Any Suggests/Ideas.. for travel site

First, some mechanical things...

Under "Feature Video", you need to replace Enter Embedded Video Code Here with an actual video.

Under "Categories", you may want to replace Main Content with something more enticing. Anyone looking may think "if the main content is all here, what's this other stuff and why should I bother?".

The large R images by every article - can you replace these with something more meaningful?

Features 1, 2 and 3 all have the same photo; I'm guessing it's supposed to be Fiji. There is no Feature 4, 5 or 6.

Overall, you have a very attractive, clean layout. Good job.

As far as widgets and such to keep people coming back, how about time/weather for featured destinations? Currency converters? News feeds for feature destinations?

One thing to keep in mind - with a market this broad, you are competing with some pretty big players (Yahoo Travel, MSN to name 2). What can you offer that sets you apart? Can you drill a little deeper, with some background/history of your destination, presented in an interesting way? Do you have personal experiences you can share, stories to tell, pictures to show? Can you find someone(s) that do and are willing to share?

Right now, it looks like you have a pretty site with some generic content. Find that spark that sets you apart and draws people in and you won't need widgets or gimmicks to get repeat visitors.

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Can you run it as a contest, with users submitting the pics and voting on the winners? Yu can spice up the ideas by making them specific - best sunset, best action shot, best unknown restaurant find, etc. In this instance quirky is good, and if you can make it a leeetle bit racy, even better.

You could apply the same thing to videos. Have users post videos on YouTube, etc. and have part of the contest rules require adding your URL in the video description.

Another way to do it is to pick two of something - karaoke videos, tasteful bikini pics on the beach, whatever - and simply ask A or B. There's a long running banner campaign that asks things like 'Coke or Pepsi', 'McDonald's or Burger King'. Clicking your choice clicks the ad and brings you to a CPA survey form.