Comments on: Travel Planning 2.0

By: Kim Cofino

Kim Cofino — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:25:11 +0000

@Colin

Thanks for the tip! Sounds lik ea great place to spend a holiday!

By: Colin Becker

Colin Becker — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:59:38 +0000

My family traveled through Singapore and Malaysia in the April term break and one thing the kids wanted was a nice beach/resort, because they knew that most of the rest of the time we would be doing lots of walking and site-seeing.
After lots of exploring (before we left) we found Bintan Island in Indonesia.
For you, it would be one flight – Bangkok to Singapore and then a 50 minute ferry trip to the island. Although classed as Indonesia it uses Singapore currency and is very close to Singapore.
The beaches were great, and there were 5 resorts linked together, where you could walk between them and use the facilities. The resort we staryed at was called Mayang Sari Beach Resort and was part of the Nirwana Garden resorts.
Accommodation was reasonable (for the area), but probably dearer than Thailand?? food could be a little expensive, but with a range of cafes over the 5 resorts, you can eat cheaper at some of them.
Keep it in mind.

By: Kim Cofino

Kim Cofino — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:19:06 +0000

@Dear Librarian,

There’s nothing like a rainy beach! I found the Flickr search to be very informative so far – of course I haven’t actually seen this particular beach with my own two eyes yet, but I’ll be sure to share how the reality matched up to the vision. We’re heading down right after school ends in June, for about a week. Can’t wait!

@Paul C

Thanks! I think it’s a nice example of how anyone can leverage the power of web 2.0 too! I would never have thought of South Carolina in March! What’s the weather like?

@Julie,

I do my best to actually take the summer as a vacation since I end up working through so many of the other breaks (no real complaining here, I know how lucky I am to have the “scheduled holidays” of a teacher’s life). We definitely have to go to Australia soon! I’ll be coming to you for recommendations for sure!

@colingally,

I’m equally glad to hear there’s another obsessive person out there! Now I want to hear your flight strategies!

By: colingally

colingally — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:19:59 +0000

I’m just happy to know that there’s someone else out there as committed (and can I admit anal) about booking the perfect holiday!

I go through this every time we go on holiday. I visit the hotel websites, tripadvisor, travel forums, flickr, various holiday websites to see if there’s any deals going on.

Don’t get me started on what I do to get the flights that are ideal…!

By: Julie Lindsay

Julie Lindsay — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:12:12 +0000

Kim, I am so envious of you going to a beach for a holiday!! My family and I are dreaming of our next beach event….but sadly it will not happen until October….or more probably December. Bali is a favourite place of ours, but yes, I know…..the beaches are nothing compared to Thailand. But then again, I still think…hang on, I know, the BEST beaches in the world are in Australia, with South Africa a close second. I am talking about the FULL beach experience with sand, surf and sun.
Have just spent time online as well organising my US trip for NECC and beyond and then back in Australia before moving to China (you see, no time for beach!). Hotel in NYC, flights around the USA, car hire in Melbourne. It is all so easy these days! Trip Advisor is good, Hotels.com (good but they took the FULL amount for the hotel off my credit card already even though the online print claimed only a deposti would be taken). My favourite is bestflights.com…for all travel needs! Happy holidays!

By: Paul C

Paul C — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:26:25 +0000

You document well the diverse ways to find quality information over the Internet. This post is a great complement to a lesson at school about Web 2.0 information. Speaking of perfect beaches we go to Kiawah Island, South Carolina at March Break. It has a ten mile hard sandy beach that you can ride your bikes on. It is a gated community with gorgeous homes and golf courses. We pretend we are rich for a week. All the best.

By: Dear Librarian

Dear Librarian — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:43:01 +0000

Since Doug’s tempting you with lakes, I’ll throw out another one: Spirit Lake, Idaho! Nice and rainy all through June with glorious sun in July!

I’ve never thought of using Flikr with the traveling searches, but I will no pass this excellent strategy to my travel agent, Kevin Krembs:D

Have a blast at the beach! When do you go?

Ann

By: Kim Cofino

Kim Cofino — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:49:50 +0000

@terrystudent,

You are going to love Redang! If you’re flying in from KL, check out the Berjaya Air flights and hotel packages – couldn’t be more convenient!

@Doug,

So tempting….

@Mickprest,

Thanks!

By: mickprest

mickprest — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:29:01 +0000

I love a real-life story!!

By: Doug Johnson

Doug Johnson — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:54:10 +0000

Have you considered Lake Okoboji in northwest Iowa? Talk about your dream vacations! None of that salt water stinging your eyes.

Doug