tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post6692592871698795438..comments2023-10-26T17:06:56.408+04:00Comments on cool travel guide: Why travel wish lists matter, or, why a lack of imagination is a dangerous thingLara Dunstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05568159382939703162noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-26535020333700111432007-12-15T13:31:00.000+04:002007-12-15T13:31:00.000+04:00It's an absolute disgrace. I was actually laughing...It's an absolute disgrace. I was actually laughing out loud as I read the list out.<BR/>But Travelmuse, it's not just about the sweetspot for an underdeveloped destination (although that's true), it's about swings in popularity. My problem with the list is that it conflates the opening of new resorts or new golf courses with a place that's undergoing a sea change in its personality. Verbier & Courchevel entries are a case in point. A ski resort should only rate a mention when they've opened up a new mountain with new lifts or have decided to completely go without snow machines or banned vehicles from the town -- not just having new 2 million dollar apartments or Richard Branson open a hotel for multi-millionaires.<BR/>And Kuwait? I mean, I know everyone's looking for the new Dubai, but please, this is really grasping at straws. Or grasping for the advertising dollar...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-18512405002299269532007-12-15T05:20:00.000+04:002007-12-15T05:20:00.000+04:00Wendy, I'm with you... and yet somehow the NYT Tra...Wendy, I'm with you... and yet somehow the NYT Travel section is, or rather, was once, so revered by so many travelers (and travel writers for that matter). Yet I can recall a number of articles that have been loaded with errors, it's been obvious the writer hasn't been to the place or it was quite literally a flying visit - did they even leave the airport?<BR/><BR/>Yes, let's compare it with the Guardian! That's something to look forward to, because there *will* be a hot new destinations for 2008 list, won't there? I have we missed it? I must check.<BR/><BR/>Travel Muse, I so agree with you too... we thought we were going to experience that with Croatia some years ago when all the travel press were touting it as that year's sizzling destination but when we got there it was crowded with Italians and the harbors were filled with the European yachting set and we found out they'd been going there for years - many years! It had just been a very well-kept secret. For some of us anyway. It was still lovely, but hardly the hidden gem we expected it to be. I'm wondering if Montenegro will be the same. Now, that's one destination that is on my wish list.<BR/><BR/>My wish list? Let's see...Lara Dunstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568159382939703162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-45405604639580813172007-12-15T04:07:00.000+04:002007-12-15T04:07:00.000+04:00I agree. There is a sweet spot just before a plac...I agree. There is a sweet spot just before a place is really "discovered" (read: developed) where it's amazing to visit. I experienced that in Antigua, Guatemala.<BR/><BR/>What's on your wishlist?TravelMusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10228395710107525480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-1788274370683236512007-12-14T18:10:00.000+04:002007-12-14T18:10:00.000+04:00The NYT's travel section has been lackluster to sa...The NYT's travel section has been lackluster to say the least for as long as I can remember. An article once outlined how to see London on a $500 day budget (this was well before the dollar tanked) and suggested high tea and the likes. Yikes.<BR/>It would be interesting to see what the U.K.'s Guardian says will be up and coming and compare the two.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321288682066590760noreply@blogger.com