Start-up Company TravelBlag Aims to Redefine the Travel Market

(PRWEB) October 27, 2005

A group of entrepreneurs is set to take the New Zealand backpacker market by storm with their unique Internet-based travel company, ‘TravelBlag.’

TravelBlag.com is unique; backpackers can find all the information relevant to them- the local products and services they use and the places they can visit. This information is continuously kept up to date by its members who rate and review these services and have access to value-added promotions, including large discounts as incentives for doing so.

Chief Blagger, Pete says, “As a seasoned backpacker I know that I’m onto something. The site is unique because backpackers, our service providers and the environment all stand to benefit.”

British born Pete has certainly inspired his friends– seven of them have quit their day jobs and flown across the world to help him out. “TravelBlag will be a global phenomenon in the very near future,” says Pete– and his friends know he means it.

A quarter of a million backpackers visited NZ in 2004 and the Internet is the fastest growing medium of communication among that group. The TravelBlag team are convinced they have the product that will revolutionize the way information is shared amongst the backpacking community.

To mark the launch of TravelBlag.com the ‘blaggers,’ as the TravelBlag team are known, are staging a huge official pre-launch party where they are based in New Zealand.

Over 200 backpackers will attend and all the major backpacker service providers are showing their support for the industry’s newest players by providing big prizes and sponsorship on the night.

As a warm up for the night’s events backpackers will be invited to take part in a huge clean-up ‘treasure hunt.’ Cleaning up the city sets the tone for the TraveBlag’s ethos.

“I’ve seen some of the most beautiful places in the world spoiled by people that don’t care about the environment they travel in,” says twenty-four year old environmentally minded entrepreneur Pete Mols. “We hope we can contribute to changing that.”

For further information contact Chief Blagger, Pete Mols on 021740600

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