Friendly Travel Folks I Met at Social Media Strategies for Travel in San Francisco

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The Traveling Mamas love travel-related conferences. After all, we first met in person at Travel Media Showcase back in November 2007. Since then, we’ve been to other TMS events, BlogWorldExpo, Luxury Travel Expo, South by Southwest and Social Media Strategies for Travel, produced by Eye for Travel.

I had a ball meeting all sorts of folks from the travel industry at Social Media Strategies for Travel in San Francisco last month. It was a whirlwind two days of meet-and-greets, fascinating presentations about the changing face of marketing online, and yummy lunches (oh, and cocktails) at downtown’s Hotel Nikko. While I collected dozens of business cards from a bunch of people at the official event, as well as the associated travel-blogger gathering, here are just three organizations I wanted to share with you:

Trekaroo: Co-founder and CEO Esther Lee is a ball of energy and exudes so much passion about her family travel website that recently launched. I love the colorful and upbeat design of the site, where users review family-friendly accommodations and attractions. Only eight U.S. states are represented now, but there are plans to roll out more as soon as possible.

Bike and Roll San Francisco: I was disappointed I didn’t have enough time in San Francisco to sample a tour or bike rental from Bike and Roll — especially since Director of Business Development Aimee Harcos spoke so highly of the adventures I could have on two wheels throughout the San Francisco area. One popular escorted tour: a nine-mile ride through a bit of the city and across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito, with a return by ferryboat!

10Best.com: Spencer Spellman of Greenville, South Carolina, is such a great supporter of the Traveling Mamas (thanks for your Twitter tweets and re-tweets)! He was at the conference representing 10Best.com, which, frankly, I didn’t know much about until meeting Spencer. Turns out the site has loads of worldwide city guides — 457 to be exact — packed with firsthand recommendations for restaurants, nightclubs, shops and sights.

So nice to meet you Esther, Aimee and Spencer! Hope our paths cross again.

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April 15, 2009 | Filed Under Adventure Travel, Destinations, Family Travel, The Cookie Jar 

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2 Responses to “Friendly Travel Folks I Met at Social Media Strategies for Travel in San Francisco”

  1. LiLing Pang says:
    April 15, 2009 at

    Thanks so much for featuring Trekaroo on your site. We definitely have a fun and passionate team.

  2. Samantha says:
    April 16, 2009 at

    I went to the 10best site and I really like it! I like how much information they have for cities worldwide! Thank you!

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