24
Mar
2008
2008 Travvies Nominations: Best Big Media Travel Blog
Posted by: Mark Ashley

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Last year’s Travvies voters asked for this change more than any other.

More and more media companies are launching blogs of their own, and journalists are becoming bloggers themselves. This award recognizes the leaders in the “professional” category. (Freelancers whose sites aren’t hosted on a company blog site are excluded here.)

You may nominate UP TO THREE BLOGS by leaving a comment in this post. (Click here to do so.) If your favorite has been nominated already, feel free to show your love and nominate it again, though a blog only needs to be nominated once to be in contention.

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19 Responses to “2008 Travvies Nominations: Best Big Media Travel Blog”

  1. John Stavely Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 1:08 pm

    I would like to nominate: http://guide.trustedtours.com

  2. Jeannette Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    I nominate Intelligent Travel (intelligenttravel.typepad.com), National Geographic Traveler’s blog.

  3. Gary Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    National Geographic – Intelligent Travel
    Travel Channel – World Hum

  4. Darren Cronian Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    Kevin @ http://www.travolution.blogspot.com
    Nathan @ http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/blogs

  5. Cranky Flier Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    Airline Biz – http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/

    Jeanne Leblanc Coach Class – http://blogs.courant.com/travel_columnists_leblanc/

    Sky Talk –
    http://startelegram.typepad.com/sky_talk/

  6. Marilyn Terrell Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 1:18 am

    Since the blog I contribute to, Intelligent Travel, has already been nominated, I’d like to nominate:

    The L.A.Times’ Daily Travel & Deal blog by Jen Leo: http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/

  7. Sean O'Neill Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 9:03 am

    I would like to nominate:
    Budget Travel’s This Just In, Ben Mutzabaugh’s Today in the Sky for USA Today, and The International Herald Tribune‘s Globespotters.

  8. Ken Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    Not a big fan of their magazine, but the blog is good.
    Budget Travel blog
    http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/

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    March 27th, 2008 at 3:58 am

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  11. Louise Brown Says:
    March 27th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    I’ve gotta nominate the Trip Adisor blog, it’s hilarious
    http://tripadvisor.typepad.com/

  12. Tim Says:
    March 30th, 2008 at 12:11 am

    The Perrin Post looks “big media” all right (with a page load time to match), but some good content, especially when the namesake is posting.

  13. Happy Hotelier Says:
    March 30th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    Three suggestions:

    Gridskipper Gridskipper
    Guardian Travel | Guardian
    Int Herald Tribune Travel and Dining – International Herald Tribune

  14. Wendy Perrin Says:
    April 1st, 2008 at 9:06 am

    Thanks, Tim. If the award were for the greatest number of corporate battles fought and lost, I’d win hands down. It’s a miracle I’m still even writing it.

    I’m going to nominate three from USA Today, which — from what I can see — actually values its blogs:

    The Cruise Log
    http://blogs.usatoday.com/cruiselog/

    Hotel Hotsheet
    http://blogs.usatoday.com/hotelhotsheet/

    Today In The Sky
    http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/

  15. Tom Says:
    April 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 am

    From reading Wendy Perrin it seems that dispensing solid, proven, travel advice–and exposing travel rip-offs–is not so much a job, but a calling. Cheers to that!

  16. Andrew D. Nystrom - LA Times Says:
    April 6th, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    Thanks for the kind nomination, Marilyn.

    Besides seconding our blog, http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/, I’d also recommend

    http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/ (NatGeo)

    http://www.worldhum.com/ (in this category, since it was acquired by Travel Channel this year)

    and

    the the user-generated, Editor-curated http://www.everywheremag.com (8020 Publishing), not quite MSM and not quite a
    blog’ per se, but all about Travel, visually arresting, informative and always inspirational.

    In adventure,
    ~ Andrew
    [full disclosure]
    Sr. Editor/Producer, travel.latimes.com
    Los Angeles Times Interactive | latimes.com

  17. Al B. Says:
    April 7th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog

    worldhum

  18. Marilyn Terrell Says:
    April 8th, 2008 at 12:27 am

    Thanks Andrew!

    I second Sean on Globespotters:
    http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/travel/globespotters/

    Sean’s “This Just In” for Budget Travel has a snazzy new design and useful stories:http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/

    I used to like The Economist’s “More Intelligent Life” back when it was a travel blog: http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/197
    Now it’s just a “lifestyle magazine.”

  19. Mark Ashley Says:
    April 8th, 2008 at 6:37 am

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