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World Travel in a Weekend close to home. . .

Submitted by: coldday
Created: Mar 4, 2008, 6:32 pm

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The Elevator Pitch

For the culturally curious traveller who would like to get away for the weekend the "World at Home" is a mini adventure vacation that is a step outside of your everyday experience of your city. Unlike trans-pacific and trans-atlantic air travel our product our product is environmentally friendly and budget concious..

The Idea

As the world becomes a smaller place, more of our cities become world villages of communities. . .
My idea is weekend cultural travel in cities. . .
Linking new immigrant culture, rituals and events into a weekend of adventure travel in your own backyard.

Imagine:
Leaving work on Friday and entering a entirely different culture for the weekend in your own city. Taste the food, hear the language,participate in the culture. All without leaving you own city.

Crowdsourcing:
Being a middle aged white guy, I don't know if other cultures would be open to sharing their lives with curious people? Would communities embrace the idea of sharing their culture with outsiders. Could there be a way to network interested people together and create entirely immersive weekends in another culture.

I thought of this idea when I was...

When I was living in Toronto and I was too poor to travel. . .

Comments Posted

vanhees Posted: March 5, 2008, 1:17 am

I think the idea is good. I'n my own town (The Hague) in the Netherlands we have something similar, where you visit other cultures, so I think your idea works.
Just do it..

Harlequin Posted: March 5, 2008, 12:14 pm

I think it's a great idea for midsize and larger cities, but what about those smaller cities and towns that don't support individually cultured communities?

Summertime Posted: March 5, 2008, 2:13 pm

The quick and easy implementation is a "bed and breadfast in Chinatown", but I think you have a more immersive experience in mind. Your idea probably requires more provider participation to create a program for the entire weekend. It is an interesting idea.

DTINGG Posted: March 7, 2008, 9:50 am

For me, which could very well be in the minority, I don't see the benefit. The main reason I travel is to absorb culture through a given atmosphere. Through the architecture, the land, the people and how they utilize their resources. To see a given culture in our society doesn't appeal to me. Again could be a great idea for others, just not my cup of tea.

pal Posted: March 7, 2008, 6:36 pm

How novel is this idea? Where is the innovation? Does not seem very unique as it is

PhilipH Posted: March 8, 2008, 6:34 am

I like the idea and I think the culture side of it could work well. Not sure how you plan to create a tropical climate in the North of England though... ;-)

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