The Link Between Travel and Creativity
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 Posted in General, Long-term travel, Work/Life/Travel Balance | No Comments »The world is a book. If you don't travel, you only read one page. - St. Augustine For a business publication I write for I got to interview Sam Harrison last week, the author of the creativity books ideaspotting and Zing! ...
My Interview in Written Road
Monday, November 13th, 2006 Posted in General, Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel | No Comments »There's an interview with yours truly today in Written Road, the great Jen Leo blog about the travel writing life. If you are so inclined, go check it out. It's a good read if you want to know about the "sounds ...
Group Tours that Don’t Suck
Saturday, November 11th, 2006 Posted in Destination reports, General, Vacation deals | No Comments »Most independent travelers shun group tours except when they have no choice, but at times it can make sense to go on an organized travel tour. This is expecially true when it's a vacation on a specific time frame, not ...
Guidebook Smackdown for Argentina
Friday, November 10th, 2006 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, General, Leffel projects, Travel industry | No Comments »This past summer when I went to Argentina, I gathered up a bunch of Argentina guides and put them through their paces for an article in Transitions Abroad. I tried them all out for planning the trip and then took ...
Country-specific Hotel Sites
Thursday, November 9th, 2006 Posted in Destination reports, General, Travel industry | No Comments »If you want to pop onto a web site and find a hotel in Europe or North America there are plenty of options. And in specific regions you've got specialized sites that cover an area well, but in others--nada. New sites ...






