BEST INFORMATIVE/PRACTICAL TRAVEL BLOG
This award goes to a travel blog that provides news, commentary, advice, or general insight into the workings of travel. Informative, and useful: You learn from such a blog. Unlike a destination blog or a personal narrative from a trip, this category is more practically minded.
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March 24th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I believe that my web site (www.InternetTravelTips.com) is the most imformative site for the broadest range of travelers. It’s non-commercial with “bottom line” content. I strive to make it the most useful travel information with the fewest mouse clicks.
Bob Cowen
The Internet Travel Guru
Travel Savings Through Education
http://www.InternetTravelTips.com
March 24th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Amateur Travel Podcast“>Travel-Rants.com
March 24th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Let me correct that…
Amateur Travel Podcast
Travel-Rants.com
Happy Hotelier
March 24th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Frugal Travel Guy - http://frugaltravelguy.blogspot.com/
Today in the Sky - http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/
This Just In - http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/
March 24th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I nominate Cranky @
feed://feeds.feedburner.com/CrankyFlier
March 24th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Cranky always has the info before it hits the terminal. Who else took the time to map out how all the airline assingments at Heathrow terminals would be changing?
March 25th, 2008 at 8:51 am
[...] Best Informative/Practical Travel Blog [...]
March 25th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Here are three more:
Less than a shoestring (http://nobudgettravel.wordpress.com/)
EuroCheapo’s blog
http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/
Evan Sparks’s Aviation Policy Blog
http://evansparks.wordpress.com/
Alas, Consumerist, which has had some great coverage, isn’t travel-focused and apparently doesn’t qualify.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:34 am
http://www.travel-rants.com
giving the UK travel consumer a voice.
March 26th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Up Front With Tim Winship is great for travel updates — especially frequent flier news.
http://www.smartertravel.com/all/?content_type=blog_entry&blog_type=up-front-with-tim-winship
March 26th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Cranky Flier gets my vote
March 27th, 2008 at 12:33 am
http://travel-babel.blogspot.com is a constant pleasure–a combination of practical information and the fun of reading about an experienced and intrepid traveler’s adventures. It’s reliable in content, written by a travel writer of many years, and new posts appear almost daily to keep you coming back!
March 27th, 2008 at 3:58 am
[...] Best Informative/Practical Travel Blog [...]
March 27th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
For this one, I would have to say http://www.tripinator.com
March 27th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I love the CrankyFlier.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I vote for
http://writetotravel.blogspot.com/
http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/
http://nobudgettravel.wordpress.com/
March 30th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Cheapest Destinations
Elliott.org
This Just In
March 30th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
thetravelersnotebook.com
bravenewtraveler.com
March 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
http://www.travel-rants.com/
http://www.happyhotelier.com/
http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Seafarer/
March 31st, 2008 at 12:01 am
It’s tough to write an informative travel blog for China, even if you can read Chinese (which is rare enough as it is) the information you’re looking for is rarely centralized. Here are ones that manage to provide useful information all in one manageable place.
http://www.daliandalian.com
http://www.thechonx.com
http://www.ningboguide.com
March 31st, 2008 at 1:05 am
I’d like highly recommend http://frugaltravelguy.blogspot.com/ it’s full of great travel money savings tips and hacks! If traveling frugally is your thing (who’s isn’t it) the Frugal Travel Guy will hands down help you save!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:40 am
Gotta go with Cranky! He has the knowledge and experience as a former airline employee, is still an airline nerd and gets all the info out to us first. Go Brett!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:46 am
I nominate TheChonx.com, by far the most informative website on a city everyone should know about and visit. Furthermore, a model for what a good travel information website should be. TheChonx.com all the way!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:11 am
I nominate Location Independent - which is my blog about being able to live and work from anywhere (so a lifestyle of permanent travel) and also has a sister-site with destination guides for those who do the same thing.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:12 am
Ooops - url is http://www.locationindependent.com/blog
March 31st, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Three more to throw into the mix:
Flight Bliss (Matthew Bennett)
http://www.flightbliss.com/
Seat 2B (Joe Brancatelli)
http://www.portfolio.com/business-travel/seat-2B/
The Perrin Post (me)
http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/perrinpost
April 1st, 2008 at 2:53 am
Nominate thechonx.com … a really useful website on a subject NEVER covered, truly a gem on the http://www.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:06 am
I will second the Soultravelers3 nomination of my Family Travel blog, and thank her for it!
Family Travel: http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Seafarer
April 1st, 2008 at 11:27 am
I would like to add my vote for: http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Seafarer
If I could I’d vote twice!
April 1st, 2008 at 3:15 pm
The Travelers Notebook
http://www.thetravelersnotebook.com
WriteToTravel
http://writetotravel.blogspot.com
Brave New Traveler
http://www.bravenewtraveler.com
April 1st, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Brave New Traveler
http://www.bravenewtraveler.com
Vagabondish
http://www.vagabondish.com
LIP Blog
http://www.locationindependent.com/blog
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:49 am
The Brazil Travel Blog:
http://www.braziltravelblog.com
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:49 am
I have this blog on my Google alerts. I went on my first small ship cruise to Alaska about 2 years ago, and swore that I would never go on a big ship cruise after that. This blog is solely dedicated to small ship cruising, which makes it unique.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:16 am
Travel Rants
http://www.travel-rants.com
The Man in Seat Sixty One
http://www.seat61.com/
Holiday Pad (me)
http://www.holidaypad.net
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
Sunstone Tours and Cruises blog is great for small ship and adventure cruising. I gave up big ships years ago and this blog keeps me up to date.
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
There’s tons of information out there about the standard ‘tour group’ cities in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an, Chengdu) but very little about what else China has to offer. As someone who lived in Chongqing for over two years, I would recommend it to anyone with time to spare on her next visit to China. This website brings together more information than you’ll find in any book from a local’s perspective!
http://www.thechonx.com
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I nominate my site, http://www.deliciousbaby.com.
I blog about traveling with kids and provide inspirational travel stories, tons of practical advice, and family friendly city guides for cities around the world.
April 6th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
http://www.karieandscott.com/blog
April 7th, 2008 at 8:27 am
I’ll third or fourth or fifth or whatever Cranky.
Also: http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/
http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/
April 8th, 2008 at 6:35 am