Articles tagged “trip planning”

Trippy is banking on the premise that its new question and answer platform for travel will be a cut above the rest in terms of quality, and that it will distinguish itself in the way it maps attractions and concisely summarises their basics for travel planning. That begs the question: Will it be enough?

The key learnings are in the socio-demographic breakdowns: the young are using and seeking out travel information in many different ways than previous generations have, and the shares of various channels are likely continue to change in the next few years.

The type of startups on this big list are the consumer travel ones that mostly fail, and very few among these get funded as the data above shows. California and New York are, not surprisingly, the main places where they are first started, though L.A., Boston, Seattle, and Colorado are also good hubs for travel startups.

TV and travel technology companies have long looked to the day when people would be booking travel from their TV remote controls, and now the advent of Web-based smart TVs could accelerate innovation. Still, the marriage of TV, on the one hand, and trip planning and booking, on the other, has yet to be consummated. ProSiebenSat.1 and Lonely Planet are among companies giving it a try.

Pinterest is the Pinterest of travel, and it is going to leverage that to move into the sector formally. It may just become the first such company to complete the digital cycle from inspiration to booking.

Digital rules, that's given, and things that are hyped, like rise of travel blogs and death of printed guidebooks, need more examination beyond the headlines.

Pinterest may just look like a place to pin our dream vacations, but it has the potential to become a sales funnel for travel brands that do it right.

MyGola faces the huge hurdle that many startups confront: Given the large number of similar trip-planning startups, how do you get noticed? The small Series A round will not be a panacea.