Posts Tagged ‘travel’

Tripit, the popular travel organizer that share your travel plans with friends and family, has long had an iPhone app (free version and no-ads version for $3.99). However, if you use Tripit with an iPad, you were forced to use it in either a tiny view in the center of your display or a 2x pixelated view that filled the glass. Those days are now gone.

Travelers Spoke, TripIt Listened: iPad App Now Available

Tripit learned that 70% of their current users own or plan to buy an iPad. That convinced them to update their app to work with the iPad’s larger display. If you run Tripin on your iPad, you will find a design that is different from the one on the iPhone as well as large maps to display trip plans. You can find the free edition here:

Tripit – Travel Organizer (iTunes App Store)

An ad-free $3.99 version can be found here.

The added iPad support has apparently pleased a lot of people. The average rating for the app went from 3 (out of a possible 5) for all versions to 4.5 for the current iPad compatible version.

Hostel reservation website GoMIO is helping travelers make friends with its new Facebook-integrated app “Who Else Will Be There?”. Users can plan excursions and make plans long before they meet in person.

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Are you using Twitter for blogger outreach? Well, here’s a case study on how to do it right. I received a fantastic Twitter pitch.

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Traditional travel agents come to the social media marketing party … but is it too late? For these guys to have a shot, they’ll have to change their thinking entirely.

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Whether you are trying to decide where to go for your next vacation, learning how to pack, or looking for tips to make your trip go smoothly, YouTube videos can be great travel resources. We’ve put together a list of 10 travel videos that every trip planner should see.

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Check out the top 10 cities where just a few 140 character messages on your feed can go a long way to boost your enjoyment.

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There’s no vacation from social media, says a new survey of women travelers. Even while on the road, women are turning to their online social networks to see what their friends are up to and update their statuses. Unsurprisingly, Facebook is the most-used social network by women who travel. But just how do they use it? Read below the jump for details from this survey.
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If you have an enviable number of frequent flyer miles and consider yourself a worldly indivudual, we have just the job for you. BBC Travel is looking for a producer to collaborate with its travel editor on acquiring and developing engaging content fit for the site’s international audience.

If hired, you’ll work with writers and product managers to deliver online product for consumers, advertisers and content partners. Specifically, you’ll be working on daily production, assignments, editing, writing, social networking and contributing interactive features. Yes, you’ll be covering a lot of ground.

At least two years of travel journalism experience with one year in an editorial capacity, plus extensive digital experience is required. Most importantly, you should be immersed in the travel community, and have your finger on the pulse of travel trends. Ready to let your career take off? Apply here.

Now that we’re in this new and shiny age where we have smart phones and iPads to entertain us all day long, there shouldn’t be any reason to sit on an airplane, twiddling your thumbs anymore. Although the internet is typically not available and all travelers are usually instructed to turn their phones’ wireless systems off, there are apps that can save you from debilitating boredom. Here are the 5 best apps to make the flight seem shorter, especially if you have one of those annoying talkers next to you. Read more

Business and vacation travelers can turn to a new partnership between USA TODAY and Gowalla to help make their summer sojourns easier to manage. And, perhaps, more fun, too. Tapping into the location-based mobile market, USA TODAY content will be presented to Gowalla users after they check-in with the service at most major US airports. Read more