BEST SINGLE-AUTHOR TRAVEL BLOG
This award celebrates the best travel blog written by an individual blogger. Again, the topic is open, as long as there is only one regular poster.
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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- Best Travel Blog
- Best Single-Author Travel Blog
- Best Group-Written Travel Blog
- Best Destination or Trip Narrative Blog
- Best Informative/Practical Travel Blog
- Best Photography on a Travel Blog
- Best Big Media Blog
- Best Podcast or Video Blog
March 24th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Nominating: Sheila at http://www.GoVisitHawaii.com (Go Visit Hawaii).
March 24th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I nominate Gary at http://www.everything-everywhere.com.
March 24th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Elliott.org - http://www.elliott.org/
Killing Batteries - http://killingbatteries.com/
Cranky Flier (my blog) - http://crankyflier.com/
March 24th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I nominate Cranky @
feed://feeds.feedburner.com/CrankyFlier
March 24th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I nominate Lucky’s One Mile at a Time:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime
March 24th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I agree - Cranky is the best!
March 25th, 2008 at 12:41 am
I agree with xj47. Lucky rules.
March 25th, 2008 at 5:29 am
Another nod to the cranky flier. He is the crankiest.
March 25th, 2008 at 7:14 am
I nominate myself: foxnomad.com
March 25th, 2008 at 7:58 am
I also nominate aop at foxnomad.com!
March 25th, 2008 at 8:07 am
I nominate http://www.foxnomad.com
March 25th, 2008 at 9:22 am
http://www.OnLineTravelReview.com gets my vote for single author…its funny and informative
March 25th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I nominate Travel Rants
http://www.travel-rants.com
as Darren Cronian is on only independent blogger in the UK covering travel consumers issues.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Because some great blogs have already been nominated, such as The Cranky Flier, I nominate:
Sheila Beal’s Go Visit Hawaii
http://www.govisithawaii.com/
Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations blog http://travel.booklocker.com/
Pret a Voyager (travel through a designer’s eyes) http://pretavoyager.blogspot.com
honorary mention–but not an nomination because it no longer exists–for Joe Brancatelli’s Summer of Our Discontent blog, which was an inspired labor of love (and anger)
March 25th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Jared at:
http://www.onlinetravelreview.com
It’s the best single author travel blog I read.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Since Cranky has already been nominated, how about:
1 - Today in the Sky
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/
2 - View From the Wing
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/
3 - How To Travel
http://howtotravelamerica.blogspot.com/
March 25th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Everything Everywhere Travel Blog (Gary Arndt): http://everything-everywhere.com
March 25th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Best single author nominees:
Online Travel Review and Today in the Sky.
OTR because Jared Blank’s writing style is witty, he entertains and consistently posts fresh material. Today, for Ben Mutzabaugh’s ability to create dialog and he educates readers on aviation issues.
March 25th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Check out VisitTheCoqui a site dedicated to the jewel of the Caribbean - Puerto Rico
March 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I also nominate Gary at http://www.everything-everywhere.com.
March 25th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Cranky is consistently the most interesting and informative. It is also extremely light-hearted (considering the name of the blog) and well written.
March 25th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Cranky rules.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I nominate Up Front with Tim Winship
One of the leading Frequent Flyer experts.
http://www.smartertravel.com/all/?content_type=blog_entry&blog_type=up-front-with-tim-winship
March 25th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
OnlineTravelReview.com - Very concise but comprehensive site with useful information delivered with a good dose of humor and common sense.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
elliott.org and crankyflier.com are worthy indeed, but so — I say humbly — is my http://travel-babel.blogspot.com. I combine consumer- and issue-oriented, news and experiential posts and try to be mostly useful and a little bit snarky.
March 26th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Cranky flier gets my nomination
March 26th, 2008 at 7:22 am
http://www.wildernessdiary.com/
by Tanya Trevor Saunders
What is life really like living in Kenya? This is an outstanding Blog with some amazing Photography.
Sticking up for our fellow Brits and also my competitor in the Travolution Magazine ( UK based Magazine part of Travel Weekly) Blog awards 2008, and yes we are both finalists for having the best UK ConsumerBlog, so hopefuly we both have some pedigree on this side of the pond.
Darren Cronian for Travel Rants
http://www.travel-rants.com/
and also myself, Lee Harrison for destination essentials at
http://www.selectworld.travel
March 26th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I start my day with Online Travel View (http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview), Jared Blank’s wonderfully eclectic take on travel news, analysis, and humor.
March 26th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
I nominate Online Travel Review too. Jared has a particularly interesting perspective on this always interesting industry.
March 26th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I nominate AOP: foxnomad.com
March 26th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Cranky Flier gets my vote
March 26th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Jared rocks the airline world.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I nominate Travel Babel (Claire Walter) at http://travel-babel.blogspot.com. Awesome use of photos, intelligent commentary, fun to read.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
I nominate Claire Walter (http://travel-babel.blogspot.com).
March 27th, 2008 at 12:37 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 3:57 am
[...] Best Single-Author Travel Blog [...]
March 27th, 2008 at 5:10 am
I nominate Travel Babel (http://travel-babel.blogspot.com), Claire Walter’s interesting, informative, and well-written blog on domestic and international travel.
March 27th, 2008 at 5:45 am
http://cooltravelguide.blogspot.com/
http://pretavoyager.blogspot.com/
http://primitiveculture.blogspot.com/
March 27th, 2008 at 8:01 am
I nominate Claire Walter and her site, http://travel-babel.blogspot.com. This site is intelligent, hip, informative, and fun. Doesn’t get any better than that!
March 27th, 2008 at 8:51 am
The best - witty, pithy and to the point! Great 5 minute read every morning
March 27th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I nominate Claire Walter and her blog at http://travel-babel.blogspot.com for consistently interesting content!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I nominate a phenomenal writer and adventurer, Scott Woz
March 27th, 2008 at 10:35 am
who’s website didn’t show up when I submitted my comment
………
March 27th, 2008 at 10:38 am
and now…..http://www.travelpod.com/members/ScottWoz
March 27th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Haha, Susie, I nominated Scott too, but in a different category!
Here are some other great personal travel blogs from TravelPod:
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/sasull/worldventure_07/tpod.html
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/petef1/south_east_asia/tpod.html
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/benabroad/se-asia2007/tpod.html
March 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Love the intelligent conversation style of this blog. travel-babel.blogstop.com
March 27th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I love the CrankyFlier
March 27th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
has to be Gary Leff of View From the Wing.
As well, i recently stumbled across another blog on the BoardingArea.com site called One Mile At a Time by someone named lucky and it’s really well-written.
And Upgrade, i really like your stuff on the Boarding Area as well, wish you could excuse yourself for a vote.
March 27th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
http://Everything-everywhere.com/
http://www.theworldbysea.com/
March 27th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
http://travelingwithelliot.blogspot.com/
March 27th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I’d like to nominate Escape From New York
http://escapenewyork.blogspot.com/
March 27th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
bigblueglobe
http://bigblueglobe.blogspot.com
Change Your Socks, Change Your Attitude
March 28th, 2008 at 2:02 am
Claire Walter’s sites are quite informative, fun and useful!
March 28th, 2008 at 3:50 am
I’m nominating a fairly new blog from the UK
Lost Weekend
as well as one I’m quite surprised hasn’t already been mentioned Vagabondish
March 28th, 2008 at 4:17 am
I’d sheepishly like to nominate my own blog - http://www.travelpod.com/members/djchurch
I’ve been on the road for about two years, with about two years to go (money and body permitting).
I used to be a high school teacher in History, Anthropology, and GeoPolitics. As a result my writing tends to be either thoughtful pieces on the cultures and countries i visit (the teacher part) or smart ass, self humiliating pieces about me being an idiot (the high school part). Unsurprisingly, the humiliating pieces have no problem keeping track with the “serious” pieces.
The better writing seems be from Africa onwards (according to my fans - well, a friend I paid to say he was a fan).
March 28th, 2008 at 5:01 am
nominating gary: http://everything-everywhere.com/ for best travel blog by a single person.
March 28th, 2008 at 6:17 am
Delighted to see my Kenya Wilderness Diary blog nominated here
http://www.wildernessdiary.com
Thanks Lee!
I’d also like to nominate
http://Everything-everywhere.com/
March 28th, 2008 at 8:50 am
[...] Best Single-Author Travel Blog [...]
March 28th, 2008 at 9:09 am
http://www.primitiveculture.blogspot.com/
March 28th, 2008 at 9:38 am
How about
March 28th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I ment: How about Happy Hotelier ?
March 29th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I vote for Claire Walter’s travel blog http://travel-babel.blogspot.com.
March 29th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Love the site! Great images and the stories are always entertaining. I nominate Escape From New York!
http://escapenewyork.blogspot.com/
March 29th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
The Practical Travel Gear blog, cause we’ve got to pack and wear something too.
http://practicaltravelgear.blogspot.com/
March 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I nominate http://www.foxnomad.com
It is informative and funny and covers all over the world!
March 30th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Like to nominate A Luxury Travel Blog
A Luxury Travel Blog
March 31st, 2008 at 1:01 am
I’d like highly recommend http://frugaltravelguy.blogspot.com/ it’s full of great travel money savings tips hacks!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:37 am
Tho he has already been nominated, I also must jump on the bandwagon and throw support to Cranky!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:22 am
[...] Best Travel Blog Best Single-Author Travel Blog [...]
March 31st, 2008 at 8:35 am
I nominate:
Killing Batteries (me)
The Cranky Flier (as if he needs any more nominations)
Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations
March 31st, 2008 at 8:52 am
Here’s to Killing Batteries once again!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:37 am
http://killingbatteries.com/
March 31st, 2008 at 11:31 am
Killing Batteries - http://killingbatteries.com/
March 31st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
http://killingbatteries.com/
I like his “The definitive guide to airport and airplane etiquette.”
March 31st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Since nobody seems to have nominated them yet and they deserve a little recognition:
Rick Seaney
http://rickseaney.com
Don’s Place
http://donsplace.adventurecollection.com/blogDon.php
Musings of the Global Traveller http://theglobaltraveller.blogspot.com/
March 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pm
killingbatteries.com
light and killing
April 1st, 2008 at 9:54 am
Jared’s blog continues to be clever, informative and very well written. A great read that always makes me chuckle…
April 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
http://www.trailofants.com is a great blog by an Englishman called Ant, really well written and win or lose he deserves all the praise he gets
April 1st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Arthur Frommer’s travel blog at http://www.frommers.com/blog/
Rick Steves Blog Gone Europe at http://www.ricksteves.com/blog/
April 1st, 2008 at 3:32 pm
The focus here is cruising, specifically small ship adventure cruises. The blog informs with the latest news, provides information on the latest promotions and presents reviews and travelogues from destinations around the world.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I’d like to nominate Far & Near.
http://www.far-and-near.com
April 1st, 2008 at 8:37 pm
My fave is:
http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/
April 1st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/
April 1st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I nominate Girls Gotta Travel (www.girlsgottatravel.com) and This non-American Life (www.zurika.com).
Both blogs offer a female-centric perspective on travel, which I enjoy.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
http://killingbatteries.com
http://killingbatteries.com
http://killingbatteries.com
April 1st, 2008 at 8:49 pm
My Marrakesh http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/
April 1st, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Maryam of My Marrakesh. Love this blog!!!
April 1st, 2008 at 10:19 pm
My Marrakesh http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 am
I was going to suggest maryam as well - but I see she has several votes already.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:51 am
http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/perrinpost/contest_win_your_dream_trip/index.html
i apologize for the cheekiness of this…..gene
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:35 am
Don’t apologize!
http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/perrinpost/contest_win_your_dream_trip/index.html
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:43 am
I nominate Vivienne Mackie’s ‘Around and About with Viv’ at http://vivsworld.wordpress.com/
And, my own ‘Travelrat’s Travels’ http//travelrat.wordpress.com
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:07 am
I nominate Gene Pembroke - fascinating and witty.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:24 am
oh
i just read the rules and i guess i can’t nominate myself
( http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/perrinpost/contest_win_your_dream_trip/index.html )
you need 52 posts? i think i had 49 or something.
and although it was started in 2007, most were in 2008 (DEC/JAN/FEB). crap.
gene
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:38 am
My Marrakesh is THE travel blog of blogs. Her beautiful photos and evocative writing inspire aching wanderlust and place envy and fervent vows to go and do likewise.
Here it is: http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:40 am
My third nomination:
Les Explorers: Probably the only Frenchman writing in English about travel.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I’d like to nominate GirlSoloInArabia.com
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I easily nominate http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh, this lady is amazing, her writing transports, her photography is stunning, and her passion for travel and culture couldn’t be more alive. I’ve been a readers since she launched My Marrakesh and wouldn’t know what to do if she ever stopped blogging — her voice on the web, especially in the category of travel and culture — makes a huge difference. Their are many imitators launching travel blogs but Maryam is by far the most original and inspiring.
Holly Becker
Founder/Editor, decor8
http://www.decor8.blogspot.com
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
I nominate:
http://www.travel-betty.com
http://www.nomad4ever.com
http://olgathetravelingbra.blogspot.com/
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:38 am
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/peacefrog/round_the_world/tpod.html
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:36 am
I nominate DJ at travelpod for his travels through Africa and India.
http://www.travelpod.com/members/djchurch
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 am
Looks like my earlier comment didn’t get through.
Family Travel
Nerd’s Eye View
Less Than a Shoestring
And one for next year, because she started too late to make 52 posts in 2007:
High Culture, Low Budget
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
http://killingbatteries.com
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 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 4th, 2008 at 8:56 am
http://killingbatteries.com/
April 4th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Great hyperlocal blog - transports you to this lovely locale - great on a stressful day!
April 4th, 2008 at 11:40 am
http://www.theconcordlife.com - great hyperlocal blog - transports you to this lovely locale - great on a stressful day!
April 4th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
informative, funny, useful to both industry insiders and just-plain-travelers
http://www.crankyflier.com
April 4th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
TR at the Faraway, Nearby is a beautiful writer and his travel blog is stunning.
http://www.adventuresoftimtim.blogspot.com
April 6th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Zishaan Hayath’s http://www.hayath.com/wanderlust
April 6th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
http://www.killingbatteries.com
April 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
http://blog.joshuaberman.net/
April 7th, 2008 at 8:28 am
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/
http://evansparks.wordpress.com
April 7th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Might as well nominate my own: Evan Sparks’s Aviation Policy Blog, http://www.evansparks.com
April 7th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Where do the married writers sign up?
Well, since certainly no one else will-
I nominate me, in the category as the best, trying hard, new travel humor(?) blog:
http://sanddollaradventures.wordpress.com
April 7th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
flightlevel390.blogspot.com
Tom Swick: Travels (it’s only a few weeks old): blogs.trb.com/travel/columnists/swick/blog/
elliot.org
April 8th, 2008 at 1:52 am
I see a lot of great travel GUIDE blogs but not too many great travel WRITING blogs, in the tradition of Tim Cahill.
So far, http://killingbatteries.com
seems to be the most FUN to read.
I would love to find more like this one.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:32 am