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AlexBrylov Starting a travel blog this year can be an exciting and rewarding journey, allowing you to share your adventures, inspire others, and even generate income. With evolving digital trends and increasing opportunities in the travel niche, this is the perfect time to launch your blog. Here’s a step-by-step guide, along with content ideas and suggestions to help you succeed. read post
Read more…The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with…
Read more…My editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica has asked me to extend this offer to all my journalist colleagues. You are invited to enjoy free access to all its factchecked resources, and if you do link to a Britannica story in your articles, none of the content linked to will be paywalled. Your readers in turn will have full and free access to Britannica's content. To get your free, personal subscription, just go to britannica.com/journalists and enter the code: EXPERT-CONTENT.
Read more…Seven Magic Mountains is an art installation located in the Nevada desert, and the weather can be quite hot and dry. Therefore, it is recommended to wear comfortable and breathable clothing, such as shorts, t-shirts, and sandals or sneakers. You may also want to bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun. It's also a good idea to bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated. While there is no strict dress code, it's important to dress appropriately for the weather and…
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"Special $100 Travel Writer Rate in August and September At Los Cabos’ “Hotel with a Heart”
Calling all travel writers, bloggers and tweeps.... During the months of August and September 2010, all travel writers are invited to enjoy the 237-suite Marquis Los Cabos, a member of Leading Hotels of the World, for only $100 per night. The 'travel-writer' rate applies to the resort’s spacious Junior Suites that feature breathtaking ocean views, private balconies, luxury toiletries and Frette linens, as well as a Marquis continental breakfast delivered daily to a private en- suite niche...."
"Prior to or upon check-in, writers must send in a link to an article or post published in 2010 in order to receive the reduced rate. Tax and service charge is included. For more information or reservations, please email Sterritt@kwegroup.com.
"Featured in National Geographic Traveler’s 'Hotels with a Heart,' the Marquis Los Cabos donates five percent of the hotel’s annual revenue for the staff’s education and healthcare in its Marquis University. Since 2003, the resort has helped on average 20 employees a year obtain primary schooling and bachelor degrees."
Seven members of the Adventure Collection, the premier adventure travel companies in the world, are partnering in a groundbreaking new online travel contest. To enter, adventure travelers must submit an essay of 400 words or less to Blog Your Way Around the World, then invite their friends to vote for them for a chance to win eight world-class expeditions in Africa, Canada , Central America, Europe, South America , Indonesia and the United States , including trips for two with one of seven adventure travel companies.
In addition to winning eight of the world's greatest adventures, the winner and one guest will also receive a total airfare credit of $8000 and a gear package provided by top suppliers. The total prize package, with gear, has a value of nearly $80,000.
Contest entries must be submitted by December 31, 2010, and the essay entry with the most votes wins. Contestants are encouraged to solicit votes via email and social media, including Facebook and Twitter. The winner and their guest will have until December 31, 2014, to complete their travel, and must agree to post blog entries prior to travel, throughout their travels and upon his or her return home from each adventure.
For complete contest details visit: http://www.blogyourwayaroundtheworld.com.
Good to see you today. I'm impressed at how alert you looked after that red-eye.
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