It’s not altogether surprising to see more experience based travel sites popping up. Unlike the “all-in-one” travel sites, this segment still has a tremendous amount of room for growth. Enter on the scene, Kijubi.com, the experience marketplace. It took me a moment to realize that the name, as twodotohish as it is, is actually pronounced “Could you be”, hence the “Could you be… having fun right now”. I hear the collective...

Google just released their newest foray into the world of ratings and reviews with their Sidewiki product.  The first, and I think one of the most important things to consider, is that Sidewiki is only available for users who download and install the Google Toolbar.  Although there are probably millions of people who have installed the toolbar, there are millions more who have NOT installed the toolbar, which means the overall impact of...

In a recent post titled “Travel Agents Finding Relevance Amidst Web 2.0” I mentioned a site called Zicasso.com.  In the post I misspelled the domain and within a day I received a message from the CEO Brian Tan informing me of the error.  I corrected the mistake and thanked him for his attention to detail. Zicasso has garnered some impressive media coverage over the last few months, so  I contacted Brian and asked him about Zicasso...

Before I talk about the primary subject of this post, Travel Mob, let me first point out that Adam Smith, the CEO of Travel Mob contacted me about the site two weeks ago.  The important part here is that he did it in a way that caught my attention and, from what I can tell, he actually reads the T4 blog, so when he sent me a message he knew that his site would have relevance to my readers.  That said, I wish all the pitches I received were as...

Occasionally I get the opportunity to participate in some very cool private betas.  In this case, a friend and colleague of mine, Sean Rollinson from Escapes.ca has recently launched a new project called TripReviews.com.  Besides being a lucky domain name score, the site itself has some strong potential in the travel review space. Some of the key differences between TripReviews.com and other review websites is the focus on openness,...