MiniTime is not just any vacation review site."Think of it as a family-focused TripAdvisor," said Better Homes & Gardens magazine recently. MiniTime was created for parents, by parents—so it’s 100 percent focused on family getaways. When you search for places to go and things to do, MiniTime provides kid-friendly travel recommendations from parents whose kids are the same ages as yours.
One of MiniTime’s coolest features is its new Trip Planner tool, which helps you create a calendar-based itinerary for your family getaway. Trip Planner lets you:
• Drag ‘n drop. Find a kid-friendly hotel or attraction – recommended for your family based on the ages of your kids -- and simply drag and drop it into your calendar.
• See what’s nearby. Restaurants, hotels, and other activities are mapped with the exact distance away from your starting location and with driving directions
• Find helpful tips. Pop ups appear with helpful information about opening hours, parking, tickets, and more.
• Plan with friends. Integration with Facebook, Google and Yahoo allows you to preload your contacts to begin group planning. Multiple users can share, edit and view trip plans, making it easier than ever to create itineraries for reunions and group get-togethers.
• Keep a journal. Collect all of your photos, comments and destinations to be saved as a collection of memories. The feature allows users to create day-by-day entries, which can be filled with destinations, tagged photos and comments.
Inspired by another MiniTimer’s Trip Plan? Save it as your own and then customize for the perfect vacation for your family!
There’s always a great giveaway going on at MiniTime. For example, right now you can enter to win $200 for your next family getaway with the Pin it to Win a MiniTime Dream Vacation contest.