Where To Go & What To Do

[Bush Tucker Man]

On the back of the idea for the new 'Food Forum', would it be a good idea to have a 'Tourist Information' forum?
Following the same format we could post ideas for days out whilst on holiday (or visiting)
Again the same principles apply;
county by county
Type of attraction
Location
Website
OS referance
Prices
Other facilities

'Food Forum'

Is it a worthwhile idea?

[muddyweb]

Might well be, but I think it's beyond the scope of the forums as they currently stand

I've been mulling it over a bit, and I think what would be nice is to take the Food Forum out of the forum and into a proper part of the portal, maybe connected with the events pages.

This could be expanded out to include other attractions, places to stay, that sort of thing, and possible allow members to offer reviews of places which have been recommended.

The above system would be properly searchable, and could even allow 'radius' searching based on a grid reference entered by the user.

Now... there are sites which have these sort of listings already, but I think the 'worth' of doing this is valid, as it would only be populated by members who, despite outward appearances, should be trustworthy ;-)

[strapping young lad]

do you know what..

i was talking to the wife the other day about things to do on a sunday and where to find out about local attractions online (not an easy thing to do)

and thought about setting up a website..


www.thingstodoonasunday.com or something like that

so local attractions, eateries etc can advertise their businesses on there

split into types of attractions/ regions etc

what do you think about it?

[muddyweb]

My thinking was not to make it a commercial venture, but to make a service suitable for members.

Longer term, we can discuss allowing commercial advertising.


For general places to find, most local authorities have reasonable tourist information pages, and the actual tourist information centres will normally have a guide they can send out to you in the post.

[strapping young lad]

i wasnt thinking of mud when i was mulling over the sunday thing.. it was an idea i had cos i was stuck for somewhere to go on a sunday

it would have to be commercial in some way though

[muddyweb]

The distinction I see between 'commercial' and 'non-commercial' is that in a non-commercial situation, members would put forward recommendations, commercial advertising (i.e. a restaurant saying "come and visit us, we're great") wouldn't be allowed.

In the longer term, if it was deemed appropriate and there was sufficient interest, we could allow commercial adverts to be placed in an identifiable way, within the listings.  There would be a fee for this which would go to club funds and ultimately to charity.

That's all just a possibility in the distant future, so let's not get too caught up in the detail ;-)

[strapping young lad]

fair enough but i wasnt targetting the 4x4 fraternity as you would be with mud though tim

dyf

[Vam]

Ummmm

I do craft fairs - some just craft, but others have different attractions such as country fairs, kite festivals, oh and Billing( :) )

You can avoid the craft tent, but they are a good day with the kids.

Is that the sort of thing your on about advertizing?

[Bush Tucker Man]

Okay, it was just a suggestion :roll:  

I thought I'd add all the steam fairs, car shows, country shows, industrial heritage, railways, air-craft displays, etc....... that I knew about

[Vam]

I have a big list  :lol:

Im not going to be at most of them, and the lists I have cover around 4 counties, airshows, to Koi shows


PM me when (if   ) you want them, they start from March 05

HTH

Helen

[Bush Tucker Man]

I think I might have 'muddied ( :lol:    :roll: ) the waters', by the  way I phrased the possible catagories.
I actually meant for it to be  like the 'Food Forum'and be segregated by county, then the individual entry can include the relevant info.

[Vam]

:oops:

Got you now.  
Im not blond, but sometimes the female part of me get very confussed

 

Helen