Tripwolf is a social travel guide and trip planner that allows users to get a feel for how a destination will feel, look and sound, and adds a social recommendations layer on top.
The site offers advice and recommendations by locals and experienced travelers, and users get highly personalized travel recommendations from friends, peers and like-minded travelers. Users can create new locations, upload and edit content, then share their favorite places from around the world with friends.
The Austrian based startup has backing from European startup incubator i5invest and is currently in closed beta testing, with a planed June launch date. The final version will also include support for booking travel arrangements, and an iPhone version is also on is also planned.
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