http://www.travelstormer.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:20:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do we really know what makes a truly great holiday? If asked, most people would respond with good company, good times, good weather, duration, organisation (or for some, the lack of it…). These are just a few and sure, they’re all key elements of an enjoyable holiday. But do we really ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=109 We've been hard at work on updates for Travelstormer. One of them we're able to let out of the gate right is a new look, which is one you will definitely notice. While its mostly aesthetic with a few structural changes, we think you'll find it easier to make your way ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=100 Since launching last week we've had some great response. While we're busy over here at the HQ, there are a few kind things that have been said about us over on the interweb... "Travelstormer gives groups a unique forum to discuss ideas, vote on them, and even collect valuable information like flight numbers ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=59 After a fantastic launch yesterday we thought we give a rundown of one of the newest features of Travelstormer - social outsourcing. While you may want a lot of your trip planning to stay private with your friends, you can't be expected to know everything about where you're heading. Enter the ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=51 With our public release fast approaching I thought I'd post one of the major new changes inside Travelstormer. We always knew that Decision-making was going to be a key feature in a saturated market of travel websites, after all when trying to achieve anything in a group, taking all the heat ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=37 We've had a some interesting discoveries during the closed beta cycle. As well as the feedback we've received from other users, trying it out ourselves and observing other trip members use TS has been very exciting/scary. With that in mind I thought we could share a couple of things we've learnt. Flow through a ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=15 With both the co-founders of Travelstormer now residing in Sydney we can have board meetings in places like this: No really, Bondi beach is way too hot a place to do anything serious like run a business, so we will be working very hard indoors to bring you a beta version ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=8 I’m going to take this chance to introduce a friend and partner of ours, Harmonypark. This team of web app gurus are pushing their fantastic expense-management product Expensure into fruition with new features for new times. Most notably, Paypal support is going to mean you can pay back all those IOU’s ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=6 In keeping with staying on the level and open about what we’re doing here with Travelstormer, I thought I’d share this email from Colin the other co-founder to myself, on July 28, 2008. “Inspiration for the idea came from the hassle we are going through trying to organise a skiing trip ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=4 Hi there. I was thinking we’d like to look back on this post one day and get all nostalgic and teary-eyed, but for now its just a quick introduction to Travelstormer because the rest of our site is in production, and it’s the only platform we’ve got right now where ... http://www.travelstormer.com/blog/?p=1