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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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Media Kitty October 23, 2009 at 4:15pm

Look forward to welcoming you to Media Kitty, Patricia. For now, just add www.google.com or something along those lines and we'll sort it out later. Thanks for checking us out. Look forward to working with you.

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Patricia Borns October 23, 2009 at 4:06pm

Heather, the join form insists on a web site that I don't currently have. Any work-around for that?
Media Kitty October 23, 2009 at 3:50pm

Hi, Please add Media Kitty www.mediakitty.com to your list of resources. We welcome accredited travel journalists to source news, contacts, jobs, trip opportunities and more. Active with 8,000 journalists and tourism professionals since 2001.
Ed Wetschler October 23, 2009 at 3:30pm

Patricia, I haven't been back for several years, so I'm not up to date on the hotels. That's the bad news. The good news is that "up to date" does not apply to Anegada. I believe you can still get Sanka decaf on this island, and incomprehensible though this may sound, I mean that as a compliment.
Patricia Borns October 23, 2009 at 3:09pm

Thanks Ed. My task will be to find those virtues (St Thomas)! Maybe one of them is its lack of attitude compared w/ St; John! No dis intended there - I personally prefer St. John as you do. If you were recently in Anegada, appreciate help scoping out where to stay.
Ed Wetschler October 23, 2009 at 2:56pm

What wows me about St. Thomas is that it's just a ferry ride away from a better island: St. John. But people tell me that if you can get past the vendors etc. at the port, the island does have some virtues. Anegada: I love its down-home quality, the isolation, the locally owned hotels and restaurants, the mild air of disorganization as people who were truly isolated a few decades ago pursue the tourism biz in their own very island way. This is the Caribbean, and that's all to the good. See also this forum: http://www.frommers.com/community/forum.cfm?plckForumPage=Forum&amp...
Patricia Borns October 23, 2009 at 11:49am

I'm heading to St. Thomas USVI and Anegada BVI and interested in what wowed you in either place. Happy to take additional assignments, too, story or photo.
David Paul Appell October 21, 2009 at 6:49pm

Attending World Travel Market in London Nov. 9-12? We are too! Why don't you indicate your attendance on our calendar so everybody knows who's going? Simply click "Your RSVP" in the middle column!

Hope to C U in London!
David Paul Appell October 20, 2009 at 1:27am

Hey Media Members,

A couple of you have reported today that our group's e-mail updates are flooding your inbox. Fear not! There's an easy way to stop the e-mails in two super-quick steps, while still remaining a full-fledged member of "Media Only!"

These e-mails are a great way to keep your finger on the pulse of issues affecting travel writers (ok, issues don't have a pulse, just bear with me!), but please feel free to stop the e-mails and check in with the group at your own pace.

Happy Monday to all!
Stephen Duplantier October 19, 2009 at 5:55pm

The Leatherback MArine Park in Costa Rica is at risk of being destroyed. Unbelievably, Oscar Arias himself is sponsoring a bill to downgrade the status of the park and make it a "refuge." It won't work. The Leatherback turtles, already critically endangered, will lose their nesting grounds on the beaches. This is a serious blow to ecotourism in Costa Rica and a major disgrace to Costa Rica's green image. I just published an online magazine that tells more about this crisis. Pleas pass this on to appropriate individuals, groups, and media outlets.

http://issuu.com/gruporizomas/docs/the_voice_of_the_leatherbacks