HEy T-Punk, how about some history??

[Canadian Dude]

As I am pretty new here, could you give me a little back ground on this site.

Why you started it, How long ago, Is this a hobby or a full time gig for ya, ya know that kinda stuff.... :D

[travelpunk]

yeah, I´ve been contemplating that for over a year now! hahaha...I guess I´ll get around to it someday...hopefully soon!

[wong name]

so i take it your a programmer, or it seems that way---------either way nice job on the way it turned out.......i would have 2 say its easy 2 use-------u did this whole thing by your self???

[travelpunk]

nah...Struggling actor turning indie director

I just diddled around with Frontpage one day and millions of hours later, I haven´t stopped. I´m kind of a self taught type of guy. That´s why this site looks rather basic.
I picked up a book one day, Idiots Guide to Starting an Online Business, or something to that extent, and one of the thing it spoke about was making your pages load fast. Made sense. So, I modeled this after Yahoo at first and just wanted to load it with helpful links without tons of photos. But, there will be a section for photos, someday. Oh yes, someday ^_^

Are you a programmer, Wong? Any tips for the site?

[TUI]

So Im assuming that you built a template using frontpage, and I have to admit that I like the way it looks. If you havent noticed, Hostels.com recently changed its entire site, it looks nice, but we all know they lost a huge chunk of their visiters by doing this because now they just look like another travel site aimed to make money. This site has a look and feel that caters to the style of the independent budget traveler. Ive shipped many people here and see they are registering and the feedback I get is that TP.com is not trendy, thats why they like it.

[wong name]

i'm no programmer, sorry-----tips ....well just keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

[travelpunk]

Thanks for spreading the word, TUI! That goes for all of you have have done so too My original goal was to make everything one/two clicks away. To build content- which is why I´m constantly looking for more stores for the story section. And to build a big tight community- you guys :P
Hostels.com was bought out by hostelworld.com earlier this year. thats why the sites are similar looking now. Hey, if this site was making big bucks like they are, maybe I´d change it too Nah...I´ll try to always keep it on a more personal level.

Westsiiide B) !