Vacation Travel Experts Make Planning and Dreaming Reality
[message type=”simple”]Daniel Houghton and Bruce Poon Tip really can rack up the miles. Last year, Houghton traveled almost 300,000 miles, including a three-week stint circling the globe … twice (in different directions!). And thanks in part to a book tour, Poon Tip journeyed 150,000 miles by April of this year.[/message]
Although both men are clearly well-traveled jet setters, they recognize the importance of travel on a smaller scale; there are adventures to be had locally.
[pullquote style=”left” quote=”dark”]“I think a lot of times, people don’t realize what’s in their own backyards, and that sort of trip — what we’re doing today — just to get out for a couple of hours, is a lot easier than people think,” says Houghton.[/pullquote]
From there, the conversation flows to the tech realm, particularly, favorite travel apps. Houghton calls out Fast Talk — a Lonely Planet language app that can help users get by in countries where they don’t speak the native tongue. Bruce immediately thinks of Evernote: “I write my whole life on Evernote. I wrote my book on Evernote.” Recording apps also came in handy for documenting journeys. “I use iTalk for recording thoughts as I’m traveling, using Voice instead of typing,” says Poon Tip.The two travelers pull up to Tarrytown, New York’s Lyndhurst, a Gothic Revival mansion constructed in 1838. As they sit inside the historic structure, once home to William Pauldring, Jr. — an 1820s New York City mayor — they reflect on the travel industry, which can be a creative outlet: “The creative process of traveling starts with the planning and the dreaming,” says Poon Tip. “My business is travel — building a company and creating unique ways for people to see the world — exposing people to beautiful things.”Beyond that, the two agree that travel is vital because of its transformative properties; it brings people together. Poon Tip summarizes,“There’s no faster path to peace than people getting to know other cultures and how other people live around the world.”
