As travelers, we are inherently on the outside looking in on a culture. We are tourists, outsiders, interlopers at a disadvantage when it comes to finding the best places to visit in a destination. So we buy guidebooks that promise to show us how to “travel like a local”…and then we show up at a restaurant or attraction full of travelers clutching that same guidebook to their chest. No matter how many guidebooks and travel articles we read about a place, we still lack that knowledge that can only be gained from day in-day out experience. That’s because most guidebooks and travel articles are 1) written by travelers who only spend a short time in that place and 2) showcase the most popular and famous sights, those places that everyone wants to see when they visit a destination. It makes sense; those places are famous for a reason. Most travelers who go to Madrid want to visit the Prado; not as many want to go to a tiny cave-like bar that specializes in mushrooms. Guidebooks work within a page limit and these quirkier places with less mass appeal are the first ones to get cut. So savvy travelers know to supplement their guidebook research with advice from the locals. That’s why BootsnAll’s WhyGo sites are written by locals – because [...]
As travelers, we are inherently on the outside looking in on a culture. We are tourists, outsiders, interlopers at a disadvantage when it comes to finding the best places to visit in a destination. So we buy guidebooks that promise to show us how to “travel like a local”…and then we show up at a restaurant or attraction full of travelers clutching that same guidebook to their chest. No matter how many guidebooks and travel articles we read about a place, we still lack that knowledge that can only be gained from day in-day out experience. That’s because most guidebooks and travel articles are 1) written by travelers who only spend a short time in that place and 2) showcase the most popular and famous sights, those places that everyone wants to see when they visit a destination. It makes sense; those places are famous for a reason. Most travelers who go to Madrid want to visit the Prado; not as many want to go to a tiny cave-like bar that specializes in mushrooms. Guidebooks work within a page limit and these quirkier places with less mass appeal are the first ones to get cut. So savvy travelers know to supplement their guidebook research with advice from the locals. That’s why BootsnAll’s WhyGo sites are written by locals – because [...] 