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Think you’re a light packer? Be prepared to be humiliated. Essential travel writer Rolf Potts started a masterly conceived project/publicity stunt this weekend to draw attention to both the exorbitant world of modern baggage fees and to show that “what we experience in life is more important than what we bring with us”.
Potts is traveling around the world with nothing but the clothes on his back (and whatever he can fit in them). I love this not only because when I travel I always feel hopelessly overburdened, lugging around all my stuff, playing the obvious traveler with giant camera, books, cables and all sort of other creature comforts.
One of the tricky parts about writing blogs is you need to keep up with the other bloggers out there, because they are, for the most part, the ones with all the information. It gets especially overwhelming when you take a few days off.
It took me a little while to catch up after attending the Book Passage Travel Writers Conference last week and not checking my feed. I came back to my Google Reader filled to capacity, which is good news for you because there were some great articles written over that time period.
Here is some of the travel blogosphere’s best content over the past couple weeks.
As usual, the ever-industrious army of internet travel writers have been typing their fingers to the bone. I’ve taken note of dozens of good reads recently but here are a handful really good ones. The subjects range from having a general traveler’s awareness, to how to take better photos on the road, to things you’ll need to plan as a non-planning traveler, among others.
Here is some of the travel blogosphere’s best content this week:
Vintage postcard - St. Lazare Train Station, Paris, 1906
If you’ve ever read a travel article and thought, “I could do that,” well, here’s your chance to prove to the world that you certainly can.
Travel writing site Trazzler has begun their On The Road Writing Contest to bring out would-be Kerouacs, Bill Brysons or Tom Millers that may be lurking in the shadows. The contest is for short pieces (recommended 65-120 words) about, as they put it, “the in-between places, quirky attractions, scenic drives, irresistible pitstops, natural oases, sleepy forgotten towns, places of pilgrimage, roadside enigmas, monuments, crossroads, and one-of-a-kind ways of getting from point A to point B.” Poetic!
The contest is sponsored by luxury chain Fairmont Hotels who are also hosting the grand prize: 10 nights at any Fairmont Hotel, which in case you didn’t know, are pretty sweet. In addition, the editors are giving away a writing contract for Trazzler if your piece gets the nod, which can be a pretty nice foot-in-the-door if you’re an aspiring travel writer.
The entry period is July and August (2010) so check out the writing guidelines and get cracking!
The summer travel season is upon us. That means a lot of you are madly doing final preparations before you leave, slowly manipulating your life for a later departure or else sunnily daydreaming about of trip of your own somewhere down the line.
Whatever your personal situation you’re still turning to the blogs for information. Here’s what your contemporaries were reading on the AirTreks Travel Blog last month.
Our top 5 most popular posts for the month of June, ding ding!
This really has been the week of Eyjafjallajökull, but since you’re now tired of pronunciation jokes and the rather old news of it all, I won’t list any of the great commentary written about it last week. Ahem.
Luckily there’s still a truckload of excellent posts out there to spotlight this week. And with those, tips galore!
To wit:
It’s been another big win for the bloggers this week, with posts chock full o’ nuggets (of info) and items of general usefulness.
Here’s what I’ve been reading on the web this week:
It was a tough week for my RSS reader, bulging at the seams, barely able to contain itself. Hence, I got a little behind reading it all, but you, dear reader, get it sorted for your pleasure.
Here’s what I’ve been reading on the web!
Aviation as glamour. Imagine!
No one will deny airline travel has changed a lot over the years. From commanding respect and a debonair sense of authority, to a comic and ego-crushing experience you just crave the end of.
Needless to say a trip on an airplane isn’t what it used to be, and nowhere is that more apparent than in its advertisements.
To make you pine for the past all the more, I’ve gathered together some of the more interesting and beautiful ads from one of the great eras of flight – the 1950s.
So, grab your leather suitcase, tilt your pillbox hat, polish up your pearly cuff links and prepare for a nostalgic trip across the years.
Keeping up with best information on the web can be difficult as balancing a pyramid of champagne flutes on a sword held between your teeth. To help in the act, here are the top travel posts I’ve been reading this week.
In no particular order:
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