Paying Into Other Local Economies

One thing that I always enjoy when traveling is putting money into other (not my) local economies. Some of the places I travel to are not doing as well as little old Dubuque Iowa. Even though the majority of the money goes into the service industry, for restaurants and hotels, it's still going into economies that don't have the benefit of my business year round. This year in particular a lot of money has been paid into other economies on my behalf.

It's certainly not charity, the people and companies earn that money. It often strikes me as strange how the little things, like a hotel, or a coffee shop open before 7 AM, seem so convenient when I am traveling. It's like they knew I was coming and they rolled out the red carpet.

Seriously, Red Carpet in my Milwaukee Hotel Today