Kijubi.com is an outdoor activity booking engine that helps consumers discover, research and reserve fun outdoor activities for their vacations or weekend trips. Most travel websites sell you the essential parts to a vacation — how to get there and where to stay once you do. Many also offer destination travel guide information and attractions to visit once you get there — but Kijubi enters the travel Web space with a refreshing angle focused on selling outdoor activities. The Web site Kijubi (the phonetic pronunciation of “could you be”) has hundreds of outdoor activities worth leaving your hotel room for, whether you are drawn to extreme adventure or a cushy ride on a yacht. The activities are sorted by things to do on land, in the air or in the water. You can also search by such themes as family, romance, thrills and competition. Culture may be one of the weaker categories, but luxury more than makes up for it. If the price tags on some of the more extreme activities are suitable for a birthday splurge, know that gift certificates are available too.
Similar to other travel sites, Kijubi monetizes through commissions. Each time a user books a flight, activity, hotel etc., Kijubi takes a cut. Kijubi is also providing many activity vendors with the technology for e-commerce platforms, in which the startup is able to take a percentage of credit card processing fees. Right now, Kijubi covers California, Florida and Nevada. There are plans to complete Florida and add activities in New York, Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean in 2010.

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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 3:55 pm | by Kur-nia-one |