Tripping News Bites


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Jen O'Neal
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
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
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
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
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
Social Travel's Most Exciting Players - Airbnb & Tripping.com: http://bit.ly/oDXE9j on August 03
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Jen O'Neal
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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Jen O'Neal
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
BIG NEWS - we just launched Tripping's new homepage! https://www.tripping.com/ on July 07
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Jen O'Neal
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
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
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
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 =)
50109
Jen O'Neal
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
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
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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Jen O'Neal
Stanford student,long distance runner, and world traveler since the age of five, Erin Parker is our Tripper of the Week. This is her awesome interview - https://www.tripping.com/blog/blog/2011/05/26/tripper-of-the-week-erin-parker/ on May 26
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Anis Salvesen
Anis Salvesen at 11:35pm June 01
I love that Tripping has so many cool members!
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Jen O'Neal
It's official - we're no longer working out of an apartment! We just moved into our first office in San Francisco and we're loving it. This is an exciting step for a young startup and we hope you'll swing by if you're ever in North Beach. on May 20
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Bambi Francisco Roizen
Bambi Francisco Roizen at 02:09pm May 20
congrats. You'll miss the old commute, I'm sure.
Jen O'Neal
Jen O'Neal at 04:05pm May 20
Ha! That's true Bambi - it's pretty hard to beat a 1-minute commute from bedroom to living room.
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Jen O'Neal
he loves ice cream, cultural exchange, physical fitness, writing and of course travel. Meet one of our favorite Buenos Aires Trippers, Rease Kirchner - https://www.tripping.com/blog/blog/2011/05/12/tripper-of-the-week-rease-kirchner/ on May 12
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Jen O'Neal
Jen O'Neal at 11:42am May 12
Oops - I meant to say SHE loves ice cream...
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Cindy Engstrom
Cindy Engstrom at 06:10pm May 04
Congratulations! Great piece (and wise strategy). Way to go Jen!
Jen O'Neal
Jen O'Neal at 06:25pm May 04
Thanks Cindy!
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Jen O'Neal
Two road-tripping Trippers stopped by HQ yesterday and nicely offered to make dinner for us! We took a picture of one of them as he made some delicious duck jalepeno poppers in our kitchen - http://on.fb.me/lI9LyW on April 28
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Jen O'Neal
"If you don’t know about Tripping.com, you should." -Travelated http://travelated.com/tripping-keeps-travelers-connected on April 22
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Jen O'Neal
Check your seatbacks! Tripping is in the latest issue of AmericanWay Magazine - http://www.americanwaymag.com/yale-1 on April 18
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Jen O'Neal
Our favorite part of the day is when the mail comes, since we often get postcards from Tripping members around the world. Check out some of our favorites - http://tripping.com/community#/community/remotecontent/postcardwall on April 10
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Jen O'Neal
Are you in San Francisco? We're having a Tripping event tonight @ HiDive Bar on Pier 28. Come mingle with fellow travelers and tech folks - we'd love for you to join us! https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138112702924620 on April 05
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Jen O'Neal
It's 1:30PM and we're just headed to bed. Gotta love all-night coding / QA sessions! on April 01
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Jen O'Neal
Quick reminder that we're going to be at Web 2.0 Expo tomorrow. Stop by our table and introduce yourself - we'd love to meet you! http://www.web2expo.com/webexsf2011 on March 28
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Jen O'Neal
We asked one of our Kiwi members to write a guest post about New Zealand. Katherine Kearsley, a Christchurch local, agreed to share a story about her trip to Wanaka - done in true Kiwi fashion... http://blog.tripping.com/blog4nz-skiing-in-cardona on March 23
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Jen O'Neal
Are you going to be at Web 2.0 Expo? We were selected to be a part of the Startup Showcase. Stop by our table and say hello - we'd love to meet you! http://www.web2expo.com/webexsf2011 on March 18
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