Often overshadowed by the mainland Australian states, Brad Christmas discovers Tasmania is home to some of most spectacular coastline as well as some of the best food and wine downunder.
Continue ReadingJune 9-11 saw hundreds of travel bloggers and industry members head to Vancouver for two days of networking, learning, connecting, and putting faces to Twitter avatars. Here are the highlights and lowlights from TBEX 2011.
Continue ReadingFor those travelers that are feeling the burden of their carbon footprint, Zoë Smith offers nine easy-to-follow tips to not only minimize the damage to the environment but limit the impact to your wallet too.
Continue ReadingRoy A. Barnes explored some of the 500 castles situated in a land the size of Massachusetts, finding plenty of history and even some chills.
Continue ReadingHawaii and Indonesia aren’t the only places you can learn to catch waves; Delphine Foo sheds some light on a few lesser-known spots to learn to surf.
Continue ReadingFor some us, traveling can be a sort of pilgrimage, not the religious kind, but one which makes us seek out the homes of some of the most inspirational people in the world. Denise Pulis shares a few of her favorite homes turned museums, but she knows there are many, many more.
Continue ReadingMatthew Stone visits a city of contrasts to investigate one of the most common travel-writing cliches.
Continue ReadingWhen Jody Hanson moved into an apartment in Portal Fernandez Concha in Santiago’s historic Plaza de Armas, she realized that she would get an insider’s view of Santiago that very few people ever get to see.
Continue ReadingGuidebooks offer us tips on how to travel the world on a ‘shoestring budget’ and advise us to ‘do as the Romans’ do’ when vacationing abroad. Sage advice for sure, but where did these peculiar travel idioms originate? Writer and language-lover Reannon Muth explains the history behind 15 popular travel words and phrases.
Continue ReadingA lesser-known travel destination in the United States introduces gorgeous scenery and the culture of the largest American Indian nation, the Navajo. Ten tips for your trip.
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