andyjsantamaria

I've been a fan of way Medium is trying to new approaches in this space. The idea of having members sponsor other "members" (though they call them authors) is really interesting. Especially if they get enough members on the site.

Obviously, it's easy to point out why this won't work, but waht I'm interested to hear is how it might just work.

Nice. It's true NZ is small but it's worth standing on its own.

Weather is important but it's not the only factor or the most important one for everyone. If there was "One tool to rule them all" for travel I think this could be really powerful. :)

Yeah, this is exactly my point. Knowing what kinds of groups are traveling to a certain area and when would be largely influential.

This is super interesting idea and something I'd reference a lot. The big question I have is what are your factors for deciding the best time to visit? I'd argue setting up the context is really important because weather is a major factor but it isn't the only one. There are times of year that have cultural significance as well as annual events, etc. I like the safety advisory aspect and the population of travelers. It would be interesting to know what types of groups travel there and when. So for instance, I want to go to Hawaii but not there are going to be tons of kids and I'd like to do it cheaply and I don't care about the weather.

Lastly, I don't recommend bucketing NZ under Australia :)

Agreed. I think the author is swinging pretty far on the spectrum and there is a balance. Definitely considering if your need vs want something and making that tradeoff intelligently. I have a kindle and read a lot of books. It's a few generations old and doesn't really need to get updated. Cell phones can be really addicting to the point where I'm not even really doing anything on it, just staring and touching buttons. I don't have it in the bedroom because then I'd never get to sleep.