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Notes from the curb
Essays on the economics of travel: overtourism, AI, and keeping the dollar local, from 18 years running tours and now building the technology. The operator's view, with the receipts.
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The Local Dollar: Why Overtourism Is a Value-Distribution Problem, Not a Crowd Problem
Most of what a traveler spends leaks out of the local economy. Tourist taxes and visitor caps treat the symptom. The fix is structural: route discovery and booking to local guides so the dollar lands locally by default.
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More essays in progress, on what AI does and doesn't change for experience operators, and what 18 years at the curb teaches you about travel-tech hype. Subscribe via LinkedIn.