Do Your Travel Stories Put People to Sleep?

Most of the time when I get interviewed for a media story it’s something about how to get more for your travel dollar or which destinations we should be headed to instead of Western Europe.

Here’s an interesting one though that just came out on TheStreet.com and Mainstreet.com, about how to tell a vacation story. This was aimed at executives and entrepreneurs who can talk all day about their company but struggle to say anything interesting when the conversation turns to something involving leisure time. (You know the type.) Still, it’s a pretty cool article, with interesting quotes from a cross-section of experts—including the co-author of one of my favorite business books, Made to Stick .

If you find people nodding off or looking around the room and going “Uh-huh” when you’re telling a travel story, you might want to check this article out. And maybe think beforehand, “Is this really a good story? Or is it a pointless anecdote?” Honestly, from all my years of travels, I’ve only got about 10 really good stories—things that will truly hold someone’s interest for more than five minutes. And I must admit, verbally anyway, the woman I love tells them better than I do…