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Abandoned commune, North Carolina: where I had to stay the last time I went to the Carolinas without consulting Web 2.0
BUFFALO, NY—My motto is “always be moving.” Accordingly, I am leaving on a road trip tomorrow to that Canadian travel heartland, Myrtle Beach:

There’s a reason Hooters Air flies there. Anyone with real money or class goes to the Outer Banks or Charleston. But there’s a reason why the rich are rich; the middle class is where all the suckers are. –comment from The Housing Bubble blog

I’ve packed my leopard jeans, Big Gulp cup and fake Uggs and now I just need to figure out where to eat and sleep. (Most important, as the last time I went to the Carolinas without consulting Web 2.0, I was forced to stay in the abandoned commune above.)

43 Places: Tag-based, simple and well-populated, this food and hotel review site has figured it out. According to the tag cloud New Zealand is most talked about. Jesus (my carry-on dog) would never make that flight.

Commuterfeed: Twittered traffic reports. Nothing worse than heading for the open road and smack in to Washington D.C. traffic. Track and avoid or Twitter your progress as you inch along.

Tripr: I am all over this once I get to the depressing Myrtle Beach amusement parks and shuffleboard. Users make and upload videos of hotels so you can check it out before you book and go. A sort of YouTube for travel. International but new so only 200 or so hotels rated right now. They offer money to upload videos, but I think they should get their Web 2.0 startup out of their mom’s basement first.

Circos: graded ratings (A through F) of hotels and restaurants in all major American cities (since eating and sleeping in smaller cities and Canada is not necessary).

Everyscape has a swollen head. It claims that it “isn’t an online world, it’s the world online.” If you are going to Laguna Beach, Beijing, or a handful of other places the site is an interesting mashup of location mapping and panoramas. But their world so far is teeny tiny.

Triplife: More like Stuffedshirtlife. For business travelers who want to network. The idea I guess is that even when you are having fun you should be working. Really creepy site with pictures of people I never want to meet. Tight smiles and slack stares.

Posted in Web 2.0 Museum

  • http://www.circos.com Mario

    Thanks for checking out Circos, Chantelle. We just launched in preview mode last month, and will be adding more cities to Circos.com in the coming weeks (including Canadian cities!).

  • http://www.chantelleoliver.com Chantelle Oliver

    So happy Canada is visit worthy! Even I, however, do not advocate it during January-March. I look forward to your developments…which Canadian cities are first? Do you have plans to expand beyond major centers? I’m a small-town adventurer too.

  • http://www.circos.com Mario

    We’re expanding out gradually, so you’ll most likely see large cities first. Eventually we’ll cover large and small places.


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