About Us

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We are a group of friends who live in New York City. We all like to explore new places, watch movies, and create useful and unique websites that combine our interests.

In July, 2007, we launched Tripfilms, a travel website that brings destinations to life through video.

We think that short videos about where to eat, where to stay, and what to do are the best way to preview a place before you go. The real travelers in our community have uploaded thousands of authentic, informative, and inspiring videos about hundreds of destinations so that you can explore the world through Tripfilms.

Why upload your videos to Tripfilms? Besides sharing your travel stories and tips with friends, family, and other travelers, we’ll give you one point you can apply to rewards every time your videos are watched. Also, our top contributors get to travel on us as TripVloggers. If you don’t know how to edit videos, that’s okay. Upload unedited clips from your digital camera and add helpful and fun on-screen text using our video annotation tool.

Take a tour of Tripfilms:

• Watch the Tripfilms music video trailer, "Travel Inspired."
• Browse or search for videos about any destination in the world.
• Check out active contributors in our community, and see what’s new on the site.
• Watch videos by the TripVloggers on our Wall of Fame.
• Watch "How to Make a Travel Video," and read our Filmmaking Tips.
• Upload videos to begin earning rewards!

For more info, check out our FAQ and press mentions, or contact us. We’d love to hear from you.

• Tony Cheng

  

  Hometown

  Houston, Texas

  Position

  CEO

  Education

  B.S. Chemical Engineering Cornell; MBA Harvard Business School

  About me in exactly 5 words

  I can’t believe I’m 36.

  Favorite TripFilms Videos

  Dumpling Man; Mayhem on Mulberry; Checkpoint Charlie; Miles’ Story

  5 songs from your iPod

  "Rock you like a Hurricane", The Scorpions; "More than a Feeling", Boston; "Say It Right", Nelly Furtado; "Rapper’s Delight", Sugar Hill Gang; "Nessun Dorma", East Village Opera Company

  Languages

  English, Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese

  Favorite Travel Memory

  Renting a crappy boat with a 2 Horsepower outboard motor in Hvar, Croatia and helping my wife land a beautiful and tasty mackerel using only an old-fashioned hand spool and lure.

  Worst Travel Mishap

  The night before I was supposed to visit Taiwan back in 2000, I noticed that my passport was expired. I really felt stupid. Because I live in New York, I was able to get my passport renewed in a single day.

  Why I work at Tripfilms

  I think high quality online travel videos will be big.

• Alyssa Cheng

  Hometown

  Whittier, California

  Position

  Lead Investor

  Education

  Undergrad at UCLA, Master of Public Health from Harvard, no degree but having fun taking classes at Fashion Institute of Technology and Alliance Française in New York City.

  About me in exactly 5 words

  Always exploring, efficient, busy bee

  I’ve lived in

  West Coast, East Coast, and nowhere in-between.

  5 songs from your iPod

  "4 in the Morning", Gwen Stefani; "Nice", Duran Duran; Tasogare, Pe’z; "Mr. Brightside", The Killers; "Mama Said Knock You Out", LL Cool J; "By the Sea", from the Musical Sweeney Todd

  Languages

  English and a little French

  Favorite Travel Memory

  Hiking to the top of Mt Kurodake during the color-drenched fall season in Sounkyo, Hokkaido capturing a spectacular view of snow-capped mountains on the far side of the peak.

  Worst Travel Mishap

  Severe week long body rash in China while traveling as a young teenager on group tour with my family. Need I say more?

• Luc Pezet

  

  Hometown

  Martigues, France

  Position

  CTO

  Education

  MS in Computer Engineering

  About me in exactly 5 words

  There’s gotta be a way

  Favorite TripFilms Videos

  Getting to JFK; Floooze in Barcelona - Montjuic; Gava Says Eat Here;

  5 songs from your iPod

  "Free Bird", Lynyrd Skynyrd; "Angels on the Moon", Thriving Ivory; "Prayer of the Refugee", Rise Against; "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", Green Day; "Soy Bomb", Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives

  Languages

  English, French and words of Spanish, Polish and Japanese (work in progress)

  Favorite Travel Memory

  During a road-trip in Italy, we ended up in a B&B late at night. They reserved a table for us at their friend’s restaurant. The meal was 20 Euros per person and lasted 3 hours. It was the best meal I’ve ever had (5 courses or so), the B&B was excellent, the whole town was pure awesomeness.

  Why I work at Tripfilms

  Exciting experience, awesome team and a Chipotle next door.

• Jamay Liu

  

  Hometown

  Newton, MA - "the safest city in the country"

  Position

  Product Manager

  Education

  Brown University, '05 (Biology and Computer Science)

  About me in exactly 5 words

  I try to avoid definition

  Favorite TripFilms Videos

  Sullivan Street Bakery; Dog Walkers; Super-Touristy Atlanta;

  5 songs from your iPod

  The first 5 from Shuffle Songs: "The Whole World", Outkast; "Cities", Talking Heads; "Anyone, Anyone", Dashboard Confessional; "Solid Sender", Sex Mob; "Print this!", Mattias IA Ellundh

  Languages

  English, Mandarin

  Favorite Travel Memory

  Most recently, kayaking 32 kilometers through the Gorges de l'Ardeche in Provence with the Tripfilms team.

  Worst Travel Mishap

  Getting flashed by a very greasy-looking man in a blue suit, while walking by myself up the path to Piazzale Michaelangelo in Florence... it was such a bizarre experience that I sometimes wonder if I imagined it!

  Why I work at Tripfilms

  I like trips and I like films. Plus, we do cool things together like climb mountains and go to McDonalds.

• Jérôme Simmonds

  

  Hometown

  Lille (France)

  Position

  Software Engineer

  Education

  French diplomas equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in computer science (University of Sciences and Technology of Lille).

  About me in exactly 5 words

  The most complicated man ever (Leslie says it's arrogant, but i'm sorry, not in french).

  Favorite TripFilms Videos

  Dry Tortugas National Park; Getting Wild in Country Club Land; and of course the Denisse Wolf videos...

  5 songs from your iPod

  No iPod (that sucks), but an iRiver and a Cowon iAudio. "Waltz of the flowers" (from the Nutcracker ballet), Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovski; "Lullaby", The Cure; "Odissey To Anyoona", Jam & Spoon; "Ruhe (Humate Remix)", Schiller; "How Fortunate The Man With None", Dead Can Dance.

  Languages

  French, English with awesome french accent

  Favorite Travel Memory

  No spectacular landscape for now but unforgettable emotions with my friends. Edit (10/2008): Western US.

  I could be anywhere right now, I'd be

  In Polynesia (southern Pacific Ocean), on a wild, desert, and quiet beach with clear blue water and deep blue sky.

  Why I work at Tripfilms

  I needed money to pay my rent and to buy food. And also a little bit because the project is exciting, the way to work interesting, and the team is really cool.

• Kelley Ferro

  

  Hometown

  Woodstock, Vermont

  Position

  Producer/Filmmaker/Host

  Education

  BA in English at Tufts University

  About me in exactly 5 words

  Love Ocean, Sky & In Between

  Favorite TripFilms Videos

  Olympic Camping; Things to Do Machu Picchu; Destination Unknown-Goa, India, Vagator Beach

  5 songs from your iPod playlist

  "Mysterious Ways" , U2; "Happy Hour", Ligabue; "Viva la Vida", Coldplay; "Come Fly With Me", Frank Sinatra; "Only the Good Die Young", Billy Joel

  Languages

  English, French, Italian

  Favorite Travel Memory

  I love all of it, even the airports. Road tripping around the Italian countryside with friends is high up there. So is sailing in the Greek islands. I felt like Odysseus.

  Worst Travel Mishap

  All the mishaps turn out to be some of the best stories... But if I have to choose, food poisoning week 1 with my very excited New Zealand host family or losing my luggage in the Galapagos and having only an "I love Boobies*" tshirt to wear for a week (*Blue Footed Boobies).

  Why I work at Tripfilms

  Because I get to be traveling everyday and TF is just awesome.

• Kyle Smith

  

  Hometown

  Danville, California

  Position

  Marketing

  Education

  B.A. Political Science, University of California San Diego (UCSD)

  About me in exactly 5 words

  California native, New York transplant.

  Favorite TripFilms Videos

  A Traveler's Footprint; Edinburgh Fringe Festival Highlights;

  5 songs from your iPod playlist

  "Same Thing" , Flobots; "El Scorcho", Weezer; "Invincible", Ok Go; "Collie Man", Slightly Stoopid; "The General", Dispatch

  Languages

  English

  Favorite Travel Memory

  Hitch-hiking back to our hostel in Kanchanaburi, Thailand after missing the bus back from Erawan Falls. The nice Thai guys who gave us a ride even bought us dinner.

  If I could be anywhere right now, I’d be

  Floating the river in Viang Vien.

  Why I work at Tripfilms

  No breweries were looking for a beer tester.