Free Version of iPhone app Now Available
A Day’s Outing Iphone App Now Available For Free And Just In Time For Planned Holiday Travel
With a Shake of their iPhone, Holiday Travelers Can Instantly Discover Local Events, Adventures, and Fun Things-to-Do All Personalized to Their Liking
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, December 21, 2010 – A Day’s Outing, a location-based service for discovering local events and nearby destinations, today announced that its mobile iPhone app has become free for all users to enjoy. Now travelers anywhere in the nation can use A Day’s Outing via their website or mobile app to quickly and easily discover local things-to-do while on-the-go. No matter where families and friends are traveling over the holidays, A Day’s Outing will be there to help them discover fun things-to-do and great activities along the way. The newly released free version of A Day’s Outing’s iPhone app can be downloaded immediately here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-days-outing-the-most-exciting/id408723062?mt=8
Whether someone is looking for something exciting to do in their hometown or discover a fun adventure where they are visiting, A Day’s Outing takes the preferences of each user and presents them with a personalized list of activities and local events or day trips that they are interested in doing. Some of A Day’s Outing’s iPhone app key features include the ability to:
• Shake the smartphone for a random sampling of local event outings in nearby locations
• Customize each search based on the type of outing, date for travel and desired driving distance
• Search for outings based on one’s current location or a city and state that they plan to visit
• View the outings that match one’s personal preferences in a list or on a location-based map
• Retrieve detailed history information on the previous 10 outings viewed (in the event web access is lost in rural areas)
• Access turn-by-turn driving directions from the current geo-location to each outing
• Find a specific event by using the keyword search function
• Save your top “starting location” addresses for frequently visited cities
• Save your “Favorite” outings for quick and easy retrieval
Discover Local Events or Nearby Adventures While Traveling
AAA released its latest projections around this season’s holiday travel and expects 92.3 million Americans to travel 50 miles or more from their homes during the Christmas through New Year’s period. As a nationwide service, A Day’s Outing lets users search across multiple categories of interest, such as Antiques, Festivals, History and Unique Sports, simultaneously. It matches each person with only the types of events and destinations that meet their individual preferences and interests, unique location and preferred driving distance.
With A Day’s Outing, users can share their favorite outings with their friends and families on any popular social network. And A Day’s Outing does not limit its search results to just events and day trips for the large cities like other services do; instead, A Day’s Outing helps users discover events and outings within smaller towns and rural communities as well as large, metropolitan cities.
“We’re excited to now make A Day’s Outing’s mobile iPhone app free for everyone who wants to discover the best local things-to-do, no matter where they are in the country. With families and friends visiting over the holidays, it’s easy to discover new local places to visit and fun activities to do in communities both big and small,” said Elizabeth Muse, Co-founder of A Day’s Outing.
About A Day’s Outing
Based in Charlottesville, VA, A Day’s Outing is a location-based service for people to quickly discover the best local events and things-to-do anywhere in the country. A Day’s Outing’s website and iPhone app helps users find activities, events and destinations for day trips, weekend getaways or vacation side trips. Users are matched to outings based on their specific starting location, personal interests, preferred driving distance and date of travel. For more information about A Day’s Outing, please visit www.adaysouting.com.
Public Relations Contact:
Carmen Hughes
Ignite Public Relations
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carmen@ignitepr.com
