|
|||||||
| The HUBB PUB Chat forum - no useful content required! BUT the basic rules of polite and civil conduct which everyone agreed to when signing up for the HUBB, will still apply, though moderation will be a LITTLE looser than elsewhere on the HUBB. |
ALL HU Travellers Meetings now open for registration. We hope to see YOU at one of them this year!
Germany Meeting May 17-20,
HUBB UK May 30-June 2,
Montenegro Meeting June 27-30,
Ireland Meeting July 12-14,
Colorado Campfire July 12-14,
North Carolina Meeting Aug 8-11,
CanWest Meeting Aug 22-25,
Kyrgyzstan Mini-Meeting Aug 31, Ontario Canada Meeting Sept 12-15,
Queensland Australia Meeting Sep 26-29,
Victoria Australia Meeting Oct 11-13,
California Meeting Oct 24-27
2Likes |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#61
23 Jun 2011
|
|||
|
|||
|
I'm not buying the whole marketing argument. Since when has an adventure required marketing to increase the crowds? Who cares how many people do this kind of thing anyway? The old hippy trails became backpacking trails and then 5 star tourist trails without any 'doccos'. And I reckon you'll find most people do all the public speaking in their own time. There is no money to be made with it. Even doing touring guide thing isn't a honey pot. The only person that made reasonable money with it is Boorman himself. That's assumed off course based on his endeavours since.
Offcourse BMW sells more bikes that only seem to get worse. Yamaha brought back an overweight version of the Tenere. Metal Mule, TT and others made heaps of coin with selling crap that you don't need to give you that 'E&C Adventure feeling'. 
|
|
#62
24 Jun 2011
|
|||
|
|||
|
I think it could be worse than that. The village kids don't start chucking stones at bikers until the weekly 90 mph dust cloud that is the "Desert Adventure Experience (only £700 per person, bike rental not included)" starts rolling through twice a week.
Andy
|
|
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 Registered Users and/or Members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| RTW, Long way round, 2009, Anyone? | geoffshing | Travellers Seeking Travellers | 10 | 20 May 2008 12:22 |
| Why I dont like the long way round... | Hutch | Travellers' questions that don't fit anywhere else | 28 | 7 Nov 2006 01:56 |
| Long Way Round Scooter Style | richtea | Which Bike? | 9 | 2 Jun 2006 12:25 |
| Long Way Round | NorCal | Travellers' questions that don't fit anywhere else | 1 | 29 Oct 2004 22:52 |
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 05:50.
