Released on: September 19, 2008, 3:36 am

Press Release Author: Das Hotels

Industry: Advertising

Press Release Summary: Travel Guide - Planning and Preparation - Getting Inspired

Just having a vague notion to travel and see the world won't get you far. You need
to firm up those ideas and form a plan - if you don't you'll never leave! Many
people will say that they always wanted to travel but never had the opportunity. In
reality many of these people never created that opportunity; there is a subtle
difference. Looking into the details, getting a firm plan and then telling people
what you are going to do are a good way to begin.


Press Release Body: Travel Guide - Planning and Preparation - Getting Inspired

Just having a vague notion to travel and see the world won't get you far. You need
to firm up those ideas and form a plan - if you don't you'll never leave! Many
people will say that they always wanted to travel but never had the opportunity. In
reality many of these people never created that opportunity; there is a subtle
difference. Looking into the details, getting a firm plan and then telling people
what you are going to do are a good way to begin.

Inspiration.
Where do you want to go? The world is huge, really huge. One life-time would never
be enough to see it all, so get an idea of what you want to see and experience. You
only have a limited amount of life - and probably a more limited amount of time and
finance to travel. So what are you going to do with it? The first step is to decide
what kind of journey you want to go on. To do this you need inspiration.

Where to find inspiration? Read, research your ideas, think about where you want to
go. You can take inspiration from :

Travel Magazines - usually, glossy high impact brochures on destinations world wide,
ranging from The National Geographic to the pullouts from the weekend papers; there
is a lot of material around. The problem is that it's unlikely that your experiences
will match those shown in the magazines. Why? In the case of the National Geographic
their reporters are often researching one particular aspect of a subject, or a
society, spend months getting to know the subject, take thousands of photos, and
produce an article just a few thousand of words in length. They know the topic
inside out, but have they experienced all the region has to offer ? On the other
hand, glossy magazines often provide content supporting the lifestyles and types of
holiday for which the magazine can push advertising. Hence the glossy magazines'
emphasis on luxury. An article on backpacking is not going to support the cruise
liner advertising on its opposite page.

TV Travel Shows - in my time I have seen some amazing TV shows - BBC TV's the Rough
Guide Series (not to be confused with the travel guides of the same name) - was
inspirational; a mix of footage, sensationalism, culture, music and facts blasted at
high speed in the now defunct def2 format (I'm showing my age now). Michael Palin
has inspired a generation of Round the World Travellers, though most don't try to do
it in 80 days. The holiday shows, "wish you were here" and "holiday 2000's" are
aimed at the short breaks mass market - and the mass market buyers only give
themselves two weeks a year to enjoy themselves.

Books - such as travelling around Ireland with a fridge (who would have thought that
this book would be a best seller. People do equally crazy things all the time, they
just don't have the flare for humor that Tony Hawks is blessed with, nor do they
skateboard as well), or Bill Bryson and his observations on tiny cultural habits and
behavior, set in the grand scheme of road trips.

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