Tripwolf has launched in a public beta format. What is Tripwolf? It’s a social travel guide that allows users to get together and create trips, while offering features that make investigating possible destinations a breeze.

It is also possible to use a drag and drop feature with the places of interest on the site to create printable pdf files that function as your own travel guides. A nice idea, but I am as of yet unconvinced of its success.

An attitude that is arguably applicable to the entire site. Although comprehensive in many ways, pulling in data from Flickr, YouTube and Wikipedia among others, it feels a little surplus to requirements. This is probably a harsh assessment, especially since they have a groovy logo and name, and incidentally, are backed ($1.2 million) by MairDumont the travel guide publisher, an announcement made in conjunction with the launch. It’s as with most things, a case of time and in Tripwolf's case specifically, how ‘hungry for travel’ the social media savvy are.