Having fun with Yahoo! My Travel
Running into Yahoo’s personalize travel site was entirely an accident. I was goggling for some travel information. One of the links led me to Yahoo’s travel destination page. The information was somewhat useful. But things started to get interesting when I noticed an “Add to Trip” feature by the destination info.
Since I’m collecting information on several locations, and I would like to compare them under one common area. I started adding photos and information I came across. Before I knew it, I’ve compiled a list of destinations. They were also pinpointed on a map view. And later when I did a search on airline prices and saved one of the better deals, it too showed up in My Trip.
My travel plan was putting together all by itself without me realizing it!
Knowing my travel plan started to take shape, I was ready to invest more time into this unknown territory. I tracked down MyTravel page under Yahoo! Travel. Other than the recently put together My Trip Plan, the page itself was, naturally, not one bit personalized. Big yellow sticky were playfully placed on sections of the page, providing hints and focal points of areas I can get started.
Personalizing these pages was hardly any hard work. So more time was invested. Then I found out connecting My Travel with my flickr account, my past travel photos will show up oh my travel pages without having to upload them.
Pretty sweet setup for travelers alike, my only complain about My Travel so far is it’s sharing amongst friends and family was overlooked.