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Tripit.com – online itinerary. Cool.

BootsnAll, Gusto, Real Travel, TripTie, Virtual Tourist, WAYN, Wikitravel and World66 are just a sampling of the proliferation of community sites where users share itineraries, adventures and other travel information…

Peer review travel websites (see related article) such as Trip Advisor and Skytrax actually predate what marketers are calling 2.0.

Guardian.co.uk says: Boo.com
The people behind hostelworld.com – one of the biggest backpacking accommodation sites – have repackaged themselves as all-encompassing accommodation brokers comparing a range of prices from different hotel and hostel sites. Most useful because Boo’s price comparison service is also linked to over one million user generated reviews (second only to Tripadvisor).

And if conversing with other travelers online isn’t enough to satisfy your social needs, you can even join an online matching community such as Flight Club, Tripmates or AirTroductions where you can search for the perfect seat mate on your next flight, a travel companion on an upcoming journey or more.

TravBuddy is a site for people who love to explore. You don’t have to be traveling across the world to use this site. Maybe you just want to share advice about a local restaurant you enjoy, or perhaps last weekend you discovered an amazing new place to watch the sunset, right in your hometown.

Trabber, a flight metasearch engine that searches in about 30 travel agencies and low cost airlines.

TripAdvisor
The original travel 2.0, site with 5 million-plus hotel, destination, and attractions reviews written by travelers

Tripmates
Need a travel companion? This travel 2.0 site can help you connect with one.

Also includes blogs, reviews, videos

IgoUgo
Travel 2.0 advice in a community-oriented setting

Turn Here
Travel 2.0 videos with a higher level of professionalism, some from established travel 1.0 businesses such as InterContinental Hotels

Gusto
Combines elements of MySpace and Delicious in a travel 2.0 peer-recommendation site

Travel the World Wiki
Small, self-editable travel 2.0 wiki; records a contributor’s IP address

Hotel Chatter
Savvy blogposts on all matters hotel-related; uses editorial oversight

Realtravel
Blogs, photos, and 2.0 videos from “real travelers”

Travelistic
Travel 2.0 site launched by MTV that features uploads by users, professional content, and tourist-board videos

YouTube Travel
Acquired by Google, You Tube is the go-to site to view others’ and upload your own Travel 2.0 videos

WAYN
“Where are you now?” is the simple question at the heart of one the most popular travellers’ networking sites in Britain. WAYN has grown from nothing to 1.5m members in the UK (and 8m globally) in just four years. The site lets users let each other know where in the world they are and keep in touch – and make new travel buddies – via a handy world map.

Where’s Yours?
A travel 2.0 site for nature lovers; allows them to pinpoint favorite places on US map

Wikitravel
Larger of the travel 2.0 travel wikis aiming to be a world-wide travel guide built by individual contributions

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