Travel brochures have the advantage of being small and portable enough to fit into a purse, backpack or suitcase. Even a big stack of brochures can lay flat and be bundled up into a neat package to take along with you on your next vacation. When you're having breakfast at your hotel restaurant and wondering how to spend your day, it's much easier and more convenient to pull out those handy brochures and browse through them as you plan your vacation itinerary.
A great advantage of collecting travel brochures is the opportunity to store them for future reference. For example, when you cross the state line at an interstate highway, you will often find a state "welcome center." It typically has a collection of travel brochures, maps and other useful information about the state and its most popular destinations. If you're in Colorado, you'll find maps and information about the Rocky Mountains, Colorado National Monument, Estes Park, Aspen, Vail and other must-see sights. In Texas, you can browse photographs and maps of Big Bend National Park, Fredericksburg, Austin/Hill Country, and other tourist hotspots. Even if you're just driving through, collect the brochures that interest you and file them away for the future. You might find yourself in Northern California and need some quick tips on where to go and what to see. An added bonus: you'll never need to pay for a map.
There may come a time when you'll find yourself in a location unexpectedly and don't know where to go or what to see. If you're on a business trip and didn't have much time to plan your itinerary for the off-hours, the travel brochures available at local tourist information centers, visitors bureaus and even the lobby of your hotel will come in handy. Browse through the stacks and pick up the ones that catch your attention. Whether you love shopping, antiquing, river rafting, cruising, hiking or even balloon riding, you'll probably find plenty of things to occupy your time. Brochures allow vacationers who prefer a more spontaneous approach to set their itinerary as they go. If you'd rather spend your time enjoying your vacation and less time actually organizing it, travel brochures are the way to go.
