Have you ever found yourself lost while travelling to your holiday accommodation? You know that moment, when the traditional road atlas or GPS coordinates can't find the front gate of your lodge and you end up on a dead end dirt road as night approaches, kids crying and parents nearly expiring from stress. Never mind those stories of cars landing in rivers while following a map app! Travelling to your holiday destination is taxing enough without worrying that your directions aren't accurate.
It's for this reason that you'll see a nifty addition in the directions section on some member pages on our website. We’ve added 3 forward slashes combined with 3 random words:
These 3 words indicate street addresses which relate to the exact entrance of a property. They were created by innovative company what3words, who have divided the world into 57 trillion 3m x 3m squares and allocated each one a unique 3 word address. We've partnered with them to help travellers find you quickly and easily.
With what3words we can talk about a precise location in a simple and easy way, meaning navigation to your front entrance - no matter how off the beaten track - can be easily completed using 3 simple words and a navigation app. what3words have expended rapidly in recent years - some of their global partners include Mercedes Benz, who are using the system in their new model navigation technology. Launched In South Africa in 2017, they're working with the iStore to fulfill deliveries and with EatOut to enable foodies to easily find the hottest restaurants.
In the next couple of months, we will be rolling out 3 word addresses for all our members. The system requires a user to download the free what3words app which is compatible with existing navigation apps like Google Maps.
We'll update you once we've rolled this out across all our member pages. Get in touch if you'd like your own 3 word address earlier.
