Alex Robertson Textor tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1488286 2013-05-09T13:27:18+01:00 value-friendly travel, local culture, cool objects & design TypePad Some Updates tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f809323883301901bfc28ca970b 2013-05-09T13:27:18+01:00 2013-05-09T13:27:18+01:00 It's been a quiet few months but not so quiet that I can't make some claims. • I'm still writing for Gadling. • I've written a few posts for Sunvil, on the Faroe Islands and Flores. • I joined Instagram.... Alex Robertson Textor More (Unsolicited) Notes for Travel Writers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833019101f1b303970c 2013-05-09T12:22:38+01:00 2013-05-09T12:34:48+01:00 1. If you’re writing a service piece, get the details right. You have no excuse not to do so. For venues that have unstable hours, no contact information, or no fixed address, note all these things. If you haven’t managed... Alex Robertson Textor Hotel Review: Element Times Square tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833017d422a9d6e970c 2013-03-21T14:32:12+00:00 2013-03-21T14:36:40+00:00 I break my silence with a review of a hotel. I received an offer to stay at the Element Times Square last summer. I get these sorts of invitations often, and I accept them once in a blue moon. They... Alex Robertson Textor More Unsolicited Advice for my Fellow Travel Writers: Four Rules for Working with Publicists tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833016767e96e9e970b 2012-06-27T15:18:48+01:00 2012-06-27T15:21:38+01:00 Travel writers and editors are constantly working with publicists. Sometimes publicists arrange for our travels to be comped entirely. More often they provide advantageous media rates at hotels and invite us on group press trips with other travel media people.... Alex Robertson Textor The Kind of Travel Writer who Flies Places to Review Hotels tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833016767179270970b 2012-06-05T15:21:43+01:00 2012-06-05T15:21:43+01:00 In May I traveled twice–to Sidi Bou Saïd and Belfast–with the chief purpose of reviewing hotels for Travel by Handstand. Both hotels were wonderful, thanks for asking, but the noteworthy thing for me was the realization that, in May at... Alex Robertson Textor La Marsa, Tunisia tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f80932388330168ebcb2aaa970c 2012-05-25T21:45:17+01:00 2012-05-25T23:04:13+01:00 I spent two nights in Sidi Bou Saïd this week to review a hotel and poke around. Culinary discoveries included a delicious pasta (nwasser), a delicious vegetable (thin slices of turnip with harissa), and a delicious sweet snack (bombalouni). On... Alex Robertson Textor Fun with Frisian tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833016764fb2ced970b 2012-04-13T10:07:00+01:00 2012-04-13T10:07:00+01:00 Taken at the Leeuwarden/Ljouwert train station. Frisian Dutch Alex Robertson Textor Akureyri tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f809323883301630406ab94970d 2012-04-12T14:50:58+01:00 2012-04-13T10:26:01+01:00 In late March I visited Akureyri, Iceland's second city, on a research trip. I found a city quiet—well, except for the runtur, which made me feel as if I was floating in a ring of engine noise until 3 am—and... Alex Robertson Textor Spring tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833016764054c2b970b 2012-03-20T12:10:30+00:00 2012-03-20T12:10:30+00:00 The Alhambra, Granada. Alex Robertson Textor Fajã Grande, Flores tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833016302bea69b970d 2012-03-12T13:29:22+00:00 2012-03-12T13:29:22+00:00 The westernmost village in Europe. Alex Robertson Textor