Smartphone Debuts New Multi-Media Travel Guides

Visual Travel Tours (VTT) has announced the launch of its website, www.VisualTravelTours.com. VTT is the first online source of professional multimedia tours purposely created for viewing via smart phones, cell phones, PDAs, mobile video players, and desk/laptops.

Every type of traveler will find an array of worldwide adventures using VTT at a fraction of the cost of a traditional tour. VTT is launching with compelling half-hour tours to global destinations, from San Diego to Reims, France, from Burning Man to Madrid’s Art Walk.

Imagine being in San Francisco or Patagonia with an hour of free time. Just turn to VTT for suggestions on what to see and a quick, guided tour. Selections can be made based on geography or personal interests such as music festivals, museums or wine tastings. New tours are planned for release each week.

In addition to walking and driving tours, VTT offers travelers instant access to web-based travel advice from local experts, and convenient links to travel related services, maps, weather, currency conversion, products and reservations. Tours are created by writers with experience in a region and are professionally produced by VTT. Each tour describes the “best of” a location using an array of images with commentary in video format.

Tour guides are encouraged to author their own tours for VTT for which they receive royalties. Consumers use a credit card to download tours from www.VisualTravelTours.com anywhere there is Internet access. Files are formatted for iPods, iPhones, PDAs, computers, and cell phones. VTT charges a one-time fee for each tour.