Inspirational but unrealistic (Conde` Nast Traveller)

Member Name: becs

Product:	Conde` Nast Traveller
Date:	20/06/00 (91 review reads)
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Advantages: Incentive to become rich quick

Disadvantages: Far too may adverts and totally unrealistically priced holidays

Admittedly you can gain some inspiration from Conde Naste Traveller on where to go next time you've saved enough cash for a holiday, but how unrealistic are the suggested holidays? A week at an Ayurveda hotel nestling in the himalayas of Northern India which will cost you £3000, excluding meals! Well, with the exception of Posh & Becks, who clearly aren't into that sort of thing, who can actually afford it?
The majority of us could spend three months or more in India on £3000 and still live like a king and besides if you're going to go to India wouldn't you rather know you're there and experience the real thing?
As you may have guessed I'm a huge fan of CN Traveller, there are far too many pages of advertising for Gucci watches, L'Oreal face cream and other such products which the average holidaymaker/traveller is unlikely to take away with them anyway. Perhaps here is the answer, CN Traveller is not reading material for the average holiday maker among us. Having said this, the photography is always wonderful, and this is probably the most redeeming feature of the magazine in my opinion.
May I suggest for the more discernable traveller or holiday enthusiast an american magazine called ESCAPE (not the UK magazine) full of real experiences and places that one can realistically afford to get to in two weeks and on a less inflated budget. If you don't want to subscribe to it you can buy it at Borders on Oxford Street and selected other Newsagents, or get your local newsagent to order it for you. However, if you are on a huge salary and love to be pampered and not alot else, then CN Traveller is probably the reading material for you.

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