Thursday, December 29, 2011

Hot journey trends for 2012

Personalized genealogy tours, Titanic centenary cruises, camping in British backyards and using Facebook to choose congenial seat-mates for long-haul flights are some of the hot travel trends tips for 2012.

International booking company Ticketmaster is already testing interactive seat maps for concert and sporting venues, linking them to Facebook and allow customers to check where friends are sitting.An app called Vocre can interpret what each speaker is saying, almost in real time and in nine languages.

There is already a popular app that translates Arabic. Airlines will begin rewarding common business flyers with electronic loyalty cards programmed to function as boarding passes that could be updated for each flight and used at routine check-in kiosks.

Not only can people visit the American Civil War or Crimean battlefields to see where their ancestors fought, they can also dress the part and join the exact regiments.

Expect lots of merchandise, as well as mini-cruises and flights over the area where the ship went down. Another emerging trend is customized tour planning, with website start-ups helping travelers develop individual itineraries by combing an eclectic mix of small-scale boutique tours and personal guides. You can visit this website for transportation facilities.