Field Notes, City Guides and Practical Travel Reads
The reference shelf behind every dispatch: what we record on the ground, how a route gets tested, and where to look when you need the practical layer rather than the story. practical details, walking distances, opening hours, and the notes that only make sense after you have walked the same street twice.
Most of what lands in the editorial channel is practical: how a dispatch gets built, what a pitch needs to include, and how the Spanish edition fits alongside the English one. Here are the answers we keep repeating, written out once so you can check them before you write.
practical details as they were observed, walking distances measured on the route, opening hours checked at the door, and the small failures that make the next attempt better. A transit tip without the station name and the walk between platforms is not usable. A packing note without heat, hand laundry, and the items people forget is just a list.
By rhythm of trip. A quick layover, a long weekend, a slow month, and working from somewhere else each ask for different reporting. The same reference material serves all four, but what you notice changes with how much time you have on the ground.
A 200-word outline and two links to published clips. Tell us the route, the corner, or the person you plan to spend time with, and what you expect to observe. We read for specificity, not for a polished summary of a place you have not walked yet.
The same pieces run in Spanish with local notes added. Readers in the United States plan in English and often share drafts with family in the Dominican Republic, so both versions need to stand on their own rather than read as a translation of the other.
Corrections, questions about a route, and reader mail all go to the same place. Use the contact page and say what you are writing about. If your question is about how we handle submissions or reuse, the terms page covers it.
Resources on this page are reference material, not a service desk. If a dispatch left a station name unclear, if an opening hour has shifted since we filed, or if a walking distance reads wrong on the ground, tell us. Corrections get folded back into the piece, and the same note often turns into a better line for the next reader planning the same route.
Contributors and readers reach the same editorial channel. Pitches follow the usual shape: a 200-word outline and two links to published clips. Notes about a specific dispatch are easier to act on when you name the piece and the detail in question, so we can check it against the field notes rather than guess at what changed.
transit details move, counters close, a corner gets a new awning. Send the piece title and the detail that no longer matches what you saw.
info@davidonthego.comA 200-word outline and two links to published clips. Tell us the rhythm of trip the piece fits and what you can report from the ground.
Send a pitchAsentamiento 25 de Mayo, Municipio de San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Y4616XAQ, Argentina
+54 9 11 1251 1044Before you write, it helps to know how we handle reader data and what we do with a submitted note. See the privacy policy and terms for that side of things.
The reference material behind each dispatch starts as a message. If you have a route, a stall, a packing fix, or a correction to something we filed, write to the desk directly. Pitches are read the same way: a short outline, two links to published clips, and the rhythm of trip you have in mind.
Readers in the United States and contributors sharing drafts with family in the Dominican Republic use the same channels. The Spanish edition runs the same pieces with local notes added, so a note in either language reaches the same editor.
Phone
+54 9 11 1251 1044For time-sensitive notes about a walk, a transit change, or a stall that moved.
Postal address
Asentamiento 25 de Mayo, Municipio de San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Y4616XAQ, Argentina
Used for correspondence only. Send written material here if email is not an option.