TravelMuse
Know you want to go somewhere and what you want to do, but not sure exactly where to go, and a destination that will fit your budget? A new website is hoping to inspire you.
TravelMuse is a family travel orientated website that offers many of the typical travel site goodies of destination guides, articles, theme travel tips, etc. but they also have a “Find Inspiration” feature that lets you input your vacation desires and it outputs a selection of trip ideas.
From the home page, it seemed much of what they do and recommend is US-based travel, so I wasn’t sure if inputting my European home base would work. It did. The finder asks for your home airport, how long you are willing to fly, the season you want to travel, length of trip, themes and activities you’d like to do, and the all important budget. I said I wanted a 4-day trip, with a 2-hour max flying time and a budget of 500 USD per person. My travel themes were historical vacations, arts and museums and ecotourism. My activities included parks & playgrounds; sightseeing; hiking and pubs and bars. The Inspirer offered me 4 trips – Dublin, Ireland; Oslo, Norway; Paris, France and Lausanne, Switzerland. None of them hit my budget of 500 USD per person (cheapest was Dublin at 595 USD) but all of them hit nearly all of my chosen themes and activities. On this page is also a date setter so you can choose your travel dates for more exact pricing.
In the suggestion chart they also have links to information on the cities they recommended, as well as a list of packages that include flight, hotel, taxes and fees. If they have properly inspired you, you can book a package straight away.
So this was kind of fun! Dublin has been on our list of places to go for a while; and while I don’t consider Norway or Switzerland budget destinations it’s fun to look at photos and read a bit more about them. Even if you aren’t in a position to actually go away, stop by TravelMuse and let them remotely inspire you for a while
Photo Credit: Vidiot@Flickr
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