Today we’re announcing that our new website, Extravigator, will be launched in the coming months. In a few weeks, we will officially begin our Private Beta, and a few weeks after that, Extravigator will launch free for everyone to enjoy.

So, what exactly is Extravigator?

Luxury travel forums, with style

Extravigator is a discussion forum where sophisticated travelers — with discriminating taste — can exchange tips, advice and experiences about luxury travel.

We’ve devoted a great deal of time and resources to the design and functionality of the site. Like a world-class hotel, we’ve fashioned Extravigator to feel luxurious inside and out. And while using Extravigator is easy for even the most novice of web users, we’ve also embedded a great deal of enhanced features such as uploading photos into comments, private message “whispers,” bookmarks, topical blocking filters, location-based tags, search and taxonomy with customizable RSS feeds, a selection of background themes, options to use HTML authoring in comments, customizable profile pages with the option to embed flickr photo-streams and cork’d wine journals — are just to name a few of the enhancements you’ll discover.

Extravigator is designed to be a better way to talk about luxury travel. Whether it’s finding the best restaurant you’ve never heard of while in Prague, or which room to book at the best hotels in Portofino, you’ll find it on Extravigator. And if you don’t, all you need to do is start a new discussion and ask other members for their responses.

We look forward to telling you more about our progress in the next few months right here on the Extravigator Blog. Welcome, and stay tuned.