Comments on: Changing travel motivations favor small towns

By: Small Biz Survival

Small Biz Survival — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:21:31 +0000

"There has been a big uprise in traveling to smaller towns that have some quirky and regional appeal," said Arabella Bowen, executive editorial director of Fodor's Travel. "There is a want for a local, authentic, mom-and-pop experience." Hey, small towns have quirky and regional appeal nailed! Source: CNN report

By: Becky McCray

Becky McCray — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:47:09 +0000

In reply to Dominique-Midwest Guest. Dominique, this is exactly the kind of exploring that more and more of our visitors would love to do in small towns. Now part of our job in small towns is to make this easier, to share slices of our best experiences online to help you better connect before you come and while you're here.

By: Dominique-Midwest Guest

Dominique-Midwest Guest — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:16:50 +0000

As a traveler and a writer, exploring the unique features of a small town is among my favorite things. Traveling to, and writing about, big cities can be exciting and fun, but it is more interesting to me to travel to, and write about, lesser known destinations where I can develop more unique stories that haven’t already been covered and over-covered by others. We recently visited a small town in northern Ohio (1,500 pop.) to research a ghost legend (for a Halloween story that will appear on a client’s site). While I was there, I checked out a number of other things that will appear as a “other things to do in town” list included in that assigned story and will probably appear later in the year as several other stories at my own blog. We did a little geocaching, explored an historic cemetery in town, checked out a nice rail-to-trail route that ran past the town’s historic train depot and a restored log cabin, and took a few pictures at a lovely garden and arboretum just outside of town. We stopped at a little indie coffeehouse/diner in town where local ladies lingered over lunch to play dominoes, and we checked out the large display of historic school and sports memorabilia from the town that lined the dining room’s walls. I know I’m not the only one out there who is interested in these types of experiences!