Welcome back! You seem to like this blog. Why not share your favorite articles with your friends on Facebook and/or give it a Stumble? Thanks!Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., and I thought it would be a good time to focus on gratitude. Sometimes we travelers obsess on the negatives–high prices, crowds, poor customer [...]
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Blog Action Day 09: Some Highlights
Today is Blog Action Day 2009. More than 10,000 bloggers (myself included) blogged today about climate change to bring awareness to the issue of global warming. Here are just a few travel-related Blog Action Day posts I wanted to bring to your attention. At Wayworded, MatadorNetwork trip editor Hal Amen notes that he has seen [...]
“It Ruined My Vacation!”
Have you ever heard this expression: “It ruined my vacation!”? I see it all the time online on travel forums and review sites. Whenever I read that statement, I roll my eyes. Why? Because 80% of the time, the person who wrote it is being a drama queen blowing some minor incident out of all [...]
“Is it worth it?”
“Is it worth it?” This is fast becoming my least favorite phrase on the travel message forums that I frequent. I see it several times a day, about everything from specific restaurants, to different kinds of theme park passes, to attractions and shows, to resorts and hotels. It’s such a loaded question. I don’t know [...]
Connect With Traveling Friends via TripIt.com
TripIt.com and LinkedIn.com have partnered up to provide a social networking application with which you can share your upcoming travel plans with your connections and networks on LinkedIn. This is one way solos can connect with people they already know when they’re on the road. Click on the play button below to see how it [...]
