Free Fieldtrip Finder

Hi Gals,

A computer-savvy friend of mine just started a free fieldtrip finder site. Looks awesome. Check it out:) Blessings, Gina

Hi!

I wanted to let you know about a brand-new free site focused on … FIELD TRIPS!  http://www.fieldtripfinder.com  As a homeschool mom I know how challenging it can be to find information and reviews about field trips in one place. My business partner, Angela, and I started this with an idea about 2 years ago. A lot has happened during that time, but we stuck the course and kept our vision in sight. We are so excited because we are ready to open our virtual door!  The site is a field trip finding search and online community. Indianapolis is our demo city with lots of information, reviews and events.I’m amazed at how many locations we’ve found in Indianapolis for field trips- I thought I knew all the spots! We’ve actually loaded over 24,000 locations all over the country, including Alaska and Hawaii. We’ll start adding to Canada and Europe soon. Armed with laptops, atlases and compasses we covered the entire country. However, we need our community users to help add information, events and reviews to those locations. Indy truly is the starting point with robust information for locations –  until the site takes off and site users start adding favorite spots and information to other parts of the country. 

We created this site for homeschoolers, parents, grandparents, youth group leaders (like scouts and church groups), and teachers. I hope you’ll take a look at the site and play around a little. It certainly isn’t perfect, but it’s time to launch. Look around; you may find your next great field trip. If you login, you’ll be able to add locations, submit reviews and earn badges. 

At this point we are trying to get the word out about this free service, so please pass this along to friends and family, school groups, coops – anyone that might like to find fun and unique field trips for kids. Since we are launching nationally, please feel free to send it out to friend and family in other parts of the country. We’ve tried to cover all the avenues … follow us on our blog and repin us on Pinterest, like us on Facebook and take a look around. I’d love for you to take a look around. Look for your favorite field trip location. If you don’t see it, add it in. Find a new place to take the kids over spring break or start planning your summer stay-cation spots. The goal is to have site users sign up and add in their favorite places to take kids for field trips. Working on Indianapolis with my partner, I have already found some great spots that I didn’t know about. The reviews that she has entered have been great. The reviews are my favorite part of the site – it’s where I get to see what other parents think about a location. You can’t get candid info like that from the location’s own website!

Thanks so much for trying out the site. I’d love to get feedback, so let me know what you think. Lynn To find a fun field trip and see what we’re up to, visit: http://www.fieldtripfinder.com