travel websites

What? Site that helps you find things to do with kids in the driving distance

Why? Easy to use, you get results immediately, you can refine your search criteria if you want less but more accurate results

Who? Its for parents and grandparents who want to have active day or weekend with their kids

How? Enter the name of the city or town (or even street), click the search and you will get list of kids friendly places in the driving distance

Diff? You are not presented long list of attractions related to the whole country or county. You just get places that are no more than 1 hour away

What? routeRANK efficiently finds and ranks the best travel routes, based upon your preferences such as price, travel time and CO2 emissions.

Why? In a single search finds and ranks the best possible travel routes, allowing users to sort them according to their priorities

Who? For everybody who is looking for the most ecological, the cheapest and the fastest way from A to B.

Diff? Unlike other solutions, routeRANK addresses the entire travel route by integrating rail, road and air connections.

What? Best place to organize and share favorite links, recipes, restaurants, books and more. You can easily make portable lists to save or share.

Why? One place for everything. Free iPhone, Droid and BlackBerry access. You'll never forget. Friends will thank you. You'll save time and money.

Who? Anyone tired of losing links, forgetting ingredients, or repeatedly searching. Anyone looking to reduce clutter and get low prices.

How? Easily add items to your list by searching, writing or pasting. Share lists with a click via twitter, email or Facebook.

Diff? It's an organize that is social and mobile. You can share anything- from your own recipes to favorite wines. It tracks prices. It has maps.

What? TripSay is the first personalized travel guide online using behavioral targeting to serve content and recommendations from other travelers.

Why? With TripSay you avoid using time trying to figure out if someone's opinion interests you as we profile our users to serve relevant content.

Who? TripSay is for active travelers who want to find new and interesting places and inspiration for their travels.

How? Just log in and start browsing places on the map. As you use the service is learns what you like and serves you content it thinks you like.

Diff? Our recommendation engine is truly unique in the world of travel content online.

What? This is a visual travel guide & tour review site. Search user-generated travel guides to discover your next perfect trip!

Why? You can find places to visit, things to do, accommodations, and read the best third-party tour reviews for countries around the world.

Who? Everyone! Young & old, rich & poor, dreamer & doer. People looking for escorted tours, independent budget travel, & everything in-between.

How? We give quick, concise ideas for people who don't want to sort through a long list of reviews, making it fun & easy to browse destinations.

Diff? Ruba users can explore full guides (collections of reviews of the best places), rather than individual hotels, restaurants, or sights.

What? A meta search engine aggregating price quotations from independent cruise travel agents.

Why? Saves time and money by providing one stop shopping and comparison of discount cruise quotes from multiple cruise travel agents.

Who? Buyers of ocean and river cruise vacations on large mass market cruise lines as well as smaller niche cruise operators.

What? Skimble is an online tool to help you plan, track, and discover your active life.

Why? Current fitness and activity sites focus on weight loss, whereas Skimble offers social activity tracking, comparisons and a leaderboard!

Who? Maria Ly, co-founder Gabriel Vanrenen, co-founder http://www.skimble.com/about

How? Skimble positions itself at the social intersection of active sports and travel with the mission to inspire active lifestyles.

What? MapVivo is an online travel journal – a lively community of travelers sharing their experiences and plans.

Why? To help people share their travel experiences, plan trips and get to know more about the World!

Who? Travelers, people wanting to share the progress of their trip with friends easily as it happens, people planning future journeys.