Staycation Officially Becomes a Word

The staycation has been a popular trend during this decade, first after 9/11 due to security concerns, and recently due to the economic downturn. Today, it's become more than a slang term and trend as Merriam-Webster added staycation to its collegiate dictionary, defining it as "a vacation spent at home or nearby."

While spell-check prompts might not recognize it yet, we're glad to see this trend get its proper due. Since Center'd aims to help you plan life's activities and find things to do in your local area, we've long been fans of the staycation. In case you haven't checked them out yet, our new local city guides are a good resource for planning staycations and can help you find activities based on your intent, like romantic, outdoor, or kid-friendly.

Here's a sample of some of the cities we cover:

Boston things to do

Chicago things to do

Las Vegas things to do

Los Angeles things to do

New York things to do

Washington, DC things to do

And here are some examples of the types of category and activity intent information you can find in the city guides:

Washington, DC attractions

Romantic restaurants in New York

Cheap attractions in New York

Kid-friendly things to do in Chicago

You can check out the full list of metros we cover on our city guide overview page, and we'll keep you updated as we add new cities.

Cheers,

Dan

Things to Do by Style in The Big Easy

Over the weekend we rolled out another city guide, New Orleans, LA. Using our "flavored local" technology, here are some highlights of what you can find in the New Orleans city guide:

Popular New Orleans restaurants

Romantic restaurants in New Orleans

Top New Orleans attractions

Kid-friendly New Orleans attractions

Outdoor things to do in New Orleans


Also, make sure to catch our latest blog post highlighting some of the best soul food in New Orleans - It's guaranteed to make you hungry.

Center'd Featured on Daily Candy

In case you don't already receive Daily Candy's emails, we wanted to share what they're saying about Center'd on their site today. (If you don't get their emails, check 'em out, they're quite good.)


The Daily Candy Kids Everywhere piece highlights our planning tools and school event planning center, noting our "planning tool saves time, paper, and sanity with online templates for school events. Coordinate and manage volunteers for everything from soccer games to fundraisers."

And that's not to mention the kid-friendly things to do you can also find on Center'd.

Check out the full Daily Candy post here.

Cheers - The Center'd Team.

Dallas Gets Its Own Texas-Sized City Guide

Looking for things to do in Dallas? You can find them in our latest city guide, published this past weekend. Here's a sampling of things you can find in the new city guide for Dallas:

Popular Dallas restaurants

Romantic restaurants in Dallas

Dallas attractions

Kid-friendly Dallas attractions

Cheap things to do in Dallas

You can also check out the article from our Things to do Blog on sports bars in Dallas to get the scoop on good places to catch your favorite Texas team when they're away from home.

New Miami, FL City Guide

Over the weekend we launched another city guide - the latest addition to our growing list is Miami, FL. If you’re looking for things to do in Miami (and who isn't?), check it out. Here are some examples of what you can find in the new Miami city guide:

Things to do in Miami

Popular Restaurants in Miami

Top Miami Attractions

Kid-friendly things to do in Miami

Outdoor things to do in Miami

We hope you enjoy the new guide, and drop us a line if you have any feedback.

Cheers,

The Center’d Team

Charlotte, NC City Guide Released

We just released a city guide for Charlotte, NC, where you can find things to do with our “flavored local” technology. Charlotte joins 15 other city guides that help people discover local attractions, events, and places based on intent styles such as romantic, kid friendly, and cheap, to name a few. Check out some of these examples of things to do to get a feel for what Charlotte has to offer:

Things to do in Charlotte

Romantic Restaurants in Charlotte

Top Charlotte Attractions

Kid-friendly things to do in Charlotte

Outdoor things to do in Charlotte

We look forward to releasing more city guides soon, but in the meantime, feel free to send us feedback on what you think about our current city pages.

Cheers,

The Center’d Team

Center'd CEO Named to Silicon Valley Business Journal's "40 Under 40"

Our own Jennifer Dulski recently made the annual "40 Under 40" list published by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. According to the Journal, they looked for people "who were not only successful in their professional lives but gave back to the community in their personal lives."

The Journal article highlights Jennifer's leadership at Center'd and our mission to help people find things to do based on intent, as well as her contributions to the community which include founding an educational non-profit in Pittsburgh, PA.

The full piece on Jennifer can be viewed on the Business Journal's site.