May 17, 2010

Pauline Frommer and her blog

Social media can help your holidays…or not, Pauline Frommer, The Star (May 17)

Have you used social media for making travel plans? Probably most people have used TripAdvisor - and maybe posted to it. TripAdvisor is not mentioned by Pauline Frommer (yes -daughter of Arthur) in this article, but some other new social services are.

+ "Traxo.com, which is a site that — like the better-known Tripit.com — allows users to create easily managed travel itineraries and share them with selected friends."

+ "A relatively new website called SecondPorch.com has created a marketplace for “second homes,” properties that owners use on weekends or at vacation times but usually don’t rent out of fear of damage, theft and other hassles."

Pauline Frommer keeps a daily briefing blog which has some Canadian news. This is a blog for those with the travel bug to watch.

Posted by Gwen at May 17, 2010 03:11 PM