Interviews and Guest Posts

Sonia Goes Punk in Berlin

April 5, 2012
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Today’s guest post is by one of my new favorite travel videographers, Sonia Gil. Here, Sonia makes the case in both words and video for learning some of the local language when you travel. Those of you who have plans to travel to Germany should pay extra attention–you’ll definitely learn some phrases you will use. [...]

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Going Solo to the Manchester Christmas Markets

December 13, 2011

‘Tis the season when thoughts start drifting toward holiday events and foods and shopping. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit the Christmas Markets in Europe? Wonder no more. Today’s guest blogger, Andrea, describes Manchester’s Christmas Markets (in the UK) for us. Living in Manchester, something has to make up for [...]

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Interview with Dan Austin, CEO of Austin-Lehman Adventures

November 22, 2011

If you read my early October post, “Would you like to interview a tourism industry CEO?”, you’ve probably been wondering “Hey, where’s that interview?” Sorry for the delay, but I was out of town. For those of you who didn’t read that post, I had been given the opportunity to interview Dan Austin, CEO of [...]

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Cruising to Bermuda Solo: The Journey and the Destination

November 9, 2011

I’m so thrilled to bring you this guest post today from one of my favorite online friends, who also happens to be one of my favorite guest bloggers, Tracy Antonioli. If you’ve ever considered a solo cruise and/or visiting Bermuda, but were nervous about going alone, you’ll want to read this. I originally chose to [...]

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Runaway to Sister’s City

October 24, 2011

In August, I had the pleasure of hosting fellow travel bloggers Juno Kim (Runaway Juno), who hails from Seoul, South Korea, and Stephen Bugno, the Bohemian Traveler. Juno was in the midst of an epic US Road Trip, and when she asked where she should go, naturally, I spoke up on behalf of the beautiful [...]

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Would You Like to Interview a Tourism Industry CEO?

October 5, 2011

Are you curious about how tourism companies are run? Do you wish you could get the CEO of a major tour company in the “hot seat” and ask him any question you want? Well, here’s your chance. I’ve been given the opportunity to do a podcast interview with the CEO of a prominent tour company. [...]

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Solo Travel in Iceland

August 23, 2011

Since I live in a state where ice and snow are prevalent six months out of the year, traveling to a vacation destination with the word “ice” in its name hasn’t been a high priority for me. But after reading today’s guest post and seeing the picture below, I might just have to change my [...]

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10 Tips for Solo Cruises

August 12, 2011

I am pleased to have a guest blogger today who is as passionate about cruising as I am about solo travel.  Here, Faraz Qureshi shares with you ten great tips from his travel toolkit to help you improve the quality of your solo cruise experience. Readers of this blog already know that there are many [...]

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Need Time to Travel? A Career Break Might Help

February 15, 2011

At the TBEX travel blogger’s conference last June, I had the opportunity to meet Jeff Jung, who described a fascinating project he was working on:  Producing video travel guides for people planning career breaks.  (A “career break” is just what it sounds like: a break from employment to pursue travel and other interests).  Well, Jeff’s [...]

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