160 invitations left !! That was fast..! Thanks for the Invite !

Thanks for the invite Mike. There’s only 99 left.

Appreciate it a lot.

There’s nothing innovative about the site. It is merely a copycat of a dozen other sites in this space. The maps are poor and the site is slow to navigate.

There are better sites in this sector. Thanks for the waste of time.

Tim

Yeah, not feeling it. There is nothing original here. They say they have experts but none are available for almost every city. Pretty weak..

“1 invite left.” Got it.

It said 2 left when I hit the page and then after I gave them my email address it said -2, that’s like bait and switch! Freaking stupid article I finished reading before coming here too. Damn! I keep missing all the betas lately. Oh well, finally got my app engine tonight and that will keep me learning.

-2 invitations left ? :O ?

already grabbed mine. thanks TC and Duncan

They’ve got the mascot and I can see it in the Super Bowl ad as I type, but with a name like that their persona should really be more psychedelic.

There’s little more frustrating than seeing copycats entering a space with absolutely nothing innovative in the shed. Other than perhaps seeing them elevated to the homepages of respected blogs such as TechCrunch.

A message to TripWolf: If you’re going to join the barrage of copycats in the space, take the time to add something new. Use your venture funding to create something worthy of this post.

Failing that, sign up to the sites who were around 3 years ago.

http://www.mylifeoftravel.com
http://www.travelpod.com
http://www.realtravel.com

Duncan, please don’t put another one in my inbox unless it warrants it.

Calan
CEO, MyLifeofTravel.com

i just sign-up for invitation..thanks

Nat
http://www.workersinc.com

their logo seems a little bit too “inspired” by the firefox logo.

hi

Calan
what there is nothing worse than seeing is CEO’s from competitors in the space bagging a new startup with tripe like this. Trust me when I say your comment reflects far more on you than it does on Tripwolf.

That logo looks like a taleoff of the Mozilla Firefox.

Calan,
I understand your frustration, but what I can say is this is not a fair world. you are not alone. but what can u do about it?

Duncan,
u need to understand there are a lot other startups that deserve mentioning sometimes, if TC could make that process to evaluate worthly startups, that would be great.

I pressed the “send” button without entering name and e-mail, and it told me “invitation request has been sent and you will receive a response shortly!” with i in invitation not capitalized. Hopefully, they’ll start fixing things from here…

Is it just me or is that logo very similar to goatse? (Not going to provide a link - if you know it you will understand why…)

Duncan, can we get more invites here?

This is nothing but a clone of a bunch of other travel recommendation and advice sites. There are more than just a few of these sites around — they’re proliferating like mosquitoes around a lake.

And it’s not like they can tweak these sites in this or that way to make them stand out from the pack. They all do essentially the same things with the same information.

With so many of these little travel sites doing the same things, how will any of them create a big enough audience to monetize anything?

It doesn’t look too hopeful for any of them.

@Duncan Riley

- “there is nothing worse than seeing is CEO’s from competitors in the space bagging a new startup”

As a long-term reader of TechCrunch I, along with the bulk of commenter’s on this post, follow innovation in the industry, giving up the early hours to read about something new, something different, and something that inspires thought. I could hide behind a pseudonym or I can stand up and give my opinion, I choose the latter, and I’ve earned the right.

- “your comment reflects far more on you than it does on Tripwolf”

You offer no intellectual argument or rebuttal to my comment and your belittling of a dedicated reader’s opinion who has done nothing more than ask for innovation, does little to promote what this blog aims to achieve. A reader has the balls to stand up and ask for innovation and all you come back with is to call it ‘tripe’. What does that say about you?

@SD

- “this is not a fair world. you are not alone. but what can u do about it?”

The world will never be fair, but you can stand up and be counted. And as you can see from the comments in this post, the writer does not have the only opinion on the subject. I think it’s fair to say that the majority don’t think it warrants the post.

@Duncan

Listen to what your readers are saying and come back with a thought, they’ll respect you more for it.

Kind regards,
Calan

http://www.Mylifeoftravel.com

There is nothing new about this site. Congrats to Calan for saying what many think. Cover the innovators and leave the copies. Nobody wants to see a site given mileage simply because their VC firm has the biggest voice. Nothing wrong with opinion and why shouldn’t it come from those who were there first.

Damn you guys snatched those up like it was free porn.

@Calan You should never comment on a post about your competitors. Let your website speak for itself.

Every new travel site jumps into the market with blinders on and thinks it’s all that and a bag of cookies. They all think they are the killer app of travel… And they all may as well be smoking the crack pipe.

In reality all these little travel sites are offering innumerable variations on the same thing. Same exact travel info and content, sliced and diced 1001 different ways… Same recommendation engines, same advice, same social networking with other travers, same travel tips, maps, photo sharing, logs, diaries, etc.

Try travelmuse.com and myplacemat.com for even more lame variations on this tired, stale, done-to-death motif.

Even the names they’re using borfer on the ridiculous and meaningless these days…

Tripwolf? How likely is this to stand out or catch on as a brand amidst 100 clones?

What is new about any of these sites? Nothing. It’s the same sh*t with a different logo attached.

@24 - What is this Nazi Germany? I am glad he said something. Nothing worse than seeing a leader of a company take it ___. However tacky or desperate it sounded, he’s passionate.

I have not seen the site yet, it said there were 2 invites left, so I gave them my email address, yay Bait and switch, and didn’t get in. BUT with that said, here in America Chris W, there is something called freedom of speech. I am glad he posted something and didn’t let his website speak for itself, cause I would of never of known about his website, now I do. What I do hear, and what speaks for itself is a man who is passionate about his business.

Calan, nice posts, but here in America there is something called capitalism. Now stFudgeU and go kick some ass you bald lil lesbian.

Tourism has a high CPM.. guess these guys are in the right track.

hey, thanks for all the interest in tripwolf! As one of the tripwolf founders, I obviously don’t share some of the opinions expressed here. tripwolf does stand out from the admittedly big travel crowd in some key areas. We will announce some great features and partnerships soon that will make this very clear. Just watch this space.

Sebastian!! 2 more invites it said!! You got my email, I got nuttin.

Nice marketing move!

Come on! Please don’t spam me. lol

/rubs Calan’s head for luck

Mashable also have 200 invites on their post about tripwolf. These are being smart in the way they’re doing this. I agree with alot of the other posts. it doesn’t look lke it brings anything new to the table. The design is very nice though.

If anyone still wants an invite there’s 150 left here:

http://www.tripwolf.com/invite/travolutionblogspot

I didn’t sign up because Dopplr is far superior to any other possible service.

planted I thought of my that by themselves