Due to extended time with Entrecards, I haven’t perused my usual list of travel blogs very much. However, I do sift over the RSS feeds, and once in a while I’ll stop by to see what’s new. There are some interesting developments with the T-List, joining Twitter, and thus forming more of a community. I haven’t joined Twitter; I am buried in so many other social networks that if I join another I’ll never see my kids. Such things are so time-consuming.
Less Than a Shoestring, a real frugal travel blog, has a good post about little goodies to be found, free for travelers. Every penny counts, doesn’t it?
Kango also has the latest news on the Twitter-pated T-List. And they have changed their name to UpTake. I am not too fond of the change and have been irascibly vocal about it. I liked Kango and I thought it was memorable with the likes of eBay, Google, and Yahoo. But change it they did. Name change or not, this is an up-and-coming travel portal and I’m really looking forward to when they begin to include the northeastern United States in their listings. I think the travel world is needing a family-friendly portal such as this.
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April 15th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Mrs. Mecomber,
Thanks for your “irascible” feedback on our name change, it is certainly welcome! We liked Kango to but found there to be more consumer confusion to the name than we expected: Kanga.com, Kangoo.com, Congoo.com, Kangol.com, Kaango.com are just a few of the things we ran into.
We’re looking forward to launching our Beta with the Northeast so we can get your feedback!
April 25th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Hi Mrs Mecomber,
I know how you feel about Twitter. I felt the same for a looong time and I have kept away from it for a long time. But thanks to Chrispitality who incorporated the TList RSS Twitterfeed into a WP Blog, everybody can follow the stream without even logging in to Twitter. Look at: TravelTwit.com.
Cheers!