Strip Passport, Bogus Energy Fields, and Traveling Tribesmen
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel books, Travel music | No Comments »Yes indeed, those random unrelated phrases mean it's time for a new issue of Perceptive Travel. Follow this link to get right to it: Perceptive Travel May/June '08. The strip passport reference has to be experienced in full to be understood, ...
Traveler’s Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America - Out Now!
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Leffel projects, Travel books | No Comments »Last year I poured a sizable chunk of my time into a travel planning guide co-written with Rob Sangster. The result is now a chunky book on the shelves, Traveler's Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America. This is not a guidebook ...
Friday Round-up of Good Travel News
Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, General, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Making a difference, Travel books | 2 Comments »1) Outside magazine has stopped including any subscription insert cards in all subscription copies, starting with its March "green" issue. This will save an estimated 1,500 trees, according to the magazine. "We've had huge gains online," Paul Rolnick, consumer marketing ...
A Great Rant on Travel List Books
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Travel books, Travel funnies, Travel industry | No Comments »A while back I went off on 5 things that are getting off my nerves. One of them being the proliferation of travel lists, specifically the books that tell you that you must go here and do these specific things, ...
Ask me about Mexico and Central America
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Leffel projects, Travel bargains, Travel books | No Comments »I'm pretty good about answering e-mails from readers, even if they do sometimes want me to serve as their surrogate guidebook and travel agent (ahem). But a lot of questions are common ones that more than one person is asking, ...


