1. Well-written articles from experienced travel writers who know what they're talking about.

2. Extensive sidebars full of useful information.

3. A minimum of four photographs with every destination article (usually more like eight to 10), many of them original photos and not the standard Convention and Visitors Bureau issue.

4. Edited copy (which saves on staff editorial time).

5. Price for four to five weekly Travel Arts Spotlight articles and photos equivalent to the cost of buying one freelance article with photos.

6. Less administrative work and cost. Editors receive one contract with the Travel Arts Syndicate for each package they purchase and one monthly invoice instead of having to write individual contracts for freelancers and having to pay each of them separately.

7. Responsiveness to questions, concerns and problems. One phone call or e-mail to editor, Terese Loeb Kreuzer, will produce immediate results. No layers of secretaries or other staff to wade through before getting answers.

8. Customized response to special needs. Because of TAS's network of writers and photographers, TAS is usually able to provide articles or photos on specific subjects when TAS subscribers have special issues to fill.

9. Low-cost, accurate TAS coverage of many destinations frees up money for newspaper editors to travel to places that they consider high priority.

10. Exclusive use of TAS stories in your primary circulation area (unlike wire service stories that may show up in your competitor’s paper the same day they run in yours).