Partial to its symbiotic relationship to the evolutionary nature of online media, the face of travel is constantly changing and adapting to meet the needs of a growing digital audience. Where once the average traveler would need to discuss and organize plans through a local agent - conducted through face to face meetings - travelers of today have the tools of the internet readily available at their fingertips, ensuring that anyone in any corner of the world can organize a trip within minutes.
But with this digital travel revolution comes an abundance of websites claiming to provide the best travel advice and accommodation, to such an extent that audiences are inundated with information and agencies that claim no responsibility for traveler's insurance or safety. Indeed, ACME Blog and Travel is an investigation into these very concerns. Understanding that the nature of travel will only continue to evolve parallel to the internet revolution, our website will not only seek to explore the ways that travel has undoubtedly changed but will crucially examine key online sites that claim to aid travelers. ACME Blog and Travel’s main concern is to provide the internet user with detailed and researched information that can supply a traveler with crucial knowledge into the nature of these sites and what they offer.
Perhaps the biggest benefactor of travel’s new online nature is the phenomenon known as ‘Couch Surfing’. Couchsurfing.org is fast becoming a hit with young globetrotters who are looking to share experiences, cultures, and their couch. Since its conception six years ago, this social networking site which makes it possible to stay in a local’s home in just about any country in the world, has attracted over two million members. This free travel website has opened up a world of opportunity for ‘surfers’ and those wanting to travel cheaply, but how has this affected not only the billon dollar backpacking industry but the very nature of a travelers journey and their awareness of travel experiences?
The organizers of ‘Couch Surfing’ claim no responsibility for the experiences of their users – be that experience good or bad. Rather, this site is based upon member and user ratings of specific ‘Couch Surfing’ sites that the user must research by themselves and for themselves before them embark on their journey. This form of ratings has remained un-changed even though claims of rape, sexual abuse and poor quality of sites have been expressed. What ACME Blog and Travel is concerned with is the nature of this site, how it works and how it crucially does not work properly by providing their audience with all the information available. We hope to discuss and examine these issues with members and even organizers of the ‘Couch Surfing’ site that will allow us to investigate the nature of this online travel website.
It is content similar to this exploratory nature of the ‘Couch Surfing’ site that we hope to provide on ACME Blog and Travel. Information that investigates the authority and usefulness of any website claiming to aid you in travel needs must surely be beneficial to members of all ages. In fact, the wide range of generations that will use our website will to some extent determine the layout of our page. Understandable to those with both a broad and small knowledge of the world wide web itself, ACME Blog and Travel will use both simple yet innovative online tools to provide the user with the best possible information and virtual experience. Feature articles and updates into certain internet sites and their travel claims will provide the backdrop for our home page, while tabs will lead users to certain travel investigative pieces – such as ‘Couch Surfing’.
Finally, ACME Blog and Travel understands its own role in the formation and development of travel’s changing online nature. Examining a subject and agencies that allow for our very website even to exist, ACME Blog and Travel does not seek to add to this ever growing pool that will continue to change the face of travel but rather consider and investigate the very nature of online travel now and how current sites add to this experience.
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