Feeling Rich by Going Away
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Beers of the World, Travel bargains, Vacation deals, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 10 Comments »It's easy to feel poor right now with the economy being what it is. So I thought it would be an appropriate time to pull out this excerpt from the book Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune. Often the ...
5 Reasons It’s a Good Time to Be an American Backpacker
Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in General, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Travel gear, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 2 Comments »Let's face it, most of the past eight years it was not exactly an ideal time to be a backpacker from the U.S. You faced a falling dollar, a president with very few fans, an unpopular war, and to make ...
A Wave of Great Travel Writing
Friday, March 13th, 2009 Posted in Destination reports, Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, contests | No Comments »It's been travel writing contest season lately it seems, with all kinds of announcements of winners, pro and amateur alike. I was a judge in a contest over at Beth Whitman's Wanderlust and Lipstick, where the grand prize winner got a ...
Travel Guidebooks in Different Forms
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in General, Travel books, Travel industry | 2 Comments »I'm continually amazed by the basic travel questions I'll get from people who have grown up in the Internet age. So many times, those questions are answered in black & white in any guidebook you pick up. Many people are ...
A Look Inside Mexico’s Anthropological Museum
Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | No Comments »Mexico City's Museo Nacional de Anthropologia is a must if you are in the city and it ranks among the best national museums I've been to anywhere in the world. Like many great museums it's almost too much to take ...
