HallStreet.com Adds Events for Powerful Map-Based Travel Planning

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- HallStreet.com, a powerful events-driven social travel planning site, today launched new map-based and events-driven features that let business travelers, tourists and day-trippers visually plan their stays around festivals, trade shows, weddings and other events both public and private in addition to hotels, restaurants, and other local services. To enable these new features, HallStreet has teamed with a variety of providers and features the sale and resale of 200,000 hotels, 500,000 tickets and 50,000 restaurants.

"Most travel planning is either done around an event or impacted by one, but up until now, you could only use digital maps and travel sites to plan around fixed points of interest that rarely change," said HallStreet Founder and CEO Alfredo Ouro. "With HallStreet, you can instantly see not just what's around you, but what's happening around you based on your intended location and dates of travel."

After establishing itself as the first global marketplace where people go to buy, sell and share their pre-paid hotel rooms, HallStreet has expanded to include everything from restaurants and local services to timely information that allows users to plan around an event whether they want to attend the event or not. Whether a group of music fans want to plan a weekend around a Lady Gaga concert or a tourist wants to avoid any sporting events that can tie up traffic and restaurant availability, HallStreet provides a full bird's eye view of what's happening when, in or around a particular area, so users can make the smartest travel decisions. Additionally, by allowing for the buying and selling of prepaid hotel rooms or tickets, HallStreet provides last-minute travelers with more flexible travel options.

HallStreet is also the first social travel site that lets users take part in the sharing economy and get paid for creating custom-generated maps that familiarize other travelers with everything an event's surrounding areas have to offer. With HallStreet's new map generation widget, users can create and share maps and events that display anything from favorite restaurants to the best places to picnic in a park. Every time someone clicks on a place or event listed on the user's map, or prints out the map in full, HallStreet will pay that map's creator. The tool is handy for anyone organizing an event or simply looking to share recommendations on where to eat, stay or experience a particular city or neighborhood.

With HallStreet, users can:

• Start their search and travel planning by city, event, or hotel and then purchase tickets, book a hotel room, make a restaurant reservation, plan their routes, and more;
• Get paid for creating maps that help event attendees navigate and enjoy the surrounding area;
• Connect with other travelers that are either familiar with the area or will be in the area at the same time for recommendations or meet-ups;
• Benefit from personalized offers from local businesses based on the dates and reason for being in the area;
• Buy, sell or share discounted hotel rooms;
• Add any event—big or small, public or private—to the HallStreet's listings;
• Post reviews and share their experiences with other users;
• Narrow their searches by budget, rating, amenities, distance, and more

"Whether you're a business traveler with ever-changing travel schedules or a college student looking to book a cheap last-minute get-away, HallStreet makes it easy by providing all the information you need with flexible options that let you book whenever you like," continued Ouro. "With HallStreet, you can plan trips on your own terms."

About HallStreet.com
HallStreet.com is an elegant, maps-based and events-driven social travel planning website that lets business travelers and tourists plan their trips around concerts, trade shows, weddings, hotels, restaurants and more while sharing their experiences with other travelers. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, HallStreet is also where people go to buy, sell and share their pre-paid hotel rooms. HallStreet makes travel planning more fun, affordable, fast, and flexible.

SOURCE HallStreet.com