Comments on: How I created a Gowalla Trip for my town

By: November 2010 – Conference Madness!

November 2010 – Conference Madness! — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:01:05 +0000

[...] with LBS (Location-Based Services) like Foursquare and Gowalla (here’s Sheila’s post on how to build a Gowalla Trip) but now Facebook has entered the fray with the November 3 beta launch of Facebook [...]

By: Why this tourism web page sucks | Deep Dish Creative

Why this tourism web page sucks | Deep Dish Creative — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:54:11 +0000

[...] location maps with online resources like a Google tour, Gowalla trip or another place your visitors might find [...]

By: Gowalla, wherefour(square) art thou? « Cygnet Updates

Gowalla, wherefour(square) art thou? « Cygnet Updates — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:51:54 +0000

[...] disappointing. I’m particularly interested in the trips feature after seeing the one Sheila Scarborough created for Round Rock, TX. On the website it looks promising as a new dimension to tourism, guess [...]

By: Sheila Scarborough

Sheila Scarborough — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:58:23 +0000

Hi Eric,

Thanks for your thoughts – I just heard from Gowalla on Twitter today that they plan to move towards opening up Trips to more viewers soon, which made me very happy. I want to share my Trips, but not my personal movements by friending anyone back so they can see my Trips.

By: Eric L.

Eric L. — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:53:11 +0000

I agree with you on the problem with the Trips for Gowalla. I was hoping I’d find something for Museum Mile in NYC, or a tour of places on the Gold Coast in CT (Greenwich-Bridgeport) however there was nothing there. When I went to make one for tourists to use I found I couldn’t share with anybody but my friends. If Gowalla wants to be a true travel and discovery app as opposed to Foursquare which seems to lean towards rewarding people for return visits they need to open up their trip making software. (I lean towards Gowalla)

By: Sheila Scarborough

Sheila Scarborough — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:54:39 +0000

Hi Lara,

Actually, I think that’s true. To see the branded trips, I think you just have to follow the creator, and sort of like a Facebook Page, creators don’t have to “friend” you back.

By: Sheila Scarborough

Sheila Scarborough — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:53:09 +0000

Thanks, @luannsaid

Years ago when I told a video gamer that I didn’t like games, she said “There’s a game for everyone. You just haven’t found yours yet.”

I’m surprised to discover that I may have found “my game” with Gowalla.

By: @luannsaid

@luannsaid — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:27:06 +0000

Hi, Sheila: Yea for this post! I just got back from visiting in-laws in Chicago where I experimented with FourSquare for the first time. It was a toss-up with Gowalla. I didn’t set it up right (couldn’t get it to connect to Twitter to save my life) and got absolutely no value out of it from the places I visited (both tourist AND neighborhood hangouts). Time suck. But I know I just wasn’t utilizing it correctly. Glad you took the time to have a much better experience with your geo-location experimentation.

By: Lara Dickson

Lara Dickson — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:41:15 +0000

Maybe a way around the friends-only trip mobile visibility is not a bad thing. Perhaps a Vis Center or CVB can create a variety of trips, then promote their Gowalla-ness via other channels like website, email, social, etc. Trippers would have to become ‘friends’ to gain access on their mobile devices.

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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:52:13 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Sheila Scarborough and Suzanne Cordeiro, Tourism Currents. Tourism Currents said: RT @SheilaS: How I created a Round Rock, TX @Gowalla Trip today – http://is.gd/dvf1y [...]