Last week, I discussed why you might want to start a podcast. And as promised, this week, I will discuss some of the steps to get you started.

Choose Your  Topic and Name

The first step to starting a podcast is to decide what it is that you want to talk about. Your topic should be something that you are passionate about and that you have expertise in. Don’t do a cruise cast if you have never been on one! You also want to choose a good name, and make it short, obvious, and memorable. Don’t try to lock your agency name into it; you are not outwardly selling travel with this; you are discussing…

There is a lively, ongoing conversation about the role of “artificial intelligence” (AI) in article and blog writing. While there is little doubt that ChatGPT can be incredibly useful as a tool for generating content, some people object to using it for a variety of reasons. One common concern is that using AI-generated content may be seen as a disingenuous outsourcing of your writing to a machine, leading to a lack of authenticity or originality in the content produced by AI. Others point to the potential for errors or inaccuracies in the output generated by AI.

All of this is true, there are risks involved in new technologies. It is also true that the paragraph above was written with ChatGPT. I want to emphasize it was…

I tell a lie. Not everybody calls me Grumpish. Just those close enough to know that this affectionate nickname came from my nephew’s a three-year-old daughter. I asked Mila’s mother what her small fry just said when looking me square in the eye. “I think she just called you Grumpish.” And I remain “Grumpish” five years later and hopefully for many years to come.

  — Travel Research Online
Read the rest of this article »