Going on a trip this summer? Traveling with family or friends. If so check out Travel Groups a joint effort between ViaMichelin (the people behind the famed Michelin Guides) and Plum. Travel Groups is an implementation of Plum Groups specifically targeted at small groups of people taking a trip together.
Set up a private or public group for your trip(s). It takes only a minutes to register and set up a travel group. Once it’s up you can invite the people you’re traveling with and voila you’ve got your own private space to share and discuss anything and everything relating to the trip. Here are some of the things you can do:
- Set up one or more groups for trips, week-end getaways or as a place to discuss your family plans
- Invite only the people you want to join
- Post status updates, web links, photos, videos, notes and documents
- Write silly comments or have serious discussions
- Get an email notification whenever someone post something to your group (don’t worry you can turn email notices off in the settings section if you start getting too many)
- Drag and drop a button into your browser toolbar so you can post any web page to your group, including your itineraries, hotel pages, photos from photo sharing sites and much, much more.
- You can even make folders where you can share things with select people in the group.
Besides the English version Travel Groups is also available in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
This is a great add-on. I find this interesting and enables us, users to meet new friends and travel buddies.