Sunday 20 July 2008

Bobby Trazzler??

A few thoughts. Where in the world are we going??.. that is when we travel, and what do we do when we get there?
One company is having a go at this called Trazzler.com and with some very good pedigree in respect to management, founded by two Adam's; one being Adam Rugel and the other Adam Weller who both started 71miles.com.
Recently; they formed Trazzler with backing from Evan Williams and Biz Stone of "Revenue?? Yeah we thought about that" Twitter fame, so it should be quite interesting what these guys come up with.
I think they have a lot of work to do in integrating the booking engine etc but the UI is quite clean albeit it doesn't leave much room for other stuff due to the text size etc.
However it looks like they have some seasoned travel writers on board; but the UGC side of things seems rather lacking, but in summary; the management team does seem have a passion for travel experiences, and I guess their strategy is for filtering/editing through professional content.
But the problem with that is that it could lead to a monolithic site which cuts of the air supply for inspiring choices which in the end ultimately creates that special and unique travel adventure. One last thing what does Trazzler mean?
I do wish them luck in what is a very crowded space, albeit one with lots of noise and confusion.
Maybe they should just make it a widget.. now widgets..don't get me started!!;-D

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