After coming across these two posts today namely https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19567038 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19567129, which I found very interesting, it got me wondering :<p>Is anyone aware of any HN-like communities/feeds related to travel that aren't simply a collection of ads for hotels/venues/tours/events/transport? I"m hoping for some well-moderated and up-to-date community much like HN.
There used to be a popular usenet group for travel, which illustrated why you don’t see this these days.<p>The only people who hang out in such a place are “seasoned traveller” folk, who are primarily interested in signalling that they’re the travelliest traveler. So the interaction was always the same:<p>Newbie asks a simple question about Bangkok, somebody answers then four people jump in to battle over where in fact is the <i>true</i> best neighbourhood to stay in bkk.<p>Eventually the place just gets left to those four guys fighting over the title of Alpha Traveler. It’s not a pleasant place.
Interestingly, not really. I mean there's stackexchange and quora but its mostly people asking questions as they plan their itinerary. r/travel is basically r/travelpictures<p>TA Forums seem to get worse every year, so do their reviews. Top reviews for each destination are moving towards bookable tours and guides as more and more operators realise how important reviews are and start to try and semi game the system.<p>I'm working on something in this space that is taking a more data driven approach to travel, starting with destination discovery. Basically we're trying to solve the fact that there isn't a catalogue of travel destinations with basic info like weather, activities, safety, language.<p>Try searching google for 'safe travel destination with hiking and wineries that is warm in december' Google will serve up pages of Top 10 lists.<p>We developed a chatbot[1] to capture some early feedback with a simplified flow into a personalised set of results[2]. We're working on something more directly queryable.<p>Would be interested in your feedback if you have any.<p>[1] m.me/getcluey (sorry, facebook)
[2] getcluey.com
[3] <a href="https://www.getcluey.com/en/result/wK2fw48Wrh" rel="nofollow">https://www.getcluey.com/en/result/wK2fw48Wrh</a>
Big Hospitality covers the industry news much like HN covers startups but nothing exists that is user curated unless you count the various chan sites /trv/ like 4chan but then it's same problems as already discussed