career taught HomeAway co-founder Brian Sharples that it’s a good idea to hire folks who have a healthy familiarity with failure.

You think you’ve had bad days?

HomeAway co-founder Brian Sharples once l…

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HomeAway Co-Founder: Why I Hire Failures

HomeAway Forges Strong Relationship with Timeshare Industry through Three New Distribution Partnerships (fool.com)
Online holiday rental marketplace TravelMob lists properties in NASDAQ-listed HomeAway (sgentrepreneurs.com)
The Young Founder Behind a $100 Million Luxury Travel Business (news.terra.com)
Milan with HomeAway Vacation Rentals – Video Overview (landlopers.com)
HomeAway, Inc. (AWAY) Earnings: An Early Look (insidermonkey.com)

Reviews of Hotels, Flights and Vacation Rentals – TripAdvisor

Posted on August 25, 2007August 25, 2012 by timbatchelder

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Reviews of Hotels, Flights and Vacation Rentals – TripAdvisor.

Who do you trust more, the travel agent who’s never left his/her desk, or someone who’s already traveled where you want to go? TripAdvisor’s all about user-to-user communication on what works and what doesn’t when you’re out and about.

Ahead of the Bell: TripAdvisor upgraded to ‘Buy’ (seattlepi.com)
Taj Hotel Cape Town wins illustrious award, South Africa (south-african-hotels.com)
Ahead of the Bell: TripAdvisor upgraded to ‘Buy’ (news.terra.com)
My latest TripAdvisor reviews… (theamateurmiler.typepad.com)
Groupon Malaysia Collaborates with Tripadvisor (it-sideways.com)
Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor (bostonvcblog.typepad.com)
Social Media Jobs: TripAdvisor, Tidal, Guardian Life Insurance (socialtimes.com)
Dear TripAdvisor: Needing cart transportation at airport … More – Today’s News (sfluxe.com)
Is this the rise and fall of TripAdvisor and user-generated reviews? (briefingmedia.wordpress.com)
Has TripAdvisor overtaken Yelp for winery visitors? (tablascreek.typepad.com)

Free Worldwide Travel Guides – Wikitravel

Posted on August 25, 2007August 25, 2012 by timbatchelder

Wikitravel newlogo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Free Worldwide Travel Guides – Wikitravel.

We’ve seen a ton of travel sites, but for the sheer amount of information, not one touches the user-generated content of Wikitravel. Need to find out how much to tip in Costa Rica, the driving etiquette in Quebec?

Wikipedia Founder to launch travel guide with Wikitravel rebels (telecoupdates.wordpress.com)
Requests for comment/Travel Guide (meta.wikimedia.org)
Wikipedia Travel Site Anticipated (arnoldit.com)
Wikimedia may be launching its own online travel guide (theverge.com)
Wikitravel XML Tree Structure (stackoverflow.com)
Challenges of Merging Communities: The Case of WikiTravel and WikiVoyage (governancexborders.com)
How Can You Find Cheap Summer Vacations Using Social Media? (turbotax.intuit.com)
Wikipedia to debut revolutionary travel site? (news.cnet.com)

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