There are lots of great travel stories this week, and I’m envious that a lot of my pals are currently on the road. It’s a perfect time to enjoy their travels vicariously, though, so I hope you’ll take time to see what these great travel writers are up to.
UpUpnAAway is off to exotic Dubai [...]
It’s been a big news week! Between the huge earthquake and its aftershocks in Chile, to the tsunami warnings in Hawaii and Japan, there’s plenty of news to capture the attention of travelers. The devastation and disruption of life has been tremendous, and there is no diminishing the impact it has on travel plans.
In the [...]
It’s been a week of airline drama, with stories ranging from being “too fat to fly” to airlines having unfriendly family seating policies. There aren’t easy answers to these thorny issues, despite wishing it were so, and the balance of profitability and customer service keeps shifting. and lots of bloggers chimed in on the topic [...]
Before you get too engrossed with today’s 2010 Olympic Winter Games coverage, I invite you to spend some time with some great travel posts discovered this past week: Whether you’re an active traveler, a vicarious traveler, or an armchair traveler, you’ll find something to capture your imagination.
Euro Cheapo suggests that sometimes the best choice in [...]
It’s been a long, busy week, and I’ve been traveling. I spent five days in Sacramento, doing a little touring around the city (I didn’t realize the area had so much to offer), and meeting with other friends and acquaintances who love travel as much as I do.
After returning home, I found myself exhausted and [...]
It’s been a busy week for travelers, with increases in checked baggage charges, crazy passenger antics, and reports that travel will probably not be rebounding much in 2010. Those dedicated to travel still keep traveling, and writing about it, giving us lots to read this week:
Intelligent Travel says farewell to Butterstick. Four and a [...]
I’ve been traveling most of this past week, with some time in Washington DC the first part and then some time in Spokane toward the end. Keeping up with my favorite travel bloggers is made easy with my feed reader, but nothing can compensate for a busy schedule with little time to read.
This week’s list [...]
It’s been a week of horrible news from Haiti, and travel bloggers have been covering the devastation following the earthquake right along with all the major news networks. They’ve also been instrumental in stepping up to the plate, and finding various creative ways to raise money to help in relief and rebuilding efforts.
I can’t choose [...]
Last year at this time, I’d been to 7% of the countries in the world. I added on a few countries in 2009 (Switzerland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Croatia), and current find myself up to 10%.
I put together this very cool map from TravBuddy that shows where I’ve been. The green countries are where I’ve been, and [...]
The beginning of a new year seems to be the time for predicting trends, reflecting on the year past, and starting discussions on the “best” of the year gone by. Lately, there seems to be a lot of discussion centered around which are the “best” travel blogs, and when someone asks me that question, I [...]
