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Steve Testone of SnapPages.com gives advice for people who want to share their experiences on the road with family and friends via a travel website.

Written by Steve Testone

Start the Website Before You Leave

This will allow you to update friends, family and colleagues on your adventures along the way and keep you from forgetting some of the great highlights of your trip. Think of your website as a travel journal and be sure to let those that will want to follow your travels know about your new website.

Choose a Website Tool That is Easy to Update and Maintain

Choose easily updateable and very accessible. You want to spend more time enjoying and less time “working”. Not to mention, if you aren’t carrying your computer, you might be paying for internet service in a café perhaps. SnapPages is a great solution for those that want to create and update a site quickly and easily from any computer that has an internet connection. This makes it ideal for the traveler.

Keep a Blog on Your Site

Blogs are a great way to document your travels day by day or more or less as often as you choose. You can often embed video, pictures, and, of course, text. These entries can also be categorized so people can search for topics they are particularly interested in – i.e. travel sites, people visited, dates, etc. In your blog, also note tips for other travelers that visit – i.e. do eat here, if you take this sub make sure to…

Take and Add Lots of Photos

Photos capture and share what you see and are a way of bringing along a person on the trip that couldn’t come. A good website tool will allow you to interact with your photos in Facebook and Twitter (so you can easily share pictures between applications). I like to create albums based upon dates and/or locations or sites. I then display them in slideshows and galleries on my site, and post as images on pages with related content. Be sure to include a title of each photo if you have time. This is a great time and cost saver not to mention inbox saver for you and your friends and family. Imagine not having to email a million photos, not running to the local print center except for the truly greatest shots, and not filling up your friend’s inbox with a massive graphics file. I know it’s saved me some family griping. The embedded SnapPages Photo tools, which are easily added into to your site, include all of this functionality, including editing and adding effects.

Include a Calendar

Prior to leaving, update your calendar with where you are going and when. This will allow people to anticipate your next stop and perhaps add interaction such as do not miss sites, places to eat and souvenirs to load up on. I have also seen people post savings ideas. When you update your calendar, update your blog. Or if you want feedback on a location, request it in your blog.

Home Page News or Blog Section

This is a great way for people to quickly see your latest updates if they are following your trip progress.

Embed Your Twitter Feed

If you are a regular tweeter, include a section where any tweets you post are automatically seen. On your SnapPages website, this feed is automatically updated every time you “tweet”. This is a great option for those who want to send a quick fun update, say from the top of the Empire State Building.

When You Update Your Website, Let People Know on Facebook and Twitter

If you use these types of accounts, let people know you updated your site. I recommend not providing the address en masse unless you are doing this for a business or magazine or blog related purpose. Provide a note saying you just updated your travel website. Prior to departure, email the people you wish to share the site with and let them know of your website and its address.

Finally, upon your return add any details and photos you missed along the way and share your completed website with everyone! They will find it interesting, and many will find it useful in planning their own fun vacations. Viva La Vacation!

Article provided by SnapPages.com

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