Journalese of the Day: travel puffery

Travel writers are obligated to paint a rosy picture of travel. Take this line in a Boston Globe story, Aug 6, 2016, about regional road trips: “…Stockbridge [MA] is a well-documented refuge from the city, an easy two hours on the Pike.” Boston is 131 miles from Stockbridge. This would mean driving an average of 65 mph, which could be done, possibly, at 3 a.m. But an “easy” two hours of driving? No two hours on the Mass Pike is “easy.” Awwww, c’mon.

-Robert Skole