Visit Florida, the Florida tourism agency, recently launched a new tourism web site aimed at Florida residents: http://floridians.visitflorida.com/. It's your standard destination marketing site with one exception. The site allows users to submit their destination/getaway ideas and comment on other user submissions.

Currently the content submission system is tied to a contest, and is limited to a 300 word write-up and two photos. The terms/rules for the submissions are:

GETAWAY SUBMISSIONS: 1. All submissions are the property of VISIT FLORIDA. 2. All submissions are subject to editorial review to correct grammar and spelling, delete expletives and eliminate content not related to travel in Florida. 3. Submissions that are known to be untrue or that are promotional in nature will not be posted. If a questionable submission is made, the site editor will contact the user to provide an opportunity to clarify the submission. 4. The site editor may provide additional commentary to a user’s submission for clarification purposes.

It's a great move by the state, especially since more and more travelers are looking to each other for suggestions. The true test will be if they allow negative comments to be posted. With this I am not talking about some biased rant, but a legitimate customer service related issue.

I plan to post some comments about my current trip.