I think this practice is completely fine as long as the travel writer makes a disclosure that they got something for free/severely discounted.
I'm also getting sick of the logic line: "you flew on airplanes so nothing you did can ever be environmentally responsible." What form of transportation should busy working people be forced to take? Should people have to bike across the country to conventions? Everyone appear via-internet?
Leurs populations de minorité sont contenues dans de petites zones, gardées très bien par la police. Il est également très facile d'acheter des pistolets !
Generally, it's pretty easy to judge how much things cost, or would cost, a potential tourist (I feel like the price tag usually helps with that). It seems like critics get free stuff all the time, because their job is to provide an opinion on the quality and value, not the experience of purchasing something.
I mean, I haven't read any pro-Oregon travel review which say "Oregon is totally sweet! All the hotel rooms are free, and you get all this swag just for showing up!"
Thanks for the link to www.cultureshockpdx.blogspot.com. I was wondering how a relatively ancient post managed to elicit a new comment this morning. I didn't read the rest of your post, but I'm confident it was interesting. Where do we sign up for junkets?
Is travel writing really big-J "Journalism?"
I think this practice is completely fine as long as the travel writer makes a disclosure that they got something for free/severely discounted.
I'm also getting sick of the logic line: "you flew on airplanes so nothing you did can ever be environmentally responsible." What form of transportation should busy working people be forced to take? Should people have to bike across the country to conventions? Everyone appear via-internet?
"...ils sont incroyablement gentils. Pas pretentieux. Pas prise de tete. Ca change de Manhattan."
Rough translation: "They're nice, not pretentious, don't have swelled heads, unlike Manhattan."
I mean, I haven't read any pro-Oregon travel review which say "Oregon is totally sweet! All the hotel rooms are free, and you get all this swag just for showing up!"