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Gag Gifts, Occasion Gifts - Travelgirl
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Our Price: $17.95
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 months
Manufacturer: Travelgirl
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Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 12-16
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 6
Label: Travelgirl
Magazine Type: Trade magazine
Manufacturer: Travelgirl
Number Of Issues: 6
Publisher: Travelgirl
Studio: Travelgirl
Subscription Length: 365
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Editorial Reviews:
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Travelgirl offers the sophisticated female traveler everything she needs to make lifestyle & travel decisions for her family and herself. She'll find tips to make each escape perfect, whether she's taking off on an exotic overseas adventure or packing up the family for a cross-country road trip.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not for seasoned travellers
Comment: After an entire year of this magazine, I continue to be disappointed by each issue. Each magazine is quite thin, the trip locations and travel tips are very basic and geared towards people who actually don't travel much - they are non-adventurous and the ideas are as simple as any recommendations you'd find for free in an online search. I travel often for business and I find the airline magazine tips more useful than what I find in Travel Girl. The target reader appears to be 50+ women that didn't travel much beyond the continential US during their sub-50s.w
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Summary: Love the Spirit of this Mag!
Comment: This is a great holiday gift for anyone with a "travelgirl" on their Christmas list (or a great gift for any time really!) I have been a subscriber for almost five years and I always look forward to getting my new issue in the mail.(The last issue had Dr. Cuddy from House on the cover, not sure why this old issue is on Amazon.) I travel for work and play and have been around the world more than once. I always pack my Travelgirl magazine with me to read on the plane. It's definitely not heavy reading, but it's entertaining, informative and a lot of fun for anyone who loves to travel. This magazine speaks to women and hits on topics that matter most to us at home and when we're making travel plans. It's so nice to know that one travel publication finally noticed that women are the ones making the travel plans in life! I've gotten lots of ideas for girlfriend getaways and used some of their wedding trend ideas a couple of years ago when I was throwing a bridal shower for a friend of mine. Much more grounded than the other travel mags like Conde Nast or Nat Geo, Travelgirl is more about the fun spirit of adventure. It definitely covers some high-end travel spots, but the storytelling is usually more personal than what you find elsewhere. There are stories on destinations as well as health, fitness and fashion. I even like the humor column, which is written from a guy's point of view. With so many magazines folding these days, I hope this one stays put so I can get my injection of travel fun every two months.
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Summary: Superficial
Comment: TravelGirl is worth thumbing through at the bookstore to kill time, but it is not worth the $4.99 cover price or $18/one year (6 issues) for a subscription. (Note: I have been a subscriber to this magazine for one year and definitely will not renew.)
TravelGirl looks and reads like one long advertisement written by a teenager. From the moment you pick it up, you might notice that it seems a little...thin. Each issue is approximately 80 glossy, graphics-filled pages. The layout is amateurish -- multi-colored text boxes, text in difficult-to-read font over enlarged photographs, etc. While most travel magazines are basically advertisements for the hotels, resorts, and restaurants they review, some do a better job than others of hiding it among interesting, informative prose.
TravelGirl is not one of those informative magazines. Articles are short and superficial. Each issue will have maybe one in-depth (three-page) article about actually experiencing a location; one writer's tale of exploring the streets of Hanoi on a motorbike and the people she met while doing so comes to mind as a notable example. Most of the other "articles" in a given issue are just half-page product placements that read like this: "We love XYZ back-pack! It is a masterpiece of both form and function. Don't travel without it! Carry it when you spend a weekend in at the Joe Plumber Cowboy Ranch in Montana." Regular features include "You know you're a travelgirl if..."
... "Before your friends make their travel plans, they call you for advice instead of their travel agent."
TravelGirl also tries to delve into the lifestyle arena, unsuccessfully. Fashion spreads and celebrity interviews are oddly chosen (the ties to travel adventures unclear) and painfully sparse on content. Cher was featured on the cover of the August/September 2008. The author claims to have interviewed Cher in 2004; there is no evidence in the two pages that follow that an interview had occurred since then. Baffling.
There is a market of upwardly mobile women who have money to spend on leisure travel. TravelGirl (even the title sounds superficial) missed the mark on targeting it.
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Summary: Big Hype - big price - not big magazine!
Comment: I was so excited to get this magazine, but it sorely dissapointed. Articles are not-in-depth, the most exciting thing about this magazine is the cover art. Articles lack any information, and material is not relevant to 99% of people. Two thumbs down. Don't waste your money!
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Summary: great new addition to travel mags
Comment: Lots of fun stuff in this one...definately trends towards younger, upscale women, but interesting ideas not only on travel, but also music and lifestyle things.
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