Do you need experienced editors?

Hi Paul--

>I am finding a lot of mistakes on certain of the Trazzler trips, even those here in the US--the types of errors which clearly indicate writers have not been to the places mentioned.

If you encounter a trip in which it seems clear that the person hasn't been there, then please let us know.

(In general, we think it's more likely that the person in question did visit the place, but didn't manage to convey a deep, intimate knowledge that a local or experienced travel editor might have. We don't hire anyone to write about specific places, so there really is no incentive to veer into the fictional realm.)

We take this very seriously and do our best to root out inaccuracies as much as possible (and we find a lot of them). But this is certainly a perennial challenge in the travel business--or any discipline that relies on memory--even the New York Times travel section is littered with factual errors and inconsistencies.

> People in this demographic really do notice when the facts don't jive with subsequent experience.

Provided that the above holds true, we're encouraging a degree of subjectivity that isn't present in most traditional travel writing. We believe that travel is personal, full of sensations that vary from one person to the next. Our trips reflect this. We aren't trying to lead anyone by the hand (guidebook style). We fully anticipate that some Trazzlers will go to these places and have a different experience--and, ideally, report back. The idea is to see the place in a flash through another person's eyes. We often publish multiple trips on the same place, just to show different perspectives, impressions, and ways of traveling.

At the moment, we're a small shop and we're really focused on content creation.... for the time being, we don't foresee hiring any editors who haven't worked with us writing trips.

Thanks for checking out Trazzler and for taking the time to write.

--Megan