Press Trips: ‘Too Much Noisy Fun, Too Little Job Satisfaction’

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  10.02.08 | 12:49 PM ET

Usually, when travel writers criticize the press junket phenomenon, they focus on the ethical issues involved. Not so for the Telegraph’s Paul Mansfield, who takes aim at the actual substance of the typical press trip in this fun essay. “The atmosphere is like a school trip,” he writes, “competitive, cliquey, with a tendency towards booze-fuelled indiscretions and adolescent mischief.”

Tags: Travel Writing, Travel Writing Ethics, Life of a Travel Writer

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


2 Comments for Press Trips: ‘Too Much Noisy Fun, Too Little Job Satisfaction’

Ling 10.03.08 | 3:03 AM ET

C’mon. They were in Serbia. What else are they gonna do except get drunk and enjoy the freebies?

Sophie 10.03.08 | 10:32 AM ET

Ah, the essay we have all wanted to write, though so much more could be said…

I’m relieved to fall under the category of “odd freelancer.” I can live with that.

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