Idea no 21 - Outlook Traveler Videolog

The idea comes from the latest trend in India. Weekends are no more about Rangoli or Ramayan on Sunday morning over DD-1, mothers trying a new recipe or families trying to meet up to go out for small picnics in public gardens. Finally, the age has arrived when all the exit of the city are clogged by enthusiastic travelers trying to hit the nearest destinations and unexplored tourist destinations for weekend getaways.

However, a comprehensive know-how about such places are still publicized over word of mouth or are just absent. One particular book that stands out from most of the travel guides is "The Outlook Traveller". This title offers detailed coverage of the destinations. The ‘arounds’ from primary chapters, as mentioned under some of them, have been covered briefly therein.

What is still missing is basically the travel description itself. For example - Mode of transportation, if possible option of biking, what's the best restaurant or any special authentic place offering local specials, any petrol bunk on the way, or even more basic information like clean toilets etc etc. The book doesn't describe the experience, it doesn't suggest the type of crowd the place should be visited with - if the place is good for couples or for bunch of friends, it doesn't talk about traffic , the road or short cuts if any, any new places etc etc.

To fill this gap, Idea is to actually video blog such details and capture the experience of ordinary people. This would be better than some celebrity taking u through expensive places and talking about places u might never go. Also, the more realistic it is, the more compeling and helpful it would be to anyone planning a similar trip.

How do we do it ? It's not possible to go to every place in India. Also, it would need a hell lot of investment and has no credible source of return. So, the best way would be to crack it up and start with the simplest. Take the Outlook Traveller for any city we choose. Choose the 10 top and most popular destinations listed in the book. Read the section, remember but let's not follow it. Let's make the whole thing more realistic and video blog the trip. By the time we have 10, we would know if the things are helping anyone in anyway.

We can then either go to Outlook them selves to include the series as part of the book or can in parallel run our own show.....

But someone else paying for my vacation would be cool !!