Social Networking Meets Flying
This is perhaps the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.
There is a new social networking site called AirTroductions. You sign up, fill out a profile, and describe the type of person you would like to sit next to on a flight or to have dinner/drinks with post-flight. Then list your upcoming flights whenever you travel. If the site finds you a match can get your seats switched so you sit next to that person. It also tries to match you with potential dinner or drinking companions for post-flight fun.
I know when I was traveling all over the country last year, I got a little tired of being squished between two overweight snorers. I also got tired of eating alone in Airport restaurants. I got even more tired of drinking alone in Airport bars.
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Hitchsters is doing this on the street level in New York City Andrew…they let you sign up to share a cab to go to/from the airport in the NYC area (and soon in Boston and Brooklyn) with others that live in your area. Since cab fare cost upwards of $50 each way, it’s saving you money as well as adding a social networking twist.
-dc
DC - Thanks for the info. Have you had a chance to try out hitchsters yet?
PairUp is also new site specifically dedicated to business travelers and it lets you receive alerts when colleagues come to town on business.
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