Write a travel guide without the trouble of travelling
Unless you’re a Hilton sister or the current President of the United States, you’ll appreciate the scarcity of holiday time. Work commitments, lack of funds, an international ASBO banning you from leaving the country and further damaging the UK’s foreign reputation…these are all common issues meaning most of us don’t get to spend as much time doing the whole ‘tourist’ thing as much as we’d like.
Even if you can’t get out of the country, that doesn’t mean you should miss the opportunity to wander excitedly around with a map and a camera, annoying the locals with requests to capture a shot of you posing awkwardly in front of a monument that is usually only frequented by the regional equivalent of hoodies.
And this is exactly what Cybill, writer of the blog Sorting it Out, did around her native Perth in an agreement with fellow blogger Iheartfashion. These two are trying to snaffle the feeling of travel, without needing to go more than a few miles from their homes.
While this is undoubtedly a fun way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon (asking passers-by to photograph you around the local tourist attraction that is USA Fried Chicken), writing a travel guide to your hometown is deceptively useful. After all, who’s better suited to give travel advice to outsiders than someone who lives and breathes the place. Granted, if you live in Slough the demand for such a guide may be small, but if we do our bit for worldly travellers, who knows, perhaps they’ll return the favour in kind.
