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.

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