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Well, I've thought a lot about how, or if, I should respond to the recent article by Arthur Frommer in which he talks about his disdain for sites like Gusto. Personally, I like...

Washington DC is a nice place to be this time of year, I'm told. I had a meeting on Sunday, at the airport, and then took off to Boston. The purpose of the Sunday meeting was to help create more Buzz around Gusto Internationally, and our contact got the info and was promptly off to London for the World Travel Mart. While in Boston, we stayed at Jurys Boston Hotel, which was great, and ate at the Atlantic Seafood Company, also superb.

The new bookmark tool will answer a lot of questions, and I think make travel planning much easier. Now, if you find something anywhere on the web, you can just highlight the text and click the gusto grabber on your toolbar. It sounds more difficult than it is, and a few people here are already addicted. Let me know what you think.

September 19th. Well, Mike gets his mug in the Wall Street Journal, very good young man! I think that people are starting to agree that there is value in the social side of travel, but at Gusto we maintain that these sites are only as good as their members. We have members that really enjoy the site, posting pictures, telling stories about their favorite places, and writing travel blogs. We just need more of them! It is understood that a relatively few members will produce the body of...

Well, Labor Day is behind us and the Summer of Gusto has come to an end. The real work begins now. We have waited all summer to put up a Gusto Blog, and it is finally time. I’m going to be posting about what happens at Gusto and about what happens while I travel. I plan on including tips and sharing special destinations. I’d love to hear comments about things for me to write, so don’t be shy. I hope everyone had a good summer, and that there will be lots of posts sharing...