Just wanted to let everyone know we recently launched a new upgrade to Joobili’s Event Upload page.

Here are a few of the new features we added:

Search for Matches: This runs a quick search of the existing Joobili database to prevent uploading duplicate events. It was really frustrating for some of you who spent a lot of time uploading an event only to have it be denied by the Joobili editors because it was already in the system. Hopefully this solves that issue.

Recurring Date: Most Joobili events are annual occurrences so we wanted to create a way to automatically set future dates assuming your event happens on a fixed schedule.

Category Limits: You can now select 1 main category and max 2 additional categories for your event. A few people were setting every possible category to describe their event which really doesn’t help us know what the event is all about. Sure, almost all events serve food, but that doesn’t mean you need to mark it as a Food/Drink festival. Hopefully this changes will improve the quality of your event searches.

Attendance & Tickets: We added two new fields, one for how many people typically attend the event and another for whether it is free or requires tickets. This will eventually allow us to better filter your inspirations beyond just dates and interests. Sometimes you are looking for a cheap thrill and you want to only search free events. Sometimes you want some solitude so you search for events with small crowds. There is a lot of potential here and we’re working on some more cool ideas for more expanding your travel inspiration options on Joobili.

Feel free to upload an event and let us know how it goes. As always, feedback is welcomed and needed.