My Trip Quote makes bookings hassle free
I tend to repeat myself from time to time, so I apologize if I’m doing it again, but I love new innovative travel tools! I especially love innovative travel tools that change the way travel agents operate and more importantly how the public book with them. In general, changes of operating models and adoption of [...]
The travel website yearbook: 1996 and 2010
They say those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, and I tend to agree. Like most people I’d like to put the last year behind me and look to the future. For this reason I am not going to review 2009, talk about 2010 or make a “10 things that “X” taught [...]
Australia Vs United Kingdom – The battle of the package
As with most of my posts, this one was inspired by a Twitter conversation. Alex Bainbridge kindly pointed out the fact that package or, “Fly n’ flop” holidays were a very big deal in the UK. I knew they were popular, but I couldn’t stop thinking about how this subtle difference between the UK and Australia [...]
Travelfish guidebook app review and interview with Stuart McDonald
It seems like every travel related business on the planet have jumped on the iPhone app bandwagon. A quick search of the iTunes store turns up pages of cheap (under 5 USD or free) apps that either serve a very specific purpose or don’t seem to have one at all. Thankfully someone with vision has created something both useful [...]
British Airways crew dig the hole even deeper
Its hard to look anywhere these days without hearing about the British Airways strike. I was very reluctant to write yet another post about something that’s been covered to death in both mainstream media as well as in the blogesphere, but now that the strike as been called off I feel I can add my [...]
Do we expect too much from low cost airlines?
It seems low cost carrier Jetstar has been in the media quite a bit in the past few weeks. The stories have mainly revolved around Jetstars policies and their implementation without exception to circumstance.
The first issue involved wheelchairs and their use within the airport. If you haven’t had a chance to read the story yet, [...]
Project Wander reviews Vtravelled.com, Virgins travel community
Just when you thought there couldn’t be another trip planing tool on the market, out comes Virgin with VTravelled.com.To be fair, VTravelled is more than just a trip organizer; the site has articles, photos and destination tips all submitted by fellow users (VTravellers).
The first thing you will notice about the site is the design, I [...]
“Plane Stupid” offer aviation industry nothing but complaints
PlaneStupid.com, a UK website with the tagline, “Bringing the aviation industry back down to earth” caught my eye the other day with their new ad. The ad (See below) features hundreds of polar bears falling violently to earth; an attempt to give passengers a physical representation of their greenhouse gas production per flight. This is [...]
Project Wander talks to Stephen Joyce (Google Wave interview)
Known internationally as a true innovator in the tourism technology field, Stephen Joyce has an ever expanding list of achievements: President of Sentias Software, writer for Tnooz.com, active blogger (T4 Blog), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, founding President of the North American Chapter of the International Federation [...]
Interview with Dragon Bus China
I recently had the chance to catch up with the guys from Dragon Bus China at the Adventure Travel Expo. Dragon Bus China is a relatively new start-up that lets both Australian’s and independent travellers the world over book “Hop on hop off” style bus transportation and accommodation in China. Previous to the advent of Dragon Bus, independent touring in china was rushed, varied in quality [...]
The future of offline travel agents is online
The internet has given the general public the tools to research, book, issue tickets and review their holidays from the comfort of their own home. In such a connected world, is there really a need for travel agents? I definitely think so, but I think we need to reassess the functions a travel agent performs [...]