New IgoUgo Puts the Fun Back in Travel Planning
Online Travel Community Links Savvy Travelers and Great Travel Advice
Through New Social Connectivity
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IgoUgo.com (http://www.igougo.com),
one of the world?s largest online travel communities, has launched a
fresh new site focused on making trip planning and sharing social. With
540,000 members sharing experiences from more than 9,000 travel
destinations and more than 1 million travel reviews and listings,
IgoUgo has been rebuilt to simplify planning and sharing.
?We wanted the site experience to better reflect that IgoUgo is a great
community of expert travelers who have been where you want to go, and
who are sharing positive advice for your trips?
?We wanted the site experience to better reflect that IgoUgo is a great
community of expert travelers who have been where you want to go, and
who are sharing positive advice for your trips,? said Aditi Gokhale,
IgoUgo General Manager. ?We?ve added new capabilities to better match
content with visitors? preferences, allowing us to cut through the
clutter to offer real-time and relevant recommendations,? added Gokhale.
For a quick peek, check out the site?s New
York City Travel Guide and Hotels
page.
IgoUgo?s new social connectivity features include an ?I?ve Been Here?
tool that makes it easier to share trip information from journals to
reviews and travel
photos on Twitter and Facebook. Additional changes include the ?Get
Ideas from Other Travelers? feature which includes recent reviews and
tips; while the easily-accessible member profiles allow users to quickly
identify like-minded travelers and find tips and advice for planning
trips.
While other travel sites focus on where not to go, IgoUgo has been
re-engineered to inspire travel. ?IgoUgo prides itself on authentic and
thoughtful advice from passionate travelers, and the new design makes it
easier to plan, share and connect with them,? said Gokhale.
Other IgoUgo site features include a popular hotel
and flight comparison tool that allows users to find the cheapest
rates across major online travel agencies, hundreds of thousands of
hotel reviews, a collection of 500,000 original member travel photos and
a daily travel
blog.
About IgoUgo
IgoUgo®
is the fastest growing online travel community in the world. Its more
than 540,000 members - world-seasoned and passionate travelers - share
firsthand travel experiences, advice, and more than 500,000 photos to
date, with candid tips and inspiring stories covering more than 9,000
global destinations and more than one million listings. Site users can
search by keyword to find reviews by like-minded travelers, as well as
destination guides and helpful links. Members can easily contact one
another to ask questions, exchange information, and build friendships
without geographic boundries. IgoUgo has garnered top industry honors,
including being named one of Forbes? ?Best Travel Sites,? a Webby Award
for ?Best Travel Site in the U.S.,? a ?Top Travel Site? ranking from USA
Today, and ?Best Travel Community? and ?Top Travel Site? commendations
from Yahoo Internet Life.