Tripping
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Location: PO Box 29593, San Francisco, California 94129, United States United States
Founded in: 2009
Stage: Beta (public testing)
Number of employees: 6-15
Short URL: vator.co/tripping
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Tripping

Where Travelers Meet Locals
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California, United States United States United States
http://www.tripping.com
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Tripping was featured in a article: "InBed.Me nabs $1.2 Million in seed funding"
Social Web an integral part of traveling for this site – Read more
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Tripping was featured in a article: "Triptrotting snags $1M to match locals with travelers"
A young company marries dating algorithms with travel hosting services to enrich globe trotting – Read more
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Just Announced: we're working with AARP to provide a social travel platform for their 40 million members! Read about it in USA Today - http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/09/aarp-teams-with-tripping-hospitlity-social-network/1 on September 28
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Tonight is our next Tripping event! We're going to be at Lush on Polk Street in San Francisco with live music, free drinks and Trippers from around the world. Hope to see you there! https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=252337788137615 on September 20
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Going to TechCrunch Disrupt this week? Come to our Afterparty at Mars Bar tomorrow night! RSVP here - http://git-tripping-afterparty.eventbrite.com/ on September 12
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Budget Travel named Tripping as one of the Top 10 Most Useful Travel Sites today! We're in great company - http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/03/7590735-10-most-useful-travel-websites on September 06
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Tripping was mentioned in this Vagabondish article about sites that make travel easy! Check it out - http://www.vagabondish.com/10-websites-that-make-travel-much-much-easier/ on August 14
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Social Travel's Most Exciting Players - Airbnb & Tripping.com: http://bit.ly/oDXE9j on August 03
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Our members LOVE wearing Tripping shirts and we love giving them away for free. Refer 10 friends and get a Tripping shirt to call your own - https://www.tripping.com/lp/contest on July 20
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Tripping was featured in a article: "Tripping raising $1 million for cultural Airbnb"
More like a CouchSurfing.com, new travel site helps travelers and hosts exchange culture – Read more
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Tripping officially exits beta, uses $1M for cultural immersion I VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/11/tripping-seed-round-culture/ on July 11
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
BIG NEWS - we just launched Tripping's new homepage! https://www.tripping.com/ on July 07
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Business Insider just wrote about us again and featured some of our Tripping members. Enjoy! http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-tripping-hosts-2011-6 on July 01
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
An American expat in China talks about his appearance on CCTV, his favorite places in Hong Kong and more -- Michael Michelini is our Tripper of the Week https://www.tripping.com/blog/blog/2011/06/23/tripper-of-the-week-michael-michelini/ on June 24
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
IDEA OF THE DAY: Sleep With Locals In 130 Different Countries - http://t.co/7L2fnzm via @BusinessInsider on June 16
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Getting shirts is always a highlight for a young startup. Want one? Tell us where you'd wear it and we might send you one! https://www.facebook.com/tripping on June 15
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Bambi Francisco Roizen
Bambi Francisco Roizen at 04:49pm June 15
I'd like one. Can I get one of the baby T's? I'd where it when I travel.
Jen O'Neal
Jen O'Neal at 12:30am June 16
For sure - we'd love to give you a Tripping shirt, Bambi!
Julian Flynn
Julian Flynn at 10:26pm June 16
Would love to have one of those Tee's =)
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
GigaOm just wrote about our partnership with the Furthur (aka the Grateful Dead). Gotta love headlines like this one! http://gigaom.com/2011/06/07/tripping-keeps-on-truckin-with-grateful-dead-partnership/ on June 09
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Are you in San Francisco? Swing by our Tripping Happy Hour @ Mars Bar tonight! https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220223558005713 on June 07
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Jen O'Neal (Co-Founder & CEO)
Considering traveling for several months? Here are 5 tips for beating traveler's fatigue written by one of our Trippers - https://www.tripping.com/blog/blog/2011/06/01/top-five-ways-to-beat-travelers-fatigue/ on June 01
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