How Is Tripulu Doing? See The Numbers For Yourself

Every once in a while I’ll get someone asking me “Hey Jazz, how’s the website doing?” which I’ll usually reply with “well, it’s not making me any money lol” but it got me thinking. Maybe I should share some stats with my readers so they could not only get an answeView More

Online Travel Wars - Who's Next?

I was watching Terminator 2 and surfing the web the other night when I came across an article titled something along the lines of Ex-Googlers launch Mobile Travel Guide To Kill Lonely Planet etc.. I went to bed that evening thinking about the online travel industry and the terView More

Why Do Online Travel Guides Suck?

The short answer is money. No one has figured out how to profit from creating a good online travel guide. Now for the long answer...

Traditional travel guides like Lonely Planet, Frommers, Fodors, have revenue coming in from guide book sales but are struggling to figure out hoView More

Try the new Tripulu IPhone app

MONTREAL - Well here it is, after many delays we finally released version 1.0 of the Tripulu travel guide IPhone app. Simply click here to download our app from Apples ITunes store:

Free Tripulu IPhone app [http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/tripulu/id451776616?mt=8][1]

Our fView More

Tripulu HD - Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

PLAYA DEL CARMEN - Well it’s been nearly two weeks since we launched our travel show pilot (Tripulu HD - Playa Del Carmen, Mexico) and so far so good. With over 3,000 views and $0 spent on marketing I’d say we’ve done ok. The feedback that I’ve received and read online haView More

Necker Island BVI

NECKER ISLAND - It was 5 in the morning, my brother and I were rocking out to Bruce Sprinstein in the giant hot tub with a few beers in hand. As we did our air guitar leg kicks with our mullets flapping in the wind it all hit me.... Joe and I were on Necker Island, one of the worView More

Zurito, Playa Del Carmen

PLAYA DEL CARMEN -Two weeks ago I was just having one of those days (yes Jazz does have bad days) so I decided to head out of the house and explore. I’ll often come back from these missions refreshed, realizing that things are never as bad as they seem. On this particular FridaView More

La Sirena, Playa Del Carmen

PLAYA DEL CARMEN - I’m back in Playa Del Carmen dodging another cold Canadian winter, loving every minute of it (great way to recover from knee surgery!). Like any travel writer, I’ve been hitting the streets seeing what’s changed here, gathering feedback on the new places.View More

Dear Yahoo, you’re sexier than you think.

MONTREAL - Most nights I’ll dream about winning the lottery, traveling the world, threesomes and on occasion, I’ll dream about becoming the CEO of Yahoo. Yes I know it sounds a little weird but you see I do this because everyone makes fun of Yahoo. Yahoo is like one of thoseView More

Spa Scandinave Montreal

MONTREAL - After being stuck inside the house healing from knee surgery and being cold all the time I decided, screw this, I need a hot tub day. Maybe you need one too? I mean shopping for presents, having to dig your car out of 5 feet of snow and the 4 hours of daylight we’re View More