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Deadpool Date3/08

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Websitetripup.com
CategoryWeb
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Founded1/06

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[map] Los Angeles, USA
Los Angeles, CA
USA

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Sam Rogoway
CEO, Founder
Cameron Yuill
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TripAdvisor, Dopplr, WAYN, HereOrThere, SideStep, Farecast, TripnTale

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travel

TripUp entered The Deadpool March, 2008

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TripUp is an interactive travel community that connects people from all over the world through a social network with a travel twist. TripUp members can share their travel videos, blogs, journals and photos. They can also find current and candid information about their destinations from member-created travel reviews and Trip Forum, where you can ask a “trip guru” for insider advice about your destination, organize group trips with Tripvite, and explore all of the fun places their tripmates have discovered.

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Websitetripup.com
StageBeta
Launch DateJuly 11, 2007
Tags travel

TripUp is a travel-based social-networking site founded in 2006 by Sam Rogoway who is also the CEO. Travel search company SideStep acquired the site for an undisclosed sum in July 2007. SideStep CEO Rob Solomon sees the acquisition of TripUp as SideStep moving towards becoming a data intensive network; SideStep wants to become the leader in online travel related information. The integration of TripUp’s social and community features into SideStep.com is expected to create an even more powerful online travel experience for TripUp users and SideStep.com’s 6 million monthly visitors. Sites similar to TripUp include Farecast, TripHub and Yapta. TripUp distinguishes itself from other social-networking and travel sites by really focusing on making connections for people before and while they travel. From linking up with a local guide, to hooking up with a fellow traveler, to meeting up on a “trip date”, TripUp connects travelers before they depart so they never feel like a tourist while away. They have an interesting feature “Locate-a-Mate” that allows you to find people traveling to or living in a specific location. Also, the site has a “Compatibility Quiz” that allows TripUp to suggest the perfect tripmate.

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Above: TripUp Screenshot -- #1

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Comments

Lexi - June 12, 2008 at 5:17pm
riptouch.com is gone tooooooo!!! Well...try this one...it's been around for a decace a think: www.MisterContact.com
Cazare Brasov - May 9, 2008 at 3:01pm
The site was closed by the owner, as far as I know. It is strange that is stil getting trafic.
Bruce B - April 9, 2008 at 1:48pm
It is sad to see Tripup gone. They were my favorite travel social network, and merging it with kayak would have been even cooler. Since Tripup has been relegated to the deadpool, I've been using Travature (http://www.travature.com). Their social part is not nearly as slick as Tripup was, but I prefer the way Travature does guides and reviews, so its a bit of a tradeoff. Maybe one day they'll become what Kayak and Tripup should have been if they didn't shut it down.
chris - March 19, 2008 at 6:01pm
When Kayak bought SideStep, they shut down TripUp because it was not "core" to them. They did the same with the Facebook Trips application until they got sick of answering all the customer service emails from disgruntled Facebook users. They have since brought Trips back.
Gil - March 12, 2008 at 8:39am
It’s sad to see a website gone, or “deadpooled“- knowing the effort and energy it needs to build it. I say to Tripup users: Facebook is very popular indeed, but it’s not a travel tool. Try triptouch.com and you’ll find here most of the features you used to have in tripup. More here: http://blog.triptouch.com/
Adrian - February 27, 2008 at 6:04am
Do you have any idea why tripup.com was closed? If you try to access the website you will get this: "Tripup is gone, sorry. Maybe you can use Facebook instead, it's very popular." It was a nice social netword, I had an account there...
Rune Sandberg - February 22, 2008 at 5:15am
When trying to access their domain, I'm getting this weird error message: Tripup is gone, sorry. Maybe you can use Facebook instead, it's very popular.

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