I am a 29 year old New Zealander living in Thailand. I can speak and read Thai and Lao and have been back and forwards between the countries many times including the odd trip to Myanmar. The reason I am messaging you is a just watched the ‘Travel Show’ on the TAN network and saw you being interviewed at what I recognise as the Champasak Grand Hotel in Pakse during the Mekong Torism Forum. I heard you talking about a ‘concierge service’ which could be heplful for elder tourists who have not had the experience of Visa on arrival procedures. I have thought about this many times as I have passed through seeing many tourists wandering about between the borders sweating with confused looks on their faces. Many times I have given them advice and helped them with the forms. As you mentioned that this age group are doing multi-country vacations maybe my knowledge and language abilities would be useful to form a concierge service. I may go and make myself familiar with Cambodia and Veitnamese crossings/cities etc. Do you think this could be a viable business? Maybe you are interested in talking further with me? Either way, all the best and keep up the good work.

Kind Regards,

Richard White

As I mentioned in my most recent blog post, I’ve actually advised a cautious approach on this one. Some of the social widgets, like replacing comments sections like these with Facebook ones, are nonsense. The like button has its place, but I wish you had more control over the format. And it goes without saying, work on your Fan Page first! (Oh wait, excuse me, your “Like Page” or whatever we call them now.)