Thread: Nonrev Destination Guide Suggestions?

Sounds like a good idea... my only concern would be a lot of the info could prob be gleaned (& updated more frequently due to more users) on wikitravel (look up a city or an airport).

Getting it up wouldn't be so hard, but I assume keeping it up to date would? I mean there are hundreds of thousands on wikitravel, but a couple of handfuls of people here. I suppose you could bid out particular cities and give responsibility to a particular user or group of users?

Regardless, info about the airports would be good - for example terminal info, destinations you can get to from there and by who, best restaurant in airport, pics, airport taxes, how to get downtown, quirks and tips....

I like the nonrev discount part especially. I find it bothersome these days trying to find deals - our intranet has some, id90.com others, or I have to resort to emailing hotels direct. Whilst wikitravel displays hotel info, I don't usually find it that helpful as rates fluctuate and some of their splurge hotels work out cheaper than their budget ones etc. Mrs767er has heaps of ideas and contacts it seems so it would be good to pool everyones in one place. Even a slight review on each or reason why it is good (aside from cost)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Jan 2 2010, 03:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Sounds like a good idea... my only concern would be a lot of the info could prob be gleaned (& updated more frequently due to more users) on wikitravel (look up a city or an airport).

Getting it up wouldn&#39;t be so hard, but I assume keeping it up to date would? I mean there are hundreds of thousands on wikitravel, but a couple of handfuls of people here. I suppose you could bid out particular cities and give responsibility to a particular user or group of users?

Regardless, info about the airports would be good - for example terminal info, destinations you can get to from there and by who, best restaurant in airport, pics, airport taxes, how to get downtown, quirks and tips....

I like the nonrev discount part especially. I find it bothersome these days trying to find deals - our intranet has some, id90.com others, or I have to resort to emailing hotels direct. Whilst wikitravel displays hotel info, I don&#39;t usually find it that helpful as rates fluctuate and some of their splurge hotels work out cheaper than their budget ones etc. Mrs767er has heaps of ideas and contacts it seems so it would be good to pool everyones in one place. Even a slight review on each or reason why it is good (aside from cost)[/b]

Sounds good, I&#39;m going to update my original list so I have all thoughts in one place. I know there are places out there for a lot of stuff (wikitravel, etc) but I don&#39;t see any reason not to link to that (I&#39;d also like to have references in there for each piece of information for each area, but that&#39;d come later). Otherwise, it&#39;d be incredibly easy to have a link to the Airlines and Destinations link for the airport&#39;s wikipedia page (that&#39;s also updated very frequently and accurate enough IMO).

Oh, and as for being easy to get up, you&#39;d be surprised (I&#39;m going to be making this from scratch, which isn&#39;t too easy).

I suppose I also need to be ready for cities with multiple airports, like Chicago, NYC, etc. Shouldn&#39;t be too hard, though.

I&#39;m still figuring out the logistics of the actual editing of the pages. From a programmer&#39;s perspective, it&#39;s very risky to have everything editable by the general public (like a wiki) without quite a few controls, which would be very time-consuming to implement. On the other hand, if I&#39;m the only one that can add content, I want this to be something that can go on with or without me.

I think the best compromise is to give some of the regulars (Nick, nonrev1, migflanker, mrs767er, etc) access to the editing, anyone can view, and anyone can make posts with the idea that it would go on this system.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (spongebue @ Jan 3 2010, 05:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I&#39;m still figuring out the logistics of the actual editing of the pages. From a programmer&#39;s perspective, it&#39;s very risky to have everything editable by the general public (like a wiki) without quite a few controls, which would be very time-consuming to implement. On the other hand, if I&#39;m the only one that can add content, I want this to be something that can go on with or without me.

I think the best compromise is to give some of the regulars (Nick, nonrev1, migflanker, mrs767er, etc) access to the editing, anyone can view, and anyone can make posts with the idea that it would go on this system.[/b]

What if you allowed people to add or make changes, and then these had to be approved by a group of people? There is no issue with people adding info, the only issue is whether they delete it.

That being said you can&#39;t post anything here unless you are a member anyways, and Mig seems to do alright on spam patrol

That idea might work... a little harder to implement, but not nearly as bad as a wiki-style thing

I&#39;d like to integrate it with the forums like I mentioned, but I&#39;m not sure how much nonrev1 would go for that. We&#39;ll see when I&#39;m done, I guess. That&#39;s kind of a vital part. In the meantime, I&#39;ll design it such that there&#39;s room for that kind of expansion.