State Department Business, The Menu of the Day, and a Test-ride up to the Cemetery
Passport problems?  Yeah, tell me about it.  Our first morning in Madrid had the added task of expediting a new passport for my son in addition to the 126 km trip to Sigüenza.  Lucky for us the time difference and unusually [...]

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During the Day, but Lounging Like the Doncel at Night

I’m not totally hip to the stories, but I’m pretty sure whoever Quijote was, he did some riding.  Having done several visits now to visit the In-laws in Spain, it is safe to say that we have distilled things down to a very comfortable routine.  Here’s [...]

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I’ve got a spare moment to post. Wow. Sort of trapped today, kind of nice actually. (Hey, M. I’m collecting dust!) Leaving for Spain in two days. This post will serve as both a notification of my impending absence, and serve as an data dump for the tourism research I will [...]

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Mrs. Mecomber is looking for some gas money.
Seriously, while I still think true value lies in the authenticity of unpaid testimonial, buying travel writers is not something new. But here’s a new medium which most traditional-minded DMO’s are completely ignoring. Most travel writers today are still stuck in the “old media”. Really, [...]

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Who says we need “professionals” to do destination marketing? Jens Thraenhart asked the question that most old school tourpro’s (heh, heh) would rather not answer, “The value of DMOs?” As I told Joe, “Until someone comes along and makes us irrelevant.”
New York Traveler is a great example of “amateur” destination marketing. I [...]

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