Archive for February 2012
Travel Statistics Part 2
Travel is among the top 10 industries in 48 states and D.C. in terms of employment. 76% of those who travel for pleasure, travel by car. The oddest advice I found today: Quirky Marketing~ having 1 package or service that is TOTALLY OMFG WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING, gets people talking, and draws attention…
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Seventy percent of all campers are married or living with a domestic partner Marketing is an odd mix of planning and luck. Honestly, when we’re really busy we tend to pat ourselves on the back and take credit for all of the innovation we implemented in the past six months. It doesn’t matter which…
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Monday Morning in February
Steve and I are asked countless times, “what do you guys do in the winter?” The question still slows me down for a step because it always seems to me that the winters are very, very short in Maine…as short as the summers really. So as DH and I sit across the kitchen table, each with…
Read MoreWinter Carnival in Quebec City and Eating Homemade Donuts
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For Steve’s birthday we took a drive up to Quebec City for Winter Carnival. There were thousands of people, tubing, skiing, sled racing, skating, toboggan jumping and so much more. Most crazy were the international canoe races in the St Lawrence river, most interesting were the professional ice and snow sculptures who carved away throughout the weekend, most fun was the snow Ferris wheel. and even though it was close to 0 degrees F and windy. Everybody was happy just to be having so much fun at the Carnival, maybe it was the coco.
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