TheCitizen Launched by Travel Community TrekShare
User Complaints about Existing Travel Guidebooks Leads TrekShare to Create Guidebook for Radical Travel
(PRWEB) July 21, 2005 -- Amidst rampant speculation, TrekShare LLC today
announced it is launching a preview release of theCitizen – a free travel
guidebook written for the anti-tourist.
The inspiration for theCitizen
came from a TrekShare member having difficulties finding places to party while
traveling. The user said, "Visiting museums is for my Mom. I want to storm the
Pentagon."
Said TrekShare LLC co-Founder Jeremy Ahrens, "This user wants
to travel like he lives. He wants to explore a city like a citizen. Or he crazy
and actually wants to storm the Pentagon. I'm not entirely sure. Either way, we
are going to launch a guidebook aimed at travelers who think museums and palaces
are as lame as I do. We are going to launch a guidebook aimed at anarchy travel.
By recruiting local writers who bend towards their city's stranger scenes, we
will produce something this industry has never seen. We will produce travel
guidebooks with zero text dedicated to tourist attractions. Our Paris guidebook
will not mention the Louvre. Our New York guidebook will certainly talk up
currier services, wigstock and Lit, but it will not give an ounce of text to the
Statue of Liberty."
The idea that there is a better way to help people
travel also caught the attention of TrekShare co-Founder Joseph Kultgen. "The
travel industry has been regurgitating the same old garbage for years. I can't
imagine thinking any guidebook or tour on the market is going to lead me to a
good time. I'd rather get the lowdown from a local and figure the rest out
myself. Then again I travel to explore."
Added Kultgen, "theCitizen looks
to serve a completely untouched market segment in the travel publication
industry. There are hundreds of guidebooks focusing on over-priced restaurants,
tourist attractions and 5 star hotels. Even more are aimed at the budget
traveler. TheCitizen focuses on the travel who wants to live a
city."
When asked about the target audience for theCitizen guidebooks,
Ahrens added "If you have ever vacationed on a cruise ship, theCitizen is not
for you. If you lost your wallet last summer in a complicated scam ran by some
junkie from Berlin, theCitizen might be for you. If you are that junkie from
Berlin, welcome to theCitizen."
Today, a handful of writers have churned
out theCitizen preview guidebooks. From a San Francisco dominatrix to a US expat
writing propaganda in Moscow, theCitizen is looking to add talented writers who
understand their city's darker side. Unlike traditional guidebooks, theCitizen
is built on the idea that travelers do not want to be tourists.
Those
interested in learning more about theCitizen can visit http://www.thecitizenguide.com.
About Us: TrekShare was
conceived from the idea that people like to document, share and remember their
travels. The technologies behind TrekShare enable effective web publishing while
providing a resource of aggregated travel information and contacts to the people
behind the photos, stories and tips. TrekShare was formed in October of 2001 and
currently boasts over 15,000 bold wanderers.
Contact Info:
Contact:
Jeremy Ahrens - TrekShare LLC
612.220.7915
Additional:
Company: TrekShare LLC
Country: United States
Contact: Jeremy
Ahrens
Website: http://www.thecitizenguide.com
Phone: 612 220 7915
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/7/prweb263533.htm