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Real Travel
http://realtravel.com/Last activity: 04.11.2010
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Overview
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2005
Mentions in press and media 10
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| May 6, 2008 | Travel startup UpTake set to launch opinions super-site | With so many online travel sites crowding the market, you’d think we were nearing a Web 2.0 travel bubble. But according to travel information search engine UpTake, which is launching May 14, there’s still an untapped niche in the market: a... |
| Jan 16, 2008 | WAYN said to be close to sale. The price? $200m. The buyer? AOL | Social travel site WAYN is allegedly in talks with AOL over a possible $200m sale to the consumer portal giant. A spokesperson for the UK startup denied that any sale talks are taking place. However, I have tonight spoken to three well-plac... |
| Sep 4, 2007 | Dopplr, a trip-sharing site for the jet set | Dopplr, a Helsinki, Finland company that lets frequent travelers share their trips with friends and so that they make notes on each other’s itineraries, has raised an undisclosed amount of financing from individual investors. Sharing travel... |
| Jul 18, 2007 | Tripology, for your far-out vacations | If you want to take an off-beat vacation and have no idea where to turn, consider Tripology. The company, which connects you to travel agents who know the less traveled roads throughout the world, has just raised $1.25 million in its first ... |
| Feb 6, 2007 | SideStep raises $15M to do battle in online travel search | SideStep, the travel search engine, has raised $15 million in a third round of funding to help it stay competitive and to venture into other areas. The travel industry is packed. Other players offer search. But they also make money from sel... |
| Nov 28, 2006 | Travel site WAYN.com raises $11M for travel social networking site | WAYN.com, a London-based social networking travel web site, has raised $11m (£5.7m). It lets users enter details of where they are and where they have traveled in the past, and how they can share information about say, the best bars in New... |
| Oct 13, 2006 | RealTravel Trip Planner: Cut, Paste & Share Travel Tips | RealTravel has come a long way since we first mentioned them in our Web 2.0 conference roundup last October. They now have very deep travel content – mostly written by users, and some from a recent partnership with Frommer’s. The site has a... |
| Oct 19, 2005 | Update: TechCrunch Party This Friday | We are proud to annouce the sponsors of the third TechCrunch party this weekend. Thank You: Edgeio, Flock, Goowy, Loomia, Pandora, Real Travel, Shasta Ventures, Simply Hired, Wink, Zazzle. If you plan on attending, please sign up on the Wik... |
| Oct 5, 2005 | The Companies of Web 2.0, Part 1 | The Web 2.0 conference kicked off today with a number of great workshops. The highlights for us were the Attention Trust board meeting (posts below) and, of course, the Launchpad workshop where a dozen companies presented in an hour and a h... |
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FAQ about Real Travel
When was Real Travel founded?
Real Travel was founded in 2005.
What has the press written about Real Travel?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Real Travel, among them “Travel startup UpTake set to launch opinions super-site” (May 6, 2008) and “WAYN said to be close to sale. The price? $200m. The buyer? AOL” (Jan 16, 2008).
Is Real Travel still active?
Real Travel is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 4, 2010.