January 21, 2008
Vermont hiking and snowshoeing, travel agents, dangerous destinations
Here's an article on hiking and snowshoeing between inns in Vermont. They speak specifically about winter, but personally I would opt for the hiking option and go during one of the other seasons...
I also have an article on the travel agent vs. booking yourself online discussion. It seems always to come back to the same thing - travel agents offer better advice and are better problem solvers when things go wrong.
That reminds me of the card mill debate - what happens when a ton of random people become "travel agents" by paying $500 plus $50/month? Inevitably you end up with travel agents who don't give good advice and who don't fix problems that well. I don't mean all network marketing travel agents are incapable but I'm sure many are. Of course I'm also sure that some regular travel agents also offer bad advice and aren't very good at solving problems...
Of course no matter how inexperienced a travel agent is, they probably know enough not to send you to one of these dangerous places. According to the Forbes list you probably don't want to go to Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Pakistan, Sudan, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Lebanon, Zimbabwe, or Palestine.
Posted by James Trotta at January 21, 2008 11:23 AM | TrackBack