Journals

Welcome to the Guide! Thinking about taking a trip?   Want to find some honest opinions about the places you want to go?   Or just curious about other parts of the world or what's going on around you?   The Guide app on Sosauce is the place to look.   With the Guide, there is an easy way to see what others are saying about travel or local destinations and points of interest.   You can now use this knowledge and information to help make your upcoming trip more rewarding.     While looking for information, you have the opportunity to meet those behind the reviews who share similar interests.   You can also see all the reviews by the same person on one page.  From the Guide, you can contribute to the pool of knowledge as well by adding reviews, points of interests, and destinations.     In the Guide, there is a Q&A forum for people to fire off questions about places and help people with questions to answer them.  The answers to questions you ask would be fed to your Updates steam, and you can check out a digest of interesting questions in your Updates (Forum Q&A tab) or in your Flavors of the Week email.    Get to the Guide through the top Header, and let's start exploring.     Finding Information Let’s say you’re interested in finding more information about Queenstown , New Zealand .   When you get to the Guide, use the left panel called Navigate the Guide to go to New Zealand (mouse over Oceania and click on New Zealand).  You can also type in New Zealand into the Search box or change the search selection to Destinations and type in Queenstown into the same Search box.  Don't forget to hit Search of course.      When you're at New Zealand, use the list of destinations at the top to browse for Queenstown, or you can search for it in the search box as well.    Note :  If you can't find a place that you're looking for here, you can always add it by clicking on Add Destination.  The place that you add may take a while to show up because the site would need to confirm it first.       In New Zealand country page, there are also some useful information at your disposal.  You can find popular destinations as well as useful facts (such as currency, languages, electrical outlets, time zone, and calling code) on the right.  In the middle are recent reviews followed by related trips and photos other Sosaucers have taken.      Now let’s say you are looking for a particular place or point of interest in Queenstown, such as the Kawarau Bridge because you want to bungee jump.   Once on the city or destination page, there are a number of fun ways for you to find the point of interest you are looking for.   You can of course browse around, but don’t forget the Sort options in a dropdown above the points of interest listed to give you some alternative ways to display information.   You can also use the different tabs, such as Sleep, Eat, etc. to find points of interests organized by category.   Search is available here as well.   Enter the point of interest name in the Search Box at the top and click on the Search button to search.   Moreover, don’t forget to use the Page input box to get to your results quicker than flipping every page.     When you are in a category such as Sleep, notice the Apply Filters button on the left of the reviews.   If you click on that, you can fine-tune your browsing with additional criteria such as Eco-friendly.      If you are a pretty good speller, take your chances by searching for " Kawarau Bridge ."  Sure enough, results appear!     Contributing to the Guide If you would like to contribute to the Guide by adding points of interest and writing reviews, you are absolutely welcome.      Adding a Point of Interest Let’s say you want to add "Christchurch Cathedral."   Simply go to the destination where your point of interest of Christchurch Cathedral is located (in this case: Christchurch , New Zealand ).   Then, find a link called "Add a New POI & Review to Christchurch" at the top of the page:   Or a big orange Add a New POI button at the bottom of the page :       Click on the button to open a window called the Choose your Point of Interest.       In the window and under the Search the Map heading, type in the point of interest name (ex. Christchurch Cathedral) and click on the Search button to see if the point of interest is in the Sosauce directory but no one has discovered it yet.   If the point of interest is in the directory already, you will see it listed with a Go button next to it.   Clicking on the Go button will allow you to add the point of interest to the Travel Guide along with your review for it.   This point of interest and your review will now be available for everyone to see.     But if on the other hand, the point of interest is not in the directory, you can pin it yourself.   Look for the “ Can't find what you are looking for? Free Pin!” instruction text at the bottom of the window and click on the button next to the text.     Simply follow the instruction and double click on the right location on the map to pin the point of interest.   Once you pin, you will enter the point of interest name, write a review for it, and submit it.   This way, you have just added a new point of interest to Sosauce directory!   Once we help you to double check the point of interest, it, together with your review of it, will become available for everyone!     Adding a review to an existing Point of Interest At the point of interest page, scroll down to the bottom of the page and find the orange Write a Review button.         Clicking on the button will open an Add POI Review window.   In this window, you will need to select a category, such as Sleep or Eat, for the point of interest as well as complete all the ratings below (if you don’t, you will get a message).   You can also select the Cost or price range to give viewers a sense of how expensive the place is.   You can add a photo for your review and edit the contact information (by clicking on the Edit Contact Info button next to the contact information).   Last but not least, you can of course write the review by clicking in the text area below the Your Review heading.   When you are finished, be sure to click on the Submit Review button at the bottom right of the window to save your review.       Have fun using or adding to the Guide!   If you have any questions, check out our Help section at the top or bottom of any Sosauce page.   If that's not sufficient, please use our Send Feedback link at the bottom footer and ask us questions.   We’d be happy to help!   Enjoy!