Portfolio work

Introduction

A strategic vacation destination requires that the person making the trip should be aware of what to look out for. Various matters fall into consideration when comparing prospective destinations. It is for this purpose that the travel guide comes along; to assist in factual comparisons between hotels and parks. My focus in this project proposal involves travelling and touring destination guides provision. It delves into changing unfavourable and expensive touring habits into the most suitable and inexpensive touring habits that would ensure that the person looking to travel arrives at the best decision in the shortest time possible.

Tarantula: A Travel and Tourism Journal

The travel guide would include these marketable destinations with all their services and visual representations for easy illustrations:

· US Virgin Islands - An American tropical getaway simmering at an eternally 80 degrees, rimmed with white-sand beaches on turquoise water, with St John Inn, a nearly two-thirds lush national park with tent cabins amid trees and hikes to secluded beaches - can be explored by snorkel or kayak.

· Hudson River Valley, New York - a slice of rural Americana just north. It’s a real city break, with leafy drives, wineries and plenty of farm-to-table foodie options that draw even spoiled-for-choice Manhattanites away from the city.

· Cincinnati, Ohio - has a couple of bridges including John Roebling’s Suspension Bridge (a prequel to his famous Brooklyn Bridge). Narrow, twisting (and steep) brick roads of the Mt Adams district lead past 19th-century Victorian townhouses and the free Cincinnati Art Museum, while the once-dangerous, emerging Over-the-Rhine, and a sprawling collection of historic Italianate architecture. Best, though, is the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

· Four Corners Region, Southwest USA - the venue sits amidst southwest – Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. This underappreciated region is a geologic, archeological wonderland.

· Culebra, Puerto Rico - The island is rimmed with great beaches, but the best – and still a secret to most visitors – is the world-class Playa Flamenco

· California Gold Country - it is an hour closer to San Francisco (and cheaper and less crowded) within Gold Country

· Boulder, Colorado

· Hawai’i: The Big Island - holds a wide variety of attractions: Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Kealakekua Bay snorkeling, hikes into caves and waterfalls along the lava field at Hilina Pai, or just bumming on the island’s best beach at Hapuna.

· Yellowstone National Park

The travel and tourism journal would ideally make for a big save tool economically and work as a financial supervisor for both travel and tourism enthusiasts. The name chosen the magazine would be "Tarantula", because it stretches the budget across a wide range of tour destinations and thoroughly addresses the hotel services and products offered for various individual preferences. The monthly publication would outline destinations such as Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Caribbean Islands, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, and Pacific South America.

It would contain detailed products sold in different shops, offer destination guidance, be provided via eBooks, offer pictorial illustrations of suites and atmospherics in the hotels and reservations, offer gifts, activity guides and special offers, and finally provide access to travel forums for every country or language preference. The magazine would be printed in two different languages, Spanish and English. Other sale points that would be added into the magazine to give it a personal touch include 'contact us' and social media links that allow consumers to talk to the staff and producers of the magazine. The links enable online interaction and direct payment services for Tarantula's subscriptions so that the magazine would also achieve success by introducing a soft copy version that can be embedded into the various browsers and eBook readers. There, it would be provided with themes and seasonal adventure travel offers. Sales would be enhanced by provision of beach party and events advertisements, possible honeymoon destinations, photography sessions, family travel guides, hotel seasonal offers, road trips, flight booking arrangements, and hotel booking connections.

An overview of the 200 pages long magazine would be provided detailing the upcoming hot sessions in reference to open sporting events being held in the different hotels and destinations to allow for ample booking time and ticket selling time for each event. In most issues, the travel guide would be a necessity because travelling can be as dangerous an event as any if not well timed and prepared for. This magazine would consider the entire age range from kids to seniors who qualify for legal travel between internally and internationally. Such strong company policies outline that the estimated sales and circulation of the magazine to hit the top bar in regards to popularity and wide coverage. It would sell at every hotel and travel terminal to outdo and eliminate its competition. This would also mean that there would be little advertising costs since the magazine would be available all over the internet and in every affiliated hotel and shop included in the catalogue section of the magazine, another strong point yet that allows the cost of circulation of the magazine to lower and sell for as low as $5.99 per issue. A feasibility study would indicate a high profit margin and a low risk of investment, considering all organizations that advertise in the publication would have to purchase the advertising service from the producers of the magazine in each language and its interest target circle across the globe. The regular outline of the magazine would include the following catchy phrases and topics to catch the reader's eye:

1. Top trendy wear for the elegant traveller

2. Easy travel tips for this season

3. Sporty camping and racing events

4. Get your hiking gear for the season

5. Best cuisines that you will want to try

6. What to expect this month as you turn to your horoscope

7. What to take home from the getaway

8. Lodgings and Reservations

9. Bookings and Flight Insurance: A call away

All-in-all, this magazine would be the handy travel guide purchased and fought for by all touring companies to keep their readers and customers coming back.