Comments on: Best designed travel websites http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Poconos http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-136573 Poconos Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:01:23 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-136573 Definitely some nice looking websites. Worth considering the strategy of sites like Kayak and Travelzoo. Their sites have a very stripped down look, no pictures or anything indicating you are off on a holiday. And they are selling Billions $$$. They don't want to distract people with the beaches and mountains. They want them to focus on the deals. Real travellers would rather see the beaches in person on their trip, not when booking it. Thats my two cents. Definitely some nice looking websites. Worth considering the strategy of sites like Kayak and Travelzoo. Their sites have a very stripped down look, no pictures or anything indicating you are off on a holiday. And they are selling Billions $$$. They don’t want to distract people with the beaches and mountains. They want them to focus on the deals. Real travellers would rather see the beaches in person on their trip, not when booking it.

Thats my two cents.

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]]> By: Toby Sawday http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-84316 Toby Sawday Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:13:13 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-84316 Wow. The overall quality of design in all of these examples is enviable! I particularly like the growing use of the blogging platform by sites like Extravigator and Go Girl - you see more and more clever mashups of free platforms such as Wordpress now, but not many so beautifully executed. Bales' site is a fine example of really clean, crisp design (something I could do with emulating!). On a purely aesthetic note, I find Travel Mail a bit old school and clunky. Loads of great stuff in there. Thanks for the posting! Toby (Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay) Wow. The overall quality of design in all of these examples is enviable! I particularly like the growing use of the blogging platform by sites like Extravigator and Go Girl – you see more and more clever mashups of free platforms such as WordPress now, but not many so beautifully executed.

Bales’ site is a fine example of really clean, crisp design (something I could do with emulating!).

On a purely aesthetic note, I find Travel Mail a bit old school and clunky.

Loads of great stuff in there. Thanks for the posting!

Toby

(Alastair Sawday’s Special Places to Stay)

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]]> By: Kevin May http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-80785 Kevin May Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:53:51 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-80785 SilverJet won a Travolution Award in 2007 for Best Airline Website. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2007/04/25/853/Travolution+Awards+2007+-+Winners.html SilverJet won a Travolution Award in 2007 for Best Airline Website.

http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2007/04/25/853/Travolution+Awards+2007+-+Winners.html

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]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-80293 Darren Cronian Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:13:10 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-80293 It's amazing how many numpties add a link to a site, and the domain matches their email address, therefore their own site. Please do not add your own site, it just gets removed. It’s amazing how many numpties add a link to a site, and the domain matches their email address, therefore their own site.

Please do not add your own site, it just gets removed.

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]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-80143 Darren Cronian Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:40:54 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/02/08/best-designed-travel-websites/#comment-80143 Yep Garri, Go Girlfriend is my favourite blog design. I like the vector graphics. Watch out for a new Travel Rants header soon. Incorporating Mr Rants of course!! Yep Garri, Go Girlfriend is my favourite blog design. I like the vector graphics. Watch out for a new Travel Rants header soon. Incorporating Mr Rants of course!!

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