Comments on: What frustrates you most about travel? Survey says … http://www.elliott.org/blog/what-frustrates-you-most-about-travel-survey-says/ The travel troubleshooter. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:33:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jasper http://www.elliott.org/blog/what-frustrates-you-most-about-travel-survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-14822 Jasper Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:18:34 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=5251#comment-14822 I think there is a discrepancy between several interpretations on the word 'travel'. The 'travel' industry seems to have a definition that does not include the daily commute of people, while 'the people' include their commute into their 'travel' worries. For a journalist, it's actually quite hard to keep writing on the subject of gas prices. They're high, and they're gonna stay high. The reasons are political and economical. Those stories are in their own sections, so end of the travel story. What does irk me about travel press is that there is so much focus on trips nobody makes. Let's take a look at the current MSNBC travel section. 'Dogs in the wild': who cares? [Disclosure: I have a dog] 'San Fran - my cut': 10 pics of San Fran. I can find 1 million in Flickr if I want. Perhaps interesting for local citizens, but hardly for the other 295 million folks in the US that might read MSNBC. 'Fresh amenities for pooped-out travelers': Seriously? WTF? 'Air travel fees, bumps and hassles': Ahhhh, finally some real news. and finally: 'Rules you'll want to know': well, that's good off course, or I wouldn't be here. Although, today is not as bad as usual, most travel sites are nothing more that objectified advertorials for the travel industry. I think there is a discrepancy between several interpretations on the word ‘travel’. The ‘travel’ industry seems to have a definition that does not include the daily commute of people, while ‘the people’ include their commute into their ‘travel’ worries.

For a journalist, it’s actually quite hard to keep writing on the subject of gas prices. They’re high, and they’re gonna stay high. The reasons are political and economical. Those stories are in their own sections, so end of the travel story.

What does irk me about travel press is that there is so much focus on trips nobody makes. Let’s take a look at the current MSNBC travel section.

‘Dogs in the wild’: who cares? [Disclosure: I have a dog]
‘San Fran – my cut’: 10 pics of San Fran. I can find 1 million in Flickr if I want. Perhaps interesting for local citizens, but hardly for the other 295 million folks in the US that might read MSNBC.
‘Fresh amenities for pooped-out travelers’: Seriously? WTF?
‘Air travel fees, bumps and hassles’: Ahhhh, finally some real news.
and finally:
‘Rules you’ll want to know’: well, that’s good off course, or I wouldn’t be here.

Although, today is not as bad as usual, most travel sites are nothing more that objectified advertorials for the travel industry.

]]> By: sforshner http://www.elliott.org/blog/what-frustrates-you-most-about-travel-survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-14820 sforshner Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:04:48 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=5251#comment-14820 @ Mike - I never traveled by plane for family vacations either. Sometimes I think the word "staycation" is also used for opting to not go anywhere at all- or at least not leave your town. In some cases I think that finding new adventures in and around you- or getting together with friends at home is an option that many put under the umbrella of "staycation." @ Mike – I never traveled by plane for family vacations either. Sometimes I think the word “staycation” is also used for opting to not go anywhere at all- or at least not leave your town. In some cases I think that finding new adventures in and around you- or getting together with friends at home is an option that many put under the umbrella of “staycation.”

]]> By: Mike http://www.elliott.org/blog/what-frustrates-you-most-about-travel-survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-14819 Mike Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:51:17 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=5251#comment-14819 I always wondered why the term 'staycation' came into use. When I was a kid, we didn't take a single vacation by airplane. We did a lot of vacations that were a few hours or a couple of days by car from home. I think a one-day car trip is a typical vacation for a lot of people. I always wondered why the term ’staycation’ came into use. When I was a kid, we didn’t take a single vacation by airplane. We did a lot of vacations that were a few hours or a couple of days by car from home. I think a one-day car trip is a typical vacation for a lot of people.

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