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Another great travel resource in Moebii.com
Whether sifting through endless piles of saved travel section clippings, or spending hours online navigating destination articles, the amount of time and energy it takes to organize the perfect trip can be overwhelming. That's what Chris Danielian and Robert Celic, the founders of Moebii discovered in their attempt to find destination information.In late 2008, Danielian had returned from a vacation in Morocco and Celic was researching a trip to South America. Both had similar gripes about the state of travel information on the web. They realized that while there is a lot of great online travel content, it was nearly impossible to keep track of all the stories and websites. The extent of fragmentation among travel stories was shocking and traditional search engines did not address the problem. After countless hours of brainstorming, testing and refining, Danielian and Celic created Moebii.
Moebii is a website that compiles content from hundreds of publications and online sources. Users tag the stories based on keywords, thereby narrowing the pool of travel stories into a list that is relevant and up-to-date. A foodie traveling to Spain, for instance, can search for the most authentic tapas restaurants in Barcelona, while a thrill-seeker traveling to Iceland can read up on the best cave-exploring adventures outside Reykjavik. Relevant travel stories arrive on a fully-linked page and are at your fingertips withinseconds.
In addition to travel story searches, Moebii can track stories by destination or publication, set up alerts to receive new stories as they're posted to the site, and send stories to friends. Its user-interactive component also lets travelers create itineraries for future trips, publish their own travel stories, vote stories up or down, (allowing the highest quality content to rise to the top), and have real-time conversations with other travelers about destinations in order to compare notes and insider tips.
Trying out the site myself for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised with the results. While the site is in its primary stages, the potential for travelers to save time and energy searching for just the right story is well worth bookmarking Moebii for frequent use. Give Moebii a test drive, and if you find any issues with it, feel free to contact them directly with feedback or let Gadling know. I'll be personally visiting with Celic to discuss travel and the site, so I'm happy to pass on any messages.
Filed under: Learning, Stories, North America, United States, Internet Tools
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Neil Sep 10th 2009 9:14PM
http://moebii.com/pages/index.php
Christina Sep 11th 2009 12:57PM
I love to travel, but I really really hate having to research a trip.... it takes forever to sift through everything that's out there on the internet and find travel ideas or tips that will make the trip unforgettable.
When I found moebii.com I was totally psyched - I've been using this website for a couple months now and it's the best. I just type in where I'm going to be traveling to, and up comes a list of high quality travel stories/articles from all of the best newspapers, magazines, blogs... exactly the kind of things I want to read, all in one place. And the stories that come up are all completely relevant because they've been tagged by people who've actually read them. Thank god someone finally brought a human element into a search engine! (and made it specific for us travelers...)
So far I've used moebii to plan trips to Mexico City, Argentina (Buenos Aires/Mendoza), and Lisbon, all of which were fantastic. Right now I'm using it to plan a trip to the Mayan Riviera. This has brought the fun back into travel planning for me. Thanks Robert & Chris for a great new website.