Wigadoo is a travel site that launched in the UK. It is a site suitably for those who are organizing a trip or a travel leisure plan. What Wigadoo provided is a platform which allowed users to propose a trip, send the emails out to their friends, and then confirm the number till get everyone involved on board by giving out their credit or debit card details and pledge a certain amount of money.

The money collected for a particular event will be saved into a so-called online event account. This handy account comes with a Wigadoo Virtual Prepaid MasterCard that help users to pay for the event in advance.

Wigadoo was initially formed in January 2007, but only being introduced on the Web on 23 June 2008, approx. 18 months of preparation for the site. Currently, they have a team consists of five people based in the UK, and additionally four developers are from Bulgaria. As Founder Uma Rajah mentioned, “We looked in lots of different places – China, India, various places in Eastern Europe, the UK. The guys in Bulgaria referenced very well and we’ve had a really good experience working with them.” According to this RealBusiness article.

Update: September 8, 2008