This Thing, unlike the last, is a good one. I mean how could you go wrong: it's based on the whole idea of interactive travel. What could be better than a bunch of sites that give you ideas for travel, help plan your trip, provide booking for planes, trains and automobiles AND allow folks to tell you about their own journeys.
Here's a few I took a look at:
Notes from the Road - This blog is one of most striking visually that I've seen. You can choose a region, then check out way-cool images as well as blogs about places there.
Trip Advisor - This site's been around for a while, and you can do a lot with it. But, as I especially enjoy exploring new cities, I find Trip Advisor's "Things to do" tab an excellent tool for suggesting itineraries. You can limit to topics like "history and culture" and get a nice list even further broken down, like "education sites and libraries." Warning--the site is pretty slow.
Vcarious - This site is based on a great concept: you can read about trips people take, then post photos and journals of your own. I didn't sign up to use it, but the site seems to run well and has tons of useful content besides images and text, like maps and ratings.
Wines and Times - Another useful site. You can plan a wine tour (just about anywhere, apparently), using Google maps to pinpoint locations. In some cases, you get just a sick amount of hits, such as Healdsburg, California's 400+. And each hit links to the winery's website. Cool, if the place has a decent site. Not so great if they haven't built one, or the one they have sucks. Still, it's a step beyond the print version of a wine guide. Real cool aspect: there's a pulldown in the corner that brings up each winery in a region and locates it on the map. Pretty sweet!
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