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How to start a travel blog right now: 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 19, 2011 at 7:19pm

Online book publishing service Blurb today launched a new way to publish collections of photos - as an eBook for the iPad. The new eBooks come in templated or custom two-page layouts, which readers can swipe through, search the text of and zoom into full resolution images.

Publishers pay $1.99 per book and get to keep 100% of the profit beyond that cost. Paper books from Blurb start at $10 each to print on demand. Two buck easy-to-make eBook publishing on demand sounds awesome.
Jennifer Schoultz October 14, 2011 at 2:13pm

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David Paul Appell October 11, 2011 at 5:36pm

New on our blog: one member's critique of Examiner.com.
David Paul Appell October 11, 2011 at 1:32am

Nancy, our heartfelt condolences for your loss - it's hard to truly imagine how you must be feeling but I can certainly begin to guess....
Tiffany Karabaich October 10, 2011 at 5:58pm

Nancy, I'm very sorry to hear about your grandson. Nothing is harder than losing a loved one. Concerning your friend's magazine, I'd be interested in knowing more about it, and if our interests match, I'd do an article for no fee. Please contact me- tiffany.thegoodtravellife@gmail.com
Jeannine Crooks October 10, 2011 at 12:54am

Nancy, I had to deal with a murder in my family five years ago. In our society, we always automatically ask "why" so we can understand and try to fix something, but in this case there is no why and no way we can change anything. Time provides distance, so one day you can breathe again, and even though it never goes away, ultimately you'll reach a point when the "why" doesn't haunt you as much. It won't ever make sense, but the understanding that some questions don't have answers does bring a little peace. God Bless.
Nancy M. Dickinson October 9, 2011 at 6:42pm

It's a small, family oriented upscale magazine out of Tampa. She and I cover the travel section but she's always looking for family type articles of various nature.
Stacey Wittig October 9, 2011 at 6:08am

Nancy, I would be interested in knowing more about your friend's publication. If her mag fits my interests, I would consider doing an article for no fee. BTW, I was in Hereford, AZ on assignment last spring. The hummingbirds!
Susan Frost October 9, 2011 at 4:20am

Dear Nancy, just returned from a beautiful fall day here in Oregon after photographing a college football game. I am so very sorry to learn about the senseless and tragic murder of your grandson. My heart goes out to you and your family. I have experienced the loss of all of my immediate family members, except for my remaining brother. In my experience, the time to die is not under our control and most of the time it doesn't make any sense. But in the whatever it's worth department, I believe our loved ones are in a better place now and I'm thankful for the time they shared with us in this world. I am fortunate that I do have a son and two grandchildren, even if they live far away. Take care of yourself. Just do what feels the best during this time period and I know you will feel better in time. Cheers!
Nancy M. Dickinson October 9, 2011 at 3:08am

And I wish this site had a "like" button on each post so I could let others here know while I might disagree in some form with what they're saying (via the written word as a post) I still give them a +1 for what they are saying.