A Social Media Platform For Travelers by Travelers
A Better Way to Find Travel Destinations
TravelingSession.com isn't your typical travel website. On the surface, it's a travel-based social media platform. But look a little closer, and you'll realize this is something new. How do you decide where to go when it's time to take a trip? Where do you go to find ideas?
The Travel Industry Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About
Social media will fill your timeline with the hottest destination everyone is talking about. Search engines will give you a million “Top 10 Destinations” articles. But how many times have you booked a trip to the new hot spot everyone is talking about, and the experience is just meh? You did all of the activities people are raving about. You followed the influencers’ itineraries to a tee. Why didn’t you have a good time? The problem is that you tried to take someone else’s trip instead of planning a trip around what you want in a travel destination.
Innovating Travel Recommendations
Instead of generic travel recommendations and city guides, we created a system that helps you find destinations that match your travel style. The proprietary design signals a shift in the travel industry by giving travelers a more intimate way to find and share travel ideas. By providing a personalized touch to travel recommendations, we are on a path to a better travel experience for all travelers.
Our Vision
Create a platform that empowers more people to explore the world, foster a diverse and inclusive community of travelers, and ensures a better travel experience while striving to eliminate overtourism.
Why Focus on Overtourism?
Competition for resources can lead to inflation, which hurts tourists and destinations alike. Even destinations that rely heavily on tourism as a source of revenue have to find a balance. Although tourism brings in a lot of money, overtourism can have negative effects.
Prices go up, the locals get priced out, establishments cut costs, and service declines. Now, that bar owner from a few years ago isn’t quite as happy to see you because insurance has gone up to cover accidents involving tourists. The driver you had last time isn’t as chatty because the surge in tourism has driven up gas prices. This is just one of the impacts overtourism can have on a destination.
Features
Travel Reviews
Our AI-enabled travel reviews combine the ratings from travelers of different backgrounds to give our readers a unique score for each destination. Registered members can write their own review of featured destinations and collect points based on community response. Visitors can leave a star rating for featured destinations. 1 - 5 star rating system based on 5 rating criteria: Cities- Things to Do & See, Nightlife, Food, Costs, and Safety. Landmarks/Festivals- Uniqueness, Amenities, Accessibility, Availability, Costs.
Destination Scores
Travel recommendations work better when they come from someone with common interests. We bring together travelers of different backgrounds to provide reviews from many types of travelers. Readers find their tribe and get travel suggestions from people who travel like them.
Travel Profile
Search engines recommend destinations' by the search volume. Social media suggests locations by likes. Both of these methods funnel large numbers of travelers to a few places. We can reduce overtourism by recommending travel based on the travelers' needs and not what is popular.
Interactive Map
My Traveling Sessions interactive countries visited map is more than a count how many counties I've visited map. Use our interactive world travel map for counties visited, highlight favorite cities, & view global travel trends. Select favorite cities on the map by: Things to Do & See, Nightlife, Food, Costs, Safety, Bucket List Destinations. View global travel trends to inspire your next trip. Use the global trends to help decide your next trip.
Travel Tips
We use our vast travel knowledge to provide travel advice to help you stay safe, save some money, and have an overall better travel experience.
Travel Inspiration
Travel music videos featuring modern jazz artists such as Soul-Jazz Flutist Althea Rene, Gino Rosaria, the Joe Bowden Project, and more. Nature videos of relaxing scenes for when you just need a break. Travel photography and inspirational travel memes from around the globe.
Logo
Our logo represents our commitment to spreading knowledge of travel destinations and consists of 4 key elements.
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- The curvy road makes the S in Traveling Session
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- The curvy road meets the horizon to make the T in Traveling Session
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- The arc across the top forms a tree which stands for knowledge
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- Enclosed within a globe to represent the world
Past Logos
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- The Original
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- The Shield
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- The Knowledge Seeker
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- The Explorer
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- The Knowledge Seeker
Press Releases
Demographics
Media Packs
Founder & Owner
Tony Jefferson- Tony is the owner and founder of TravelingSession.com, an online travel review platform that strives to help you pick better travel destinations. He is a 21-year Air Force veteran who loves to travel around the world and has visited 30 countries. He used his IT background and love of travel to kick off his entrepreneurial journey.
Podcast
Chopping it Up With Lion Fludd
A conversation with, TER founder and host, Mariel Fry.
Business Stories of Sucess Podcast
A Chat with Micheal of The Caring Traveler
An Interview Gresh of CB Nation
Quotes & Features
Productivity Stack
“There was a lot of throwing things against the wall and seeing what stuck.”
Shoutout Miami
Meet Tony Jefferson | Founder & Owner of TravelingSession.com
Go Banking Rates
It Pays To Spend: These 6 Exclusive Perks Are Only Available to Big Spenders
Novel Excursion
Interview with Tony Jefferson of TravelSession.com
The Table Read
“Traveling is such a broad and unique experience. So, why do we write about it so generally?”
SF AppWorks
“Website redesigns are a lot of work, but they allow you to take advantage of ideas you didn’t think of or even know to think of during the initial build.”
Expert Security UK
