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IdRatherBeInVegas.com

We provide resources for people traveling to Las Vegas like hotels reviews, things to do, local deals, etc. We are a very social site with a strong community aspect and we want to position ourselves as THE Vegas destination guide. Our audience includes Vegas locals, people with upcoming trips to Vegas (plus people daydreaming about being in Vegas), and people that just came back from Vegas.

IdRatherBeInVegas.com (under construction)

SITES WE LIKE:
yelp.com (presentation of information)
Hipmunk.com (clean look and feel)
kayak.com (user interface),
and to a lesser degree tripadvisor.com

SITE WE DISLIKE:
Vegas.com - Vegas.com will be our biggest competitor and we really dislike the look and feel of their site. Everything is far too cluttered and the site just feels busy with no clear objective. We want to avoid overwhelming our users with information and rather present it logically for them to be able to access is easily as they need it.

Home Page

The Home Page will be the main entry point for the site and we want to cater to 3 distinct types of visitors: People who are planning a trip to Vegas (including people daydreaming about visiting), People who just came back from Vegas, and People who Live in Vegas. The elements will include (in random order):

• Facebook Connect used for login
• Area for Local Vegas Deals (Groupon Widget, Deal of the Day, etc)
• Section for What to do in Vegas (blog content)
• Where to stay in Vegas (basic search functionality: Hotel Name, area of Strip, star rating)
o Map of the strip and the hotels
• Twitter widget (about vegas)
• Facebook widget (facebook.com/idratherbeinvegas)
• Buy IdRatherBeInVegas Merchandise

Hotel Search Results Page

The Hotel Search Results page will display a map and listings of the hotel properties around the strip based on the criteria searched for on the home page. This is meant to be a list of the properties with basic detail encouraging users to click through to the full property detail page. Elements:

• Map of Hotel results
• List of hotels properties in Vegas with some basic detail (like Kayak, Yelp, or Trip Advisor search results)

Property Detail Page

The property detail page will allow users to get all the information that they desire about a hotel property. We will not be booking rooms for them, just presenting the user with as much relevant social information as possible...from social user reviews to user uploaded pictures (flikr slideshow). The elements include:

• Similar to a Yelp restaurant result or Kayak Hotel result (includes all relevant hotel info)
• Twitter Widget (property specific)
• Slideshow of User Photos of Property (Horizontal Scrolling Thumbnails)
• New Facebook Comment box for user reviews

Final Logo just uploaded!!