A Party Full of Youngsters, A Tent That Stands Out
We’re in the big Apple for the next three days, meeting friends, reader and advertisers who all know us through GoNOMAD. Last night Kent and I took a long, circituitous taxi ride down to the lower East Side to a bar called Lolita. Packed in like sardines, 20-somethings guzzled drinks, and we ran into many of our travel cohorts: Sean Keener from Bootsnall, David Farley of World Hum and Travelers Tales, Reid of Reid guides, Marie Javins, the cartoonist, and a few young women who said they wanted to be travel writers.
It was a boisterous crowd, people moving around and jockeying for position in a mix of interesting conversations about the business we all love. We talked about CPMs and CPCs, and the importance of content, and press trips that are coming up and ones we just enjoyed. I was the only one wearing a jacket, feeling a little old standing there with my fruit juice and ginger ale.
This morning we set up the GoNOMAD tent at the Javits. It sticks up about 14 feet, and atop the blue canvas tent (the kind you use for a farmer’s market) there is a four-sided 5′ sign that has a different messages about us. In the back there is a 10′ x 6′ vinyl banner that shows what our home page looks like. I’m already pleased with how it looks and how it dominates the landscape…plus the tent’s blue color matches all of the drapes and carpet!
February 8, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
Max, show us a picture of the tent.
February 9, 2009 @ 3:12 pm
Good seeing you Max. Hope the show went well. I injoyed listening to you, Kent and Laura at the travel writer panel. Talk soon.
February 9, 2009 @ 4:35 pm
The World Hum Party at Lolita’s was great! While the travel writing/independent travel writing crowd is generally young, there were plenty of people at the party (nay I say most people) in their 30s, and even at least a handful in their (gasp!) early 40s! Some even look forward to that year-long RTW trip and being the oldest “kid” in the hostel and writing about the experience!The Travel Writing 201 panel was a highlight of the Travel Show! Thanks to GoNomad for a great discussion. Julia Diamond was a great addition!
February 9, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
I got news for ya. I just turned 50 and Kent reached that milestone a few years ago…but thanks for the kind words and for turning out. We all had a lotta fun…and we agree Julia is a keeper!
February 12, 2009 @ 5:15 pm
Sounds like it was a good show all around. Congrats on pulling out yet another one.