HostelWorld and Boo.com
July 19th, 2007 by Dan Roberts 
I guess I missed the boat on this one - being in little old New Zealand; but better than late than never to announce the awesome new website from Web Reservations International - the guys behind HostelWorld - Boo.com
Love ‘em or hate ‘em the guys have done an amazing job with this one! It’s an all singing, all dancing real Web 2.0 travel site with wicked reviews and ratings, hotel bookings, flight meta-search and community. You can create your own profile and then review all the places your have travelled, stayed etc.
There is not much more I can say about it - the site is simply awesome - it looks great (very Web 2.0) and from my initial play seems to work well. It loads very slow - and that has always been a criticism myself and many others have of HostelWorld - but it is worth the wait. What’s more it already has a raft of user generated content after only 8 weeks or so online.
Don’t know about the name though. For those of you who can’t remember Boo.com was the famous fashion website that managed to burn through 100 million pounds in 18 months during the 90’s Internet boom - somehow I don’t think Ray Nolan, Tom Kennedy and crew will be following that fate with this great site!
Tags: Boo.com, Hostel World, Industry, News
July 30th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Hi there,
Aisling from boo here! Thanks a million for your fantastic blog on boo, we really appreciate all the feedback!
Did you hear we have launched a competition on the site? All you have to do is add 5 (or more) reviews and you win a boo tshirt. If your reviews are really good, full of information, photos etc you are in with a chance of becoming a “boo guru” and winning an iPod and of course the adulation of fellow travellers! Check it out at http://www.boo.com/competition.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
[...] site. First there was Boo.com and now this (check out my post earlier this year on Boo.com here). The guys at World Reservations International have really stepped up the game once again. It [...]