Just Say No to Vacation Blogs

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Just Say No to Vacation Blogs
Hehehe, I have subscribed to 100’s of Travel Journals and Newsletters over the years. However I seldom read these Travel Journals, because 99.99 percent of them are not Travel Journals, they are Vacation Blogs. A person goes on a very long vacation and Blogs about it.

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Orland, Indiana
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Blog of Andy HoboTraveler.com --- HoboHideOut.com --- Travel Bag Design Survey --- Professional Traveler Bag
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I am being facetious, people can read Vacation Blogs, and they will help you to learn how to enjoy your Vacation.

However, I seldom need to unsubscribe to a Travel Journal, they end because the person stops traveling. This is why I have started to call them Vacation Blogs, they are like Vacations, something you do for awhile, with the “Wonder of it all glasses,” on.

I have subscribed to many Airline Ticket newsletters and Blogs over the years; however, the majority tells me how to fly from the USA or UK to somewhere, not around the world.

Now to be fair, I have to admit, only about 1 in 1000 people who say they are a traveler, truly are a traveler. I suppose to find a Travel Journal I would need to subscribe to 1000 to find the needle in the haystack.

What is the advantage of reading a Travel Journals as opposed to a Vacation Blogs, I suppose it is experience. (Disadvantage is you have to read a lot of rambling.)

Example:
I remember Eric writing me a personal email asking how long my extension cord was for my room. I had the cord made; it is three meters long, a 14-gauge flexible copper wire cord with four outlets that accept both the slotted and the round 220 plug.

Why is it 3 meters?

This is the size needed to reach across the average room from an inconvenient plug on the wall.

How do I keep from tripping over this cord is another question.

How do I deal with worn out outlets that refuse to hold my male plug is another question.

I can laugh though; it is not possible to learn all the tricks of travel in one day, therefore impossible to explain in one day.

I just thought of a great way to make money, I would write a 50-100 page book on how to manage electricity while traveling. I could list out 100 strange and unusual problems I have had and how I was able to solve the problem. For example, I could explain how to safely tap into a live electric wire and connect my second extension cord. Yes, I carry two of them, one is very small and does not have the male plug, it is only bare wire, and I also have some alligator clips.

I can change a 5-dollar room into a 25-dollar room by installing all the necessary features that are missing.

Maybe one day I will feel like I have learn how to travel, after 10 years of perpetual travel I am positive I will never stop learning, and that is the fun of travel.

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Anonymous said on Sunday December 7th, 2008 11:03:00 PM

"There is no hope of success for the person who repels people through a negative personality. Success comes through the application of POWER, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people. A negative personality will not induce cooperation." Napolean HillYou've got to stop with this condescending, "I'm better than everyone else, because I'm a true traveler" attitude. Seriously, its obnoxious. The pictures and text on vacation blogs are often better than travel blogs because the blogger is more passionate and excited about what they're doing. There's no substitute for passion in life.

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Monday December 8th, 2008 09:27:00 AM

Hehehe, I wrote this to annoy people into thinking and learning what type of blog they are reading. Daily readers want me to write a Vacation Blog, it truly annoys me this daily noise, and truly I do not care if you read.

Anonymous said on Monday December 8th, 2008 11:52:00 AM

Look at your sitemeter. Your numbers are down. Why? Maybe the economy. But maybe that's an excuse. If you don't care about succeeding you very likely won't. Your readers are your bread and butter. Better give them what they want.

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Monday December 8th, 2008 12:08:00 PM

Funny, to get traffic on the blog all I need to do is make arguments and controversy. I try to stop traffic, plus traffic is great, I am playing with my sitemeter(s) and testing stuff.Always fun to read all the readers who think they are smarter than me and somehow want to try to prove it.Plus anonymous, I recognize your style of writing.

Anonymous said on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 04:57:00 PM

Ok, no foul intended. Certainly didn't mean to make you feel or look stupid. But I do think you need to work on your condescension and angry attitude. May everything work out well for you.

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center and have very little time to take a vacation any advice?

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Because I am a single mom and have to work a full time job at narconon drug rehab center and
I go to school full time I do not have a lot of time to take a great vacation with my son any one have any advice?