Comments on: What makes a travel experience truly memorable? http://www.501places.com/2010/03/what-makes-a-travel-experience-truly-memorable/ Sharing the world with you Tue, 10 May 2011 17:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Andy Jarosz http://www.501places.com/2010/03/what-makes-a-travel-experience-truly-memorable/#comment-3467 Andy Jarosz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:38:11 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=2300#comment-3467 Thanks Ben. I see your point re: Laos or Ireland and their charms. Even in Laos, despite all that I heard about its laid back ways before we went there, it wasn't this that I remember most. It's the individual moments: finding a UXO on a walk; wandering into a village school; and the hairy three hour ride on the back of a tuk-tuk bus. Maybe the things you mention help to sell a destination by appealing to us on one level; the stories we bring back are very different. Thanks Ben. I see your point re: Laos or Ireland and their charms. Even in Laos, despite all that I heard about its laid back ways before we went there, it wasn’t this that I remember most. It’s the individual moments: finding a UXO on a walk; wandering into a village school; and the hairy three hour ride on the back of a tuk-tuk bus. Maybe the things you mention help to sell a destination by appealing to us on one level; the stories we bring back are very different.

]]> By: Ben Colclough http://www.501places.com/2010/03/what-makes-a-travel-experience-truly-memorable/#comment-3464 Ben Colclough Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:12:05 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=2300#comment-3464 Interesting ruminations. Near misses, disasters, particularly rough accommodation and amusing occurrences do seem to dominate my travel memories (and the stories I share about my travels) but you are right, you are going to struggle to sell Cardiff on the basis that you might be sharing your hotel with a rowdy stag do! However I think I dispute your claim argument about bottling up experiences to sell a place with no A list attractions. You could argue that people visit Laos for the chilled out backpacker vibe - and this is no different to visiting Ireland for the great pubs and live music or the Ribble Valley for the gastropubs and bracing walks. Interesting ruminations. Near misses, disasters, particularly rough accommodation and amusing occurrences do seem to dominate my travel memories (and the stories I share about my travels) but you are right, you are going to struggle to sell Cardiff on the basis that you might be sharing your hotel with a rowdy stag do!

However I think I dispute your claim argument about bottling up experiences to sell a place with no A list attractions. You could argue that people visit Laos for the chilled out backpacker vibe – and this is no different to visiting Ireland for the great pubs and live music or the Ribble Valley for the gastropubs and bracing walks.

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