Well, a few days have passed since the launch of the Traxo travel score and the response to the new feature we’ve gotten here at Traxo has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic. We’ve been comparing a wide range of scores here at the Traxo office and the low score of at least one of our guys compared to the others has already motivated him to take a well deserved summer vacation. One thing we’ve noticed is there are primarily three main ways that people view the travel score.
The first and largest group, are those who wish to use the score to identify the experienced travelers in the online community.
This includes those who are seeking to offer travel goods and services or those who are counting on the service or advice of others when making travel plans. For example, the carry-on luggage recommendation of a Jetsetter level member, who averages seventy days on the road per year according to our metrics, would be held in much higher regard due to the fact that about a fifth of his or her time each year is spent living out of a suitcase. Along the same line of thinking, someone targeting sales of high end luggage would also love to have that same Jetsetter on board to vouch for the product through online promotion or just good old fashioned word of mouth.


Yes, indeed we have! When we started the Traxo community a few years ago, we had a vision for it to be a great place for managing your travel accounts, simplifying your plans, and sharing with a network of like-minded travelers. We knew at the time that many great travel communities already existed on the web, but that no place existed for travelers to share confirmed reports of where they’ve already been and where they’re going, through simple automated tools. Connecting smart and in-the-know travelers to a networked community of similar friends was one of the main goals we had in mind.