Comments on: Becoming Wanderers in Residence with Gap Adventures

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:47:39 +0000

@Laura: No problem. Glad you enjoy the site!

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:00:03 +0000

@Daniel: Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I really enjoy your site! Hoping to visit Antarctica ourselves in the near future.

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:47:00 +0000

@Laura: Our relationship with G Adventures is great. They are a partner of ours and we continue to cooperate in various ways, not only on trips, but we also integrate our experiences with them (pure travel as well as business and social media, and advocacy in areas like sustainable tourism) into our speaking engagements at travel and tourism conferences and also into inspirational keynotes and speeches. We feel its entirely natural because we've enjoyed our travel experiences as well as G Adventures' overall approach and our shared values around responsible and sustainable tourism, placing value on the human dimension of travel and also work done by its NGO arm, Planeterra. G (then Gap) contacted us about the program, but as we mentioned above, we had prior first-hand experience with their product and delivery on a trip we took with them to Antarctica

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:27:33 +0000

Really cool opportunity for you guys! I realize your last comment here was a year and a half ago. I’m curious how your relationship with G adventures is now. I’m also curious about the selection process. Were you nominated for a place as a Wanderer in Residence by G or did you submit yourselves?

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:56:27 +0000

@Azza: We’re still very far from traveling the world for free – haven’t figured out how to do that yet

We very much enjoyed the free trip we received from Gap Adventures to Tanzania – it was a great experience. However, it is important to note that even if a tour is provided for us for free, we are still responsible for paying for visas, tips, food, etc. – we have spent more than a thousand dollars of our own money on tours. So “free tours” end up being an financial investment from us as well.

The debate about whether it is possible to give an unbiased opinion of experiences that are provided definitely has been an ongoing one for bloggers, journalists and any kind of writers. Perhaps the best thing is for you to take a look for yourself with our Tanzania posts.

By: Azza

Azza — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:09:04 +0000

Well done Uncornered Market, you have achieved the dream of travelling for free! GAP adventures is tapping into the power of influential bloggers for their own benefit..smart marketing. Unfortunately, I believe it will remain hard to have an unbiased opinion of your experiences when GAP is paying for journeys!

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:26:22 +0000

@Earl: Thank for the congratulations and for marking us as independent travel ambassadors! Yes, all is subject to change at this point, but Middle East is firmly on our radar. I’ve loved reading your stories from Syria & Lebanon.

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Geotraveler's Niche » Blog Archive » Latest News And Shout Outs — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:16:17 +0000

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By: Earl

Earl — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:31:13 +0000

Excellent stuff and seems like quite a perfect match for true independent travel ambassadors as yourselves! You both seem like a natural choice for this program.

Glad to hear you’re heading to the Middle East in the relatively near future (subject to change of course)!

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:56:02 +0000

@Bessie: Hope we’re able to live up to the role of helping people keep up their travel addiction! Thanks for the congrats & hope to see you & Kyle soon.

@Kirsty: I do hope that this type of mutually beneficial partnership becomes more the norm. Gap Adventures has led the way on other travel-related initiatives, so it’s great to see them take a leadership role in working with bloggers and social media. Let’s see what happens!