Best Travel Website

Mashable is taking nominations for the best travel website for the Open Web Awards. As someone who thinks a good deal about travel and the internet, I felt obligated to participate in the process. But when it came time to submit my nomination I had to pause for a little bit.

Sure, just the other day I was pitching Kayak as the best site for finding flights, but I don’t think that necessarily makes it the best travel website.

After some long thought I nominated maps.google.com. Whenever I think about going anywhere – from lunch on a Tuesday to Morocco – the first site I open is Google Maps. It’s the stuff my travel dreams are made of. It helps me get the lay of the land long before I arrive, and lets me plot and scheme on routes like no other map could. So there you go, for the moment that’s what I consider the best travel website.