Driftr.com - For Travelers, By Travelers

Driftr is a user-generated content site for travelers, by travelers. It allows you to keep track of your trips, share your trip photos, reviews, and blogs with friends and family, as well as research destinations before you book a trip. At Driftr, you are the travel writer, the photographer, and the reviewer. All of your travel experiences and the information you provide become part of the shared Driftr community. The result is a great big worldwide social network full of fascinating and useful information. Everything from how to find the best schnitzel in Prague, to a good place to sing karaoke in Ghana… it's all here. And it all begins and ends with you. The site is in the first alpha phase. They'll be in private mode for the next two releases and then they'll open it up (invitation only).

“The Driftr experience is driven by a proprietary map that lets you highlight and track the places you've been and intuitively search for community-driven content relating to the places you'd like to go. Much like the explorers of the Age of Discovery, we use maps to help you plan your trip and record where you've been. Only unlike their maps, ours have fancy colors, are actually accurate, and link up to all the information the entire Driftr network has to offer.”

This could be the next generation travel community. All of this makes Driftr the place to keep track of your travels and share your trip photos, reviews, and blogs with friends and family, as well as research destinations before you book a trip. All of your travel experiences and the information you provide become part of the shared Driftr community. The result is a great big worldwide social network full of useful information.

Will the final product be as complete as described in the alpha phase? Will information and ratings be updated all the time? Will they be able to attract a large user base?