Here at Matador Pulse, Eva and I receive lots of e-mails notifying us of new books, products, events, and websites related to travel. Getting the inside scoop on new releases and deciding what’s the best of the best to share with readers are a couple of the perks of our job.
Truth is, we love sharing our opinions with you!
Sometimes, though, we like to leave the final call up to you.
In the past week, we’ve learned of two newish travel-related websites, UrbanStrolls, and Chickable, which seem as if they haven’t reached a critical mass of users just yet.
UrbanStrolls offers self-guided walking tours of San Francisco, Istanbul, and Singapore in MP-3 format for $12.99.
Chickable, on the other hand, is a website creating an online travel community for women “to capitalize on the explosive growth of the women-only travel market.”
Take a look at these sites and let us know what you think… What does a travel website need to do to be relevant, to reach a critical mass of users, and to engage you as a regular visitor? Share your comments below.
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Thanks, Jacquie! Glad you're enjoying Pulse; hope you'll keep coming back or sign up for our RSS feed.
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Julie – I am very intrigued by Matador and how you are building this site. Would love to have a conversation with you sometime. You can reach me at 301-503-4533. Jacquie
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Hi — I have enjoyed reading your blogs. I came here via a search on Nancy Sathre-Vogel who is blogging with my women’s entertainment and travel magazine Donne Tempo (http://www.donnetempo.com) about her bike trip from Prudhoe AK to Tierre del Fuego, S.A. I have not started her blog coverage as she is leaving for AK tomorrow, but I have been putting things up on my affiliate blog site at http://www.washingtontimes.com/communities/donne-travels.
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Thanks, Jacquie! Glad you’re enjoying Pulse; hope you’ll keep coming back or sign up for our RSS feed.
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Julie – I am very intrigued by Matador and how you are building this site. Would love to have a conversation with you sometime. You can reach me at 301-503-4533. Jacquie
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