Benefits of Photo Sharing: Travel Guides
Friday, February 6th, 2009
Photo sharing networks are gateways into visual information. These social gatherings help us keep in touch, share our lives and explore new things. That’s the basics. But how can you and I best use the vast amount of photo information we have access to now that these social networks are at our fingertips? Immediately, I thought of Orlando.
Why Orlando?
Well, I used to travel a lot for my previous job. Part of that travel was choosing hotels and meeting sights for client events. Based on the west coast, I had to make these choices 90% of the time without ever seeing the space. Most hotel sites give you only pictures of the parts of the hotels that THEY want you to see. These photos, in my opinion, can only be half-heartedly trusted. What I really would have wanted in those situations are photos from some random traveler who stayed their for a weekend and experienced the room, the food and the service. That is where photo sharing can help.
