New (Free) Way to Personalized Your Local Travel Guide

Sept. 1, 2008 - PRLog -- Geogad, Inc. today introduced a new feature on the Geogad web site that lets travelers mix and match the Geogad tour stops to build their own tours personalized to their interests. These free customized virtual guides are made of localized content and historical stories in audio and video format.  By giving travelers the web based tools to build their own tours from both the professional and user generated localize travel content on the Geogad site, travelers can leverage their own mobile devices to optimize their sightseeing based on what they want to see.
   Geogad's free virtual tour guides make touring easy for busy, independent travelers. All of Geogad's virtual guides can be streamed over the Internet for free from the Geogad website at http://www.geogad.com. For travelers on the go, the virtual tours can be downloaded to a traveler's favorite mobile media player and taken whenever they have time during their day. These tours provide the same detailed local history and tour information that are provided by an expensive, personal guide.
   Building a customized tour is easy for travelers. To create your own customized tour, just sign in and click on the Create Tour header option. You will be presented with  two maps, one showing the available tour stops and the other showing tour stops that you have dropped and dragged onto your own tour map. After you have picked the tour stops and arranged them into your preferred route, you can save your new custom tour. It is instantly available to you and to other Geogad travelers at http://www.geogad.com/geogad/customtours.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Geogad Mobile Tours that include sponsored advertisements are available now for free at the Geogad website. The professionally created Geogad Mobile Tours are also available without advertisements at a U.S. list price of $6.99. The tours can be downloaded and purchased directly from the Geogad website at http://www.geogad.com.

ABOUT GEOGAD

Geogad, Inc. is a private company based in Santa Clara in California's Silicon Valley. Geogad helps travelers explore the world by making digital tours that are fun and easy to use. News and information about Geogad are available at http://www.geogad.com.

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Geogad helps travelers explore the world by making digital tours that are fun and easy to use and can be taken with the mobile devices that they already carry with them. Geogad is changing the way that people travel.