Comments on: Blogging travel http://www.elliott.org/blog/blogging-travel/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: drwong http://www.elliott.org/blog/blogging-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 drwong Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:39:14 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/blogging-travel/#comment-1734 As a "news" source, some bloggers focus far too narrowly on specific segments of the travel market to attract a wide readership. They concentrate on particular airlines, or hotel chains, or geographical destinations, and frequently reflect the individual blogger's personal biases (or financial interests). Their appeal is limited from a general interest perspective, which is different from the way that the NY Times writes its articles to appeal to a wide swath of travelers. On the other hand, look at the wide range of travel websites that post comments from their members (the equivalent of a multiperson blog?). Those that seem to do well focus on a narrow segment of travelers - e.g., cruisecritic.com, frequentflier.com, etc. - and attract travelers who post extensively on those sites. On the other hand, those that try to broaden themselves to appeal to a multitude of travelers - e.g. - Tripso.com - tend to have relatively fewer comments on their posts. Strange, hmmmmm? As a “news” source, some bloggers focus far too narrowly on specific segments of the travel market to attract a wide readership. They concentrate on particular airlines, or hotel chains, or geographical destinations, and frequently reflect the individual blogger’s personal biases (or financial interests). Their appeal is limited from a general interest perspective, which is different from the way that the NY Times writes its articles to appeal to a wide swath of travelers.

On the other hand, look at the wide range of travel websites that post comments from their members (the equivalent of a multiperson blog?). Those that seem to do well focus on a narrow segment of travelers – e.g., cruisecritic.com, frequentflier.com, etc. – and attract travelers who post extensively on those sites. On the other hand, those that try to broaden themselves to appeal to a multitude of travelers – e.g. – Tripso.com – tend to have relatively fewer comments on their posts.

Strange, hmmmmm?

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