The Travellers Warehouse

Th reasons I decided to set up a site for people who love to travel as much as I do is because there is so much to share, and so much to learn from others.

There has never been a time in my life when my feet did not have the itch to travel. When I was small I kept my mother busy looking all over for me. The world was a big place and I wanted to see it all. It was always a challenge to see what was over the next mountain or beyond the next horizon.

It is no wonder that my favorite magazine was the National Geographic. I used to read all of the wonderful articles that told about world cultures and famous landmarks. I could actually see myself standing in front of Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace or St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome. Everything interested me. At that time I did not realize that all my daydreaming would actually come true. My family didn’t have a lot of money. My father was a miner with six children, and my mother an average American housewife. Dreams do come true.

Then in a college marketing class students were supposed to put together a whole publicity campaign, and present it to the class. My subject was Travellers Warehouse. This happened before the Internet explosion where so much data was literally available to everyone. So, now I can carry that vision into reality. I don’t have to open up a store, or pay for expensive advertising to get my points across. This is a much better way of presenting pertinent travel information, and a whole lot quicker.

There are a number of things I would like this website to do.

1. Provide information about up-to-date travel changes that affect all of us who get on a plane, train, boat, or decide to drive in order to arrive at a distant location.

2. Education. It is good to learn as much as possible about the areas to be visited. I do a good amount of research before going to a another country. It helps a person fit into the local surroundings better, and makes any visit in another part of the world more enjoyable. So, on this website there will probably be some book and article reviews with tips on how to learn more.

3. Provide tips to make a trip easier. How does a family travel together? What can be done to make the trip easier?

4. Furnish links for all types of travel information. This can save a lot of time for the trip planner. It takes a good deal of time to surf the Internet. It would be nice if a lot of information could be accessed from one place.

5. I hope to furnish links to various sites where someone can buy travel supplies at a discount. Perhaps a budding hiker is going on a trip with a group of more experienced outdoorsmen. The group may have some good leads for equipment purchases, but it would be nice to check out other avenues without having to surf the whole web.

The other day after having breakfast with a friend, we went into the hotel gift shop, and picked up a little book called The Itty Bitty Guide to Business Travel. This book can fit nicely into a purse or a traveler’s pocket. It is ideal for the young person embarking on a corporate career after finishing college. There is a whole section in this little gem of a book on “How to Pack Like You Mean Business.” This section would help any traveler. It covers how to pack various types of bags: roller bags, duffle bags and garment bags. This little book would be a great tool for new travelers. There is an old saying, “Great things come in small packages.” There is a lot of information really jam packed into a small space.

I always look for more information that I can pass on to people about the wonderful world of travel. That is the heart of this website.

References:

The Itty Bitty Guide to Business Travel by Stacie Krajchir and Carrie Rosten.

Posted February 9th, 2007 by blogger in General, Travel Destinations, Vacation Planning |