New Website Makes Holiday-Planning a Cinch

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Jan 11, 2012, 06:00 ET

SAN DIEGO, Jan, 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Left your calendar at home and need to look up an upcoming holiday? Day-Finder.com, a website dedicated to holidays and important dates such as Daylight Savings 2012 and Ramadan 2012, includes dates and other information for nearly all upcoming religious and national holidays.

Day-Finder.com was founded in 2011 by Evan Mendelsohn. "After I kept forgetting Mother's Day, I decided to make a website that would help myself and others remember and plan around important holidays and events," Mendelsohn stated. "In a digital era where paper calendars are obsolete, Day-Finder.com caters to an impulse-driven society that requires quick access to information," he added.

The seemingly simple information provided by Day-Finder.com has proven to be valuable to the thousands of internet-users that visit it daily. For example, the website tells us that Father's Day 2012 is observed on Sunday, June 17 and Mother's Day 2012 is observed on Sunday, May 13.

The website's traffic is heavily fueled by a generation of internet-users that are increasingly looking up information on their work-computers and smart-phones. Instead of looking in a calendar to determine when Daylight Savings is, people are more likely to type "Daylight Savings 2012" into Google. Mendelsohn tells us that the website is growing each month and will eventually include other useful features like email-reminders and printable calendars.

The site is also a useful trip-planning tool. Heavily-observed holidays like Ramadan 2012, which will begin on Saturday, July 21 and will continue for 30 days until Sunday, August 19, can put a wrench in travel and hotel accommodations. Many popular Muslim countries, such as Indonesia, will shut down during Ramadan and a poorly-timed vacation could lead to a lot of disappointment and wasted money.

The website also includes information about important events such as Earth Day and the Mayan's predicted apocalypse, which is scheduled to occur on December 21, 2012. Day-Finder.com also includes details on the significance of various holidays like Veterans Day and Memorial Day, which are typically observed without being adequately appreciated.

One thing is evident. As people are becoming increasingly tied to their computers and smart-phones, information-based sites like Day-Finder.com are proving their value.

SOURCE Day-Finder.com