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[quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of it is just that researching travel is so much easier than it used to be.  Back in the day you needed someone to send you everything from paper maps to hotel recommendations to restaurant recommendations to activities. Planning a trip involved you or a travel agent writing letters to request information from multiple tourism agencies.  It was a huge hassle.

Now everything is on the Internet.  It's simple to look up transit information, hotel and restaurant reviews, buy tickets for activities, etc.  Everything has been reviewed and you can even watch video reviews with tons of information.  It's much lower risk and much, much easier.  The world feels smaller.

I remember traveling Eastern Europe just before the Internet and I relied heavily on a travel book like Lonely Planet or Let's Go.  But those often had information that was 2-4 years out of date because of publishing timelines.  So I'd get off the train in a new place and walk to the tourism office to get the scoop.  In some places you'd get off a bus and ask at the local bar about people who would put up backpackers.  I was super flexible as a backpacker, but I can't imagine doing that with a family.  You'd have to write ahead for info.  Now, you can plan everything with just a few clicks.  It's not at all the same.[/quote]

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