Wikitravel
January 28th, 2004A nice idea I saw on MetaFilter: Wikitravel. It does what it says on the tin, it’s a wiki for travel. So if you’ve been anywhere and want to share your top tips with other people then you can contribute - and since it’s a wiki, it’s free and up-to-date. It’s still quite young and relatively sparse (if I get round to it I’ll add some stuff on the Baltic Region), so there’s plenty to contribute.
It’s not a total replacement for the Lonely Planet books as it lacks the authority and accuracy that professionalism brings, but it looks a useful site for picking up information quickly and when looking for holiday ideas.
If you have no idea what a wiki is - basically a public collection of documents written & edited by a community - this description from the excellent Wikipedia provides further explanation.