A cool little project that I worked on a little while ago has finally “gone live” on the web. It’s for a site called Home & Abroad (www.homeandabroad.com), H&A an online travel planner that generates custom itineraries for various locations around the globe. For my part I’ve acted as the local expert for St Lucia (down in the Caribbean) offering expert tips on what to see and do while you are on the island. It was a great project to be a part of and a really neat concept. The way the site works is you enter where you want to go, what sort of stuff you like to do and how long you are going to be there for. And then the site spits out an itinerary for you packed with stuff that should perk your interest. Here are a couple of screen shots of what the site is about – this first one is the main entry portal. (http://www.homeandabroad.com/bootStrap.ha)
This second screen is all about yours truly – that very Caribbean looking photo was in fact taken in Africa, so shhh, don’t tell anyone! (http://www.homeandabroad.com/viewCeBio.ha?destinationId=134)
Whether this sort of ultra prescriptive travel advice is for you is a question that you will have to answer for yourself. Having said that the concept and the user interface are very cool and definitely worth having a play with. The future potential is pretty amazing for this concept – very web 3.0 or at least 2.5. When it’s integrated into your iPhone/GPS, cross referenced to your Facebook friends recommendations and all the points of interest are Geo-cached that is when we’ll know that web 3.0 is here – but hey that’s a whole different blog!
Happy virtual traveling!
SK
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