What does he have on his Tinder profile, the thought leader of online dating? Didn't VFTW cover making airline miles/points from getting in on the online dating industry? Talk about diversification. :D

Based on the last half dozen or so posts VFTW has become the TMZ of travel blogging.

Lol. And he is taking allot of heat for today's thought leadership...err copying a post from FT

A new low in garbage posts, with a post making out homeless families in New York as some subhuman threat because they are staying in the Radisson JFK - a hotel Gary would never be caught dead in. Ironically, he suggests its about disclosure - ironic given his position on BoardingArea - a disclosure-free zone full of amoral conflicted "advice" and marketing.

The worst line: "“The moral question of housing them alongside hotel guests is a challenging one.”

No, the moral questions are:
-homelessness
- the continued existence of Gary's blog

Just when you think he can't sink any lower:td:

I don't read travel blogs but i saw the post here in this thread about the homeless story and had to look, the same way one might rubberneck at an accident or stare
at a train wreck.

This sounds like the blogger equivalent of drunk texting however.

Roflmao, Gary Leff wants the solar eclipse to GET OFF HIS LAWN!!!

Crotchety old man at 44. ;)

He might want to move away from Austin before April 2024 then. Another total solar eclipse will be coming right through Austin and much of Texas then :D.

Amazingly, the "thought leader" didn't think far enough ahead to realize that his post had to prompt this comment: "There’s nothing new about the chase sapphire card, but yet we get a post every month rehashing the same benefits".

Mr. Pot got to meet Mr. Kettle.

My explanation about why the homeless story was tacky and reflected stereotypes about homeless people got me blocked on Twitter by Gary. I guess I'll have to find other ways to keep up on Libertarians posting about every customer claiming they got kicked off a flight and did absolutely nothing wrong, and sex stories.

It takes a real man to block substantive criticism to things they post on the internet.

Who could blame him?

Maybe it's not substantive criticism that resulted in the block.

I've been critical of some of the items on VFTW and it hasn't resulted in me being blocked.

Sounds like there is more to the story.

I've been critical as well. But I'm happy to share the offending tweets so the blog apologists can continue to apologize:

"I have worked with dozens of homeless families. They are no greater risk to you than any other unknown guest. To suggest that their presence creates a "right to know" is wrong and harmful. To suggest *that* is the moral question associated with homelessness is shameful To use it as clickbait for a blog that engages in amoral marketing tactics is revolting. To be blunt, homeless NY families have just as much interest in staying at the Radisson JFK as elitist bloggers like [MENTION=218863]garyl[/MENTION]eff do. We often pretend the miles & points hobby has no connection to the rest of the world. Travel should expand your perspective, not narrow it."

I'm not surprised that there are people on here who support media figures blocking people with different views about the things they publicly say. It's a view not uncommon in America today, after all. But I think you have to have a thicker skin. A writer would want his ideas going out to people who may not agree with him.

To me, a media figure who uses his or her Twitter account for "professional" purposes should only block viewers if they are engaging in regular trolling or abusive behavior. This may have been the 3rd or 4th time in as many years I've had any interaction with him on Twitter, on a post many people were criticizing him for.

If it makes you feel better, he blocked me on Facebook for criticizing his clickbait titles.

Lovely , Today the thought leader in libertarian travel bloggers obsessed with butts and sex used the occasion of Labor Day to bash a union. Such a classy guy.