{"id":2429,"date":"2019-10-28T14:36:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T21:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/?p=2429"},"modified":"2019-10-28T14:36:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T21:36:36","slug":"your-vacation-can-be-like-a-video-game-or-hollywood-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/travel\/2429\/your-vacation-can-be-like-a-video-game-or-hollywood-adventure","title":{"rendered":"Your Vacation Can Be Like a Video Game or Hollywood Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Custom board games help travelers recount and retain the days\u2019 experiences. (Photo courtesy of Brown and Hudson)<\/p><\/div>\n

What will the travelers do when the experience of virtual reality surpasses the satisfaction of real life? When a fortnight on vacation is less compelling than the Fortnite video game?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe video gaming industry is one of the greatest competitors the travel industry has,\u201d said London-based Phillipe Brown, of Brown and Hudson, a bespoke travel agency. \u201cVideo games are addictive. The reason for this is simple: millions of dollars are spent creating virtual experiences that are perfection. They\u2019re designed to engage, entertain, amuse, challenge and to allow people to bring their friends in and to discover other people. And you can have that entire experience without leaving your bedroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

So Brown has embraced the old adage: \u201cIf you can\u2019t beat \u2018em, join \u2018em.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf travel is to thrive and survive, we need to look outside and learn from the virtual world. After all the revolutionary concept of Airbnb came from outside the travel industry,\u201d explained Brown. So his company devised \u201cThe Great Game\u201d as an option for their travel clients. It\u2019s a high tech scavenger hunt similar to what\u2019s seen in the films \u201cNational Treasure\u201d or \u201cThe Da Vinci Code.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe standard family vacation model hasn\u2019t changed in years, but when kids are in a virtual world, they\u2019re in a different world. So the idea of going on yet another family trip with everyone playing the same usual roles just isn\u2019t exciting. It can\u2019t just be \u2018go somewhere, see some stuff, and come home.\u2019 So with \u2018The Great Game\u2019 we create the arc of their trip just like the story arc of a Hollywood film,\u201d Brown explained. \u201cWe consult with parents to find out how they want their kids to grow and develop. Then we take all the learning from video games and bring those into the real world. Whether they\u2019re traveling to Paris or Africa or the beaches of The Algarve there needs to be suspense, engagement, challenge, and different languages. We create an escape in which the travelers are fully engaged, deeply immersed and actively alive. They get to compete, win and move the game on. What happens one day will affect what their family will do the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of Brown\u2019s family clients prefer to get together and play a board game at the end of the day which is custom made based on the day\u2019s itinerary and experiences.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not just families seeking Brown and Hudson\u2019s gaming experiences. The CEO of a major Middle Eastern government agency enjoyed a guided scavenger hunt through the lush valleys, hidden waterfalls and high surf of Hawaii near the filming sites of \u201cJurassic Park.\u201d<\/p>\n

A woman considering running for mayor of a large American city was introduced to the mayor of a European capital to gain personal insight and boost her credibility back home.<\/p>\n

Brown, an expert travel advisor who was a presenter at Virtuoso Travel Week, is authoring a book for publication in 2020 entitled: \u201cRevisit: The New Art of Luxury Travel.\u201d In the book he writes about future travel trends including hyper-personalization, transformative travel, space travel, and the increasing role played by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

\u201cSilicone Valley has ideas. Perhaps underneath the skin you could have implants which affect you in certain ways by controlling your hormonal release and playing with your emotions. And that\u2019s the psychological level creatively we now try to take travel to naturally.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Contact<\/em> Travel Writer Michael Patrick Shiels at MShiels@aol.com\u00a0 His radio program may be heard weekdays at MiBigShow.com or in Lansing on WJIM am 1240 from 9-noon.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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