Travel Names Taking Off?

Answers.travel Domain Name Sold for $3.3 million
Tuesday January 13, 2009, 6:00 am EST
Domain history has been made with the acquisition of the domain name Answers.travel for an extraordinary $3.3 million in cash. The sale puts Answers.travel in the top 10 most expensive domain names sold in internet history. According to sources within the company, the deal closed in the 3rd quarter of 2008.

This sale sets record history for the highest amount paid on the secondary market for a .travel domain name. Answers.travel claims to have a network of over 20,000 travel help desks, concierge services, tour guides, and travel information desks in every major and smaller travel destination across the world.

Questions get routed to travel specialists in the destination city/country and have the answer emailed directly to the user within 1 to 3 business days. This site is a dream for travel planning. Questions as simple as “Can I travel to Mexico from Canada with a Felony on my record” to “At what times can I see blue dolphins in the island of San Marquez”, anything at all travel related is answered by www.Answers.travel.

The site also offers comparison travel where you can search all of the major travel sites on one screen with a click. Answers.travel is one site to keep in your favorites list!

The .travel registry started in 2004 and has been growing rapidly ever since.  Potentially Travel & Tourism offices of all cities and states in the US and Ministries of Tourism in foreign countries will have their .travel domain names such as Greece.travel and LasVegas.travel registered and operational by 2011.