I founded Travellerspoint with my brother back in 2002. It's still ticking along and has grown to over 1 million members.
I've also helped build various other travel sites including I Know The Pilot, I Want That Flight and this lovely new incarnation of Travel Massive.
Aside from travelling, I'm also a keen gardener and love spending time outside in the weeds.
Japan
South America
Running Travellerspoint
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I'm using the Day One app for general purpose journalling, and have made it a pretty solid habit for at least 3 months now. Prior to using the app I was using pen and paper which is also very enjoyable. The main thing I like about using an app is that I... show more
Member Poll: Travel Journals 5 days ago
I don't know that what I considered in the early stages of my startup really is relevant any more. Google Maps didn't even exist then :) Our first mapping solution was a custom built Flash map. It did not show trip routes like our current maps do. I c... show more
Very excited to see these large players create a new high quality open source data set of geo data. Getting access to good places data is often a challenge when building travel products so having a well maintained and curated set like this come on the... show more
Overture Maps Releases New Open Map Dataset 9 months ago
There are 2 specific reasons for geofenced searches. 1. Basic geofencing for showing accommodation results on a map. As the map pans, search results are updated based on the bounds of the map. Possibly that generates too many requests, in which case t... show more
Duffel Stays 1 year ago