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How to start a travel blog in 2025: ideas and suggestions

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

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A tribute to my friend, the late travel media icon Arthur Frommer

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…

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Free access to Encyclopaedia Britannica for journalists

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.

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What do you wear to Seven Magic Mountains?

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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David Paul Appell October 29, 2009 at 5:54pm

Guys, we're finalizing a date, time, and venue -- probably one of the new hotels in town -- and will let you know immediately once it's confirmed. I will say, though, that we are looking at Thursday immediately after the close of WTM.
Allan Lynch October 29, 2009 at 5:47pm

A few years ago a group of us who met on Travelwriters.com met up at the VisitScotland booth - one of the guys had a connection. So we had tea and treats and chatted and got to know each other. We were given a time, like 1-2 to meet and those who could showed up. Maybe we should just set a time and a place? And I won't be wearing the red survival suit so I'll be harder to spot.

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Elyse Jessica Glickman October 29, 2009 at 4:40pm

I think this is brilliant! I love this idea because this is the first networking site I have run into where everybody is legit, and people genuinely like to help one another out rather than talk smack about each other and poach each others jobs and contacts (one of the occupational hazards of being a female travel writer in L.A. under 50--women in particular in LA are bad to one another)
Jose R. Garrigo October 29, 2009 at 2:40pm

The ID should be visible on the person so we can identify other Tripatini members. This is a great site. Provides a link among tourism/travel writers. Shares other members' experiences and comments/answers on questions and problems we all have. Gives ideas about interesting FAM places to go.
José Balido October 29, 2009 at 4:36am

Great idea, José & Tom! My first thought would be permanent tattoos (just kidding!). Second choice: T-shirts, pins, luggage tags... We're analyzing all the options, and working on it. One thing's for sure: Cartagena was a blast, and all the more so for sharing it with other Tripatini members!
Jose R. Garrigo October 28, 2009 at 9:49pm

Last week four Tripatini members went to Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, for a four day conference preparing for the Bicentennial of the Colombian Independence (1810-2010). Cartagena is a charming colonial city. Plenty of small, boutique hotels in the colonial section and hotels for all budgets outside that area. Interesting Caribbean cuisine. It was a pleasure to meet other Tripatini members there. We should start identifying ourselves whenever we travel to such events.
Ed Wetschler October 28, 2009 at 8:58pm

On another subject altogether, here's an update on that writers' class action against Glenn Harris / Caribbean/Yachting Escapes: In addition to all the SATW etc. writers already involved, now two more people have claimed that they are owed substantial sums.
Trevor Claringbold October 26, 2009 at 1:24am

Hi Mary,
To cover all bases you're probably best aiming to stay somewhere around the Tower of London area (Tower Hill). That has fast links direct to Excel (the WTM venue) using the Docklands Light Railway. You can hop on the Underground into the city using either the District or Circle lines - both about 15 minutes to Embankment, which is your best starting place for a tour of the main sights. Of course you'll also be close to the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast, and the Monument, if you stay there. I'm sure everyone will have their own favourites, but that would be my suggestion. If you haven't been before, and you want a bit of guidance, feel free to e-mail me and I'll happily give you a brief guideline itinerary so you see as much as possible of the sights in a short time! (trevor@kudosmedia.org). And maybe I'll bump into you at WTM.
Allan Lynch October 26, 2009 at 1:14am

I'm living rather last-minute right now. I have to go to the UK for three assignments, so I may be in London for the WTM. I won't know for a few days yet - waiting on tickets. If so count me in. (Guess I better register.)

As for London, I just sent a friend and his two daughters to the Premier in the old County Hall building. They loved it. It's next to the London Eye, across from Parliament and close to tube stations and taxis. He's the second person I've sent there. The other was a solo female academic and she took found it good value and convenient.
Mary Jo Manzanares October 26, 2009 at 12:35am

Can anyone make a suggestion as to a good "area" or "neighborhood" of London that well located for sightseeing, but also has easy access to Tube, rail, or riverboat station. I've been looking at so many areas, names, etc., and they are starting to blur Thanks!