Downloadable Lonely Planet Chapters
Friday, July 13th, 2007 Posted in Travel books, Travel industry | 5 Comments »For about ten years now we've been hearing how the travel guidebook industry would change radically because more people are getting their info in digital form. For the most part it hasn't happened. Old habits die hard on both ends. ...
Translate el Lugar
Thursday, July 12th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, General | 3 Comments »I think it was when I saw a TV show telling me that Ecuador means "equator" that I realized I am a total idiot in terms of knowing what place names I've heard my whole life are in Spanish. I ...
Panama’s Time to Shine?
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 Posted in Destination reports, Travel adventures, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »For a lot of reasons, some travel destinations get all the visitors while others get ignored. Sometimes it's a lack of money for marketing, sometimes it's a clueless government that keeps shooting itself in the foot. Other times the place ...
Scoring a Second Home Hits the Mainstream
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 Posted in International living/working, Work/Life/Travel Balance | No Comments »For some reason I get quoted by writers in Men's Health once or twice a year, in a random article about travel that's squeezed in between a dozen on how to have six-pack abs and score more dates. (The latter ...
Dollar-smart Destinations Article
Sunday, July 8th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, General, Travel bargains | 4 Comments »I got quoted in a story that ran in yesterday's Detroit Free Press, "Dollar Smart Destinations." It runs down the places where the U.S. dollar is in trouble and where you can get more for your greenback. There are some points ...
