We recently launched daytripfinder.co.uk to help tourists, travellers and daytrippers find things to do for great days out across the UK.

While there are other websites that cover similar content we felt that those which focus on the visitor attraction sector don’t provide a good user experience. Out of date listings, hard to navigate content and irrelevant advertising were some of the faults we wanted to ensure that daytripfinder.co.uk avoids.

You can find out more about the site and background or take the tour. We’re starting with the South East and have added over 600 attractions and plan to roll out other regions soon. Focusing on one region will allow us to act quickly on feedback.

Reviews will be an important part of the site. Here is an example of a listing for De Le Warr Pavilion in Bexhill.

We have a dedicated special offers page that we plan to develop and source offers from the attractions.

Attractions are able to manage their listing for free. They simply need to register and then claim their listing. So far over 50 attractions are updating their listing. As well as providing a way for attractions to reach new customers this will help keep the attraction information up-to-date and accurate for visitors.

There is lots to do but we’re really excited about the site. I’ll write another post going through the site in a little more detail. One recent update we have recently launched are listing pages for each borough. For example, things to do in Sevenoaks.

Finally, we’d like to introduce Snuffles, our site mascot who will mooch around the pages. He’s a reliable hound with a refined nose, able to sniff out a great day trip. Please send us on any feedback!

We’ve launched a blog for Mahindra Homestays, offering high quality Indian Homestays.

The blog is all about celebrating and discovering India – encouraging travellers to experience something different.

Let us know what you think – we’d love the feedback.

Highlights include:

• Series of Things To Do articles. Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Wayanad, Cochin, Kewzing and Udaipur.
• Monthly photo competition
• Video tours of the Homestays
• Special offers
• Previews of the latest homestays

Along with the design and development we’re also helping with content creation and blog promotion.

Clearly not writing on our blog!

Apologies for that – we’ve been extremely busy and concentrating our energy on a flurry of recent client projects.  This includes a site to promote Eilat in Israel. Visit www.Explore-Eilat.com – see screenshot below.

We’ve also started the process of developing a new Dot Tourism site – it’s in the wireframe stage but will tighten up the integration of our blog with main site.

We’ve just launched CountryBrands.org which aims to be the definitive resource for logo identities.

It’s a little project we’ve wanted to do for a while and found the time in recent weeks.

We’ll build the database up over the coming month and each logo entry will include a downloadable file – we’ll try and find the best quality in each case.

We’re keen for feedback so please let us know what you think.

[UPDATE] Alex Bainbridge has posted a short review about CountryBrands.org on his blog