Today's BlogFest2012 is on the topic of Technology and Travel. Today's host, Kate from TravelingForever.com wants to know how technology has impacted our travel experiences.
Here's what I said:
The simplest way technology has helped me is also the most
grassroots way: I belong to a network/website called Couchsurfing. It is sort
of like social networking for travelers who share a similar positive worldview
who offer to welcome travelers into their homes with no expectations whatsoever
(you know, like being paid.)
I both host and travel and there have been many times having a home to arrive at rather than a hotel is a life-saver.
I have made some long-time friends via couchsurfing.
It couldn’t exist the way it does without the internet, so
that is how the technology piece fits in.
Also – texting on my cell phone helps so much while traveling to check in and say where I am and even to find people at airports…. To tell my hosts where I am so they know when I will arrive, etc. not to mention GPS and finding my way anywhere.
Once when my children and I were in a tunnel in the northeast and lost connection my youngest son said, “Well, it looks like we’re on our own” and the rest of us started screaming. It was hilarious.
Traveling is so different than how it used to be.
I still love it, love it, love it and look forward always to the next time I hit the road!
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Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She leads Writing Camp with JJS & this Summer will be traveling throughout the US to bring this unique, fun filled creative experience to the people wherever she finds the passion & the interest.
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