A close friend of mine and me got into the topic of travel guides not too long ago. Even though we had no clue about the industry at the beginning we quickly realized that it is one of the hottest start-up areas right now.
So check out part of our research or simply have fun travelling!
We think it will be one of the core markets for recommendation based social interaction applications (like the famous Foursquare.com) that will add to everybody's travel experiences. Additionally to that there is a strong trend to experience travel as an interactive experience or even as a game (see the famous Geocaching.com website, video below).
To keep a long story short: We love to play, hate to see churches, desperately seek the twists and cool stories behind the scenes and please get us a drink in the coolest secret bar nearby...we pay for that, mobile devices will drive this market niche and I bet you the conventional city map will be history in 5 years. Just look what Alacartemaps.com is doing...
Ladies and gentlemen, here are my personal winners so far and if you want to travel "the new way" are down there. Great business models, I bet bucks on that as the future of travel, not only leisure, but also professionally (develop that area, its more profitable I bet!). All operate on different business model and plan engineering axis. There is probably 100 more of them around, so please feel free to post it!
The winners are:
Whaiwhai.com
Gogobot.com
Geocaching.com
Have fun travelling or starting up...its worth it.
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