Experiencing Travel Differently at LA Adventure Show
"I hate to attend busy conventions where everyone is trying to sell...sell...sell."
This past weekend, I attended the travel adventure show to reconnect with professionals in the industry. And learn what was new, and inspire like-minded friends who attended the show with me (on travel brands that are designing purpose driven travel). They loved G-Adventures (Planeterra, Family Style, and National Geographic).
I only lasted about two hours, before I was ready to leave. I met a couple of inspired founders whose travel brands aligned with, "See the World for Good (purpose driven travel funding service)." When, I went home, though, I felt sick to my stomach, downright depressed, disillusioned, and disinterested in continuing to fund meaningful travel.
The truth is...I just don't care for about 90% of the travel (at the show)...I am not interested in selling vacations...but I love to inspire and fund meaningful travel.
My adverse reaction to the show....triggered me to look at my own travel site...I had to change the content, and purpose. I am grateful that attending the adventure show knocked me down hard. Because the following day, after a night of rewriting the content (and coming up with an awesome inspiring travel service for women...Celebrate Your Freedom Trip)....I went back to the Adventure Show to reconnect with the brands I really loved....and I met a few undiscovered travel companies, I did not see on Saturday.
My Seven Favorite Travel Companies
From the LA Travel Adventure Show 2019
- Adventure Canada (experience the Arctic with nature and science specialists, on smaller boats)
- Dancing Zebra Safari Co (Best aesthetically designed booth, founder is a mom, former divorce lawyer)
- down under guru (Former lawyer turned travel founder, downright nice, patient, and informative)
- French Canal Boat Company (Most romantic and VIP experience to Burgundy and The Loire)
- G Adventures (Gabriela and Kayla spent time explaining their amazing group experiences to my friends).
- UnCruise (Great story about how UnCruise name came about...inspired by a woman).
- Wild Frontiers (for those who love to experience authenticity, in faraway lands, like Uzbekistan).
Sometimes bad experiences, are good for you; it's how you process and respond that gets you thru it all.
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