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People don't like making choices. It is a cognitive burden especially if you're in a new and unusual place. Unusual to you, not the locals obviously. So having

People don't like making choices. It is a cognitive burden especially if you're in a new and unusual place. Unusual to you, not the locals obviously. So having a guide can help and when you revisit the place you can go on a more freeform adventure. I think this is a pretty good idea but not sure how I feel about AirBnB monopolizing the thing. If there is some kind of exclusivity component then the aggregation of "experiences" on a single platform is not beneficial in the long run.

bogomipz 10y ago
>"People don't like making choices. It is a cognitive burden especially if you're in a new and unusual place" This is a rather blanket statement and you haven't supported it with any evidence. I also don't believe this is true at all. I don't think there are many people who spend money and time planning a trip and then fly to to some far off place and upon arriving views exploring the place that they traveled to "a burden." Those that do tend to either not travel for leisure or else travel to the same places again and again or maybe opt for package holidays. "and when you revisit the place you can go on a more freeform adventure." Many people never revisit the same places especially the ones really far away. In fact a common refrain among travelers is "I would love to get back there"
- dkarapetyan 10y ago
  It's a well researched phenomenon. You can start here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_fatigue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_fatigue. The brain is a lazy device and making decisions saps resources.
ryuker16 10y ago
As a host who offers tours, its been the complete opposite and most don't really want to be guided. The only folks who wanted to be heavily guided lacked English or wanted a wingman in bars. I feel like I'm getting annoying whenever I make suggestions and my guests are like 'umm, okay'

bogomipz 10y ago

>"People don't like making choices. It is a cognitive burden especially if you're in a new and unusual place" This is a rather blanket statement and you haven't supported it with any evidence. I also don't believe this is true at all. I don't think there are many people who spend money and time planning a trip and then fly to to some far off place and upon arriving views exploring the place that they traveled to "a burden." Those that do tend to either not travel for leisure or else travel to the same places again and again or maybe opt for package holidays. "and when you revisit the place you can go on a more freeform adventure." Many people never revisit the same places especially the ones really far away. In fact a common refrain among travelers is "I would love to get back there"

dkarapetyan 10y ago
It's a well researched phenomenon. You can start here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_fatigue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_fatigue. The brain is a lazy device and making decisions saps resources.

ryuker16 10y ago

As a host who offers tours, its been the complete opposite and most don't really want to be guided. The only folks who wanted to be heavily guided lacked English or wanted a wingman in bars. I feel like I'm getting annoying whenever I make suggestions and my guests are like 'umm, okay'