2008 Travvies Nominations: Best Travel Blog
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BEST TRAVEL BLOG
This is the big one, the grand prize.
As the overall winner, this award will go to a blog whose travel-related writings have been consistently interesting, entertaining, useful, well-written, or otherwise worth spending time reading.
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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March 24th, 2008 at 3:08 pm |
Best Travel Blog: Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com
March 24th, 2008 at 3:43 pm |
Arthur Frommer’s travel blog at http://www.frommers.com/blog/
RickSteves:Blog Gone Europe at http://www.ricksteves.com/blog/
March 24th, 2008 at 4:04 pm |
The Viator Travel Blog
http://travelblog.viator.com/
March 24th, 2008 at 4:12 pm |
Gary at www.everything-everywhere.com.
March 24th, 2008 at 6:51 pm |
Arthur Frommer’s blog - http://www.frommers.com/blog/
Flight Level 390 - http://flightlevel390.blogspot.com/
Cranky Flier (my blog) - http://crankyflier.com/
March 24th, 2008 at 8:01 pm |
www.crankyflier.com
March 24th, 2008 at 9:27 pm |
http://www.chinatour4u.com/
March 24th, 2008 at 11:43 pm |
1) Cool Travel - http://cooltravelguide.blogspot.com/
2) Viator blog - http://travelblog.viator.com/
March 25th, 2008 at 3:53 am |
I second Gary over at everything-everywhere.com.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:14 am |
Three more:
This Just In (Budget Travel’s blog, which I manage) http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/
Gadling.com
The Washington Post’s Travel Log
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/travellog/
March 25th, 2008 at 10:26 am |
Since Rick and Arthur and Cranky and Gadling have already been nominated here, how about:
1 - View from the wing
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/
2 - How to Travel
http://howtotravelamerica.blogspot.com/
3 - Joe Sharky at Large
http://www.boardingarea.com/blogs/joesharkey
March 25th, 2008 at 11:07 am |
Best blog: Euros Ate My Dollars
http://eurosatemydollars.com/
Witty, entertaining, useful information for the budget conscious traveler.
March 25th, 2008 at 1:42 pm |
Cranky is best.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:51 pm |
SmarterTravel.com’s Today in Travel!
Informative, timely, entertaining and always on top of travel events & news that impact our world.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pm |
Oops - meant to put the link in…
http://www.smartertravel.com/all/?content_type=blog_entry&blog_type=today-in-travel
March 25th, 2008 at 6:14 pm |
I nominate
March 25th, 2008 at 6:14 pm |
TravelingMamas.com
March 25th, 2008 at 8:36 pm |
http://www.everything-everywhere.com
March 25th, 2008 at 10:53 pm |
I nominate Reason to Wander
http://www.reasontowander.com
March 26th, 2008 at 7:20 pm |
The Cranky Flier - he’s even crankier than my wife - but much more informative and interesting.
March 27th, 2008 at 12:36 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 4:28 am |
Candy from Strangers: Traveling the World in Search of Sweets
Malena has a sweet tooth. She is traveling around the world, stopping to visit candy makers along the way. If you’re a foodie, if you like sweets, if you like a view of travel that is definitely off the beaten path, this is a site to visit. The pictures are really great.
March 27th, 2008 at 5:41 am |
http://cooltravelguide.blogspot.com/
http://pretavoyager.blogspot.com/
http://primitiveculture.blogspot.com/
March 27th, 2008 at 10:15 am |
best travel blog:
http://travel-babel.blogspot.com
March 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pm |
My favourite travel blogs come from TravelPod. They are usually really raw and honest accounts of places people have been.
Here are three that I followed last year:
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/peacefrog/round_the_world/tpod.html
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/jkirby/world2007/tpod.html
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/scottwoz/manmeetsworld/tpod.html
March 27th, 2008 at 2:53 pm |
I love the CrankyFlier
March 27th, 2008 at 5:06 pm |
Claire Walter’s http://travel-babel.blogspot.com is fantastic, I’ve learned so much from reading it regularly. Plus, I love her wry tone and excellent writing style. I nominate
http://travel-babel.blogspot.com
March 27th, 2008 at 9:15 pm |
Whether I nominate again or second the nomination, who cares? I appreciate the wide-ranging interests and savvy information at http://travel-babel.blogspot.com
Claire Walter rocks!
March 27th, 2008 at 9:19 pm |
http://www.everything-everywhere.com Gary (the writer) takes me to places all over the world that I’ve never heard of and would never experience otherwise. No other travel blog engages me like this one, and it’s the first site I check every morning.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:27 am |
How does one nominate one’s self without sounding like a pompous git? Hmm, reading the last sentence I see it’s not possible.
www.travelpod.com/members/djchurch
I’m about two years into a four year trip. I used to be a high school teacher in History, Anthropology, and GeoPolitics. As a result my writing tends to be either vaguely 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 8:04 am |
Frank and funny
Lost Weekend
March 28th, 2008 at 8:56 am |
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/djchurch/rtw-2006andon/tpod.html
March 28th, 2008 at 9:35 am |
How about Happy Hotelier?
March 28th, 2008 at 11:52 pm |
Chris Elliott: www.elliott.org
Arthur Frommer: www.frommers.com
Cranky Flier: crankyflier.com
March 29th, 2008 at 10:21 am |
I’d like to nominate Claire Walter’s
http://travel-babel.blogspot.com/
for the Best Travel Blog — it’s always interesting, informative and joy to read!
March 29th, 2008 at 11:47 pm |
Cheapest Destinations Blog
Perceptive Travel Blog
World Hum’s blog
March 30th, 2008 at 1:55 am |
Brave New Traveler www.bravenewtraveler.com
March 30th, 2008 at 9:49 am |
WorldHum.com
March 30th, 2008 at 1:37 pm |
www.matadortravel.com
March 30th, 2008 at 4:09 pm |
Another suggestion:
A Luxury Travel Blog
March 30th, 2008 at 5:25 pm |
http://www.soultravelers3.com
March 30th, 2008 at 5:43 pm |
I nominate http://www.johnnyjet.com/blog/myblog.html
Awesome blog with links to every imaginable travel website and recommendations of cool new products, etc. Love to check it out reguarly!
March 30th, 2008 at 6:43 pm |
For cool cats Gridskipper , for funny cats Lost Weekend , their post on BA being run by monkeys is priceless.
March 30th, 2008 at 11:05 pm |
James Clark of itravelnet.com for itravelnet.com Travel Blog
March 31st, 2008 at 1:46 am |
Crankyflier.com nominated times seventykajillion!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:12 am |
The best China travel blog on the net, bar none! The writing is superb. I appreciate the time and effort that the writers of the Dream Blog expend to keep us all informed and entertained! I wish there were more blogs out there like the Dream Blog.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:14 am |
I nominate http://www.blogofdreams.com/!
The best China travel blog on the net, bar none! The writing is superb. I appreciate the time and effort that the writers of the Dream Blog expend to keep us all informed and entertained! I wish there were more blogs out there like the Dream Blog.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:21 am |
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March 31st, 2008 at 8:33 am |
I nominate:
KillingBatteries (me)
The Cranky Flier (as if he needs any more nominations)
Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations
March 31st, 2008 at 8:49 am |
I nominate (again):
Killing Batteries. You know, because he needs awards, too. Seven-course meals and world-class scuba diving in Micronesia aren’t enough.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 am |
http://killingbatteries.com/
March 31st, 2008 at 11:41 am |
Fantastic photography, thoughtful insights. Great way to get to know China for real.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:55 pm |
http://killingbatteries.com/
Love the Romania bits.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pm |
It’s gotta be Jaunted, with honourable mentions for Elliot and Lost Weekend. Cranky’s informative, but, dare I say, more than a little dull.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 pm |
Three that have not been mentioned yet:
Seat 2B
http://www.portfolio.com/business-travel/seat-2B/
Is it technically a blog? Not sure. But Joe Brancatelli’s the best and oughta be recognized.
The Gate
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thegate/
It may not be flashy or hip, but any tool that makes FlyerTalk easier to navigate, and its vast amounts of wisdom easier to extract, is doing the world a great service.
Girl Solo In Arabia
Simply amazing. See for yourself what Carolyn McIntyre has done:
http://girlsoloinarabia.typepad.com/girl_solo_in_arabia/carolyn_mcintyre/index.html
March 31st, 2008 at 9:15 pm |
killingbatteries.com
consistently fun and informative.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:05 pm |
www.trailofants.com does everything you could possibly ask of a great travel blog, gets me every single time with a style I can’t find replicated anywhere else
April 1st, 2008 at 3:17 pm |
Matador Travel
http://www.matadortravel.com
April 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pm |
The IgoUgo Travel Blog: www.igougo.com/travel_blog
It’s the only editor-written, community-centric blog out there that doesn’t just copy and paste user-generated content, but actually pulls together thousands of tips, stories, and photos to present informative, entertaining blog entries that address timely travel topics from the perspective of thousands of real travelers.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:55 pm |
I nominate The Perrin Post.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:50 pm |
My three favorites are:
http://www.frommers.com/blog/
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/travelog/
http://www.far-and-near.com/
April 1st, 2008 at 8:44 pm |
http://killingbatteries.com
http://killingbatteries.com
http://killingbatteries.com
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:05 am |
http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:22 am |
I nominate My Marrakesh: www.moroccanmaryam.typepad.com
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:36 am |
I nominate Gene Pembroke:
http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/perrinpost/contest_win_your_dream_trip/index.html
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:08 am |
I nominate Gene Pembroke - best travel blogging I have ever read.
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:48 am |
The Brazil Travel Blog:
http://www.braziltravelblog.com
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:33 am |
Lost Weekend
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:34 am |
I really fancy Lost Weekend as the winner for this category!
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:35 am |
sorry, meant http://www.lostweekend.tv
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 am |
http://www.lostweekend.tv/ combines news, features and irreverent humour to excellent effect.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 am |
Lost Weekend is brilliant
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:36 am |
this gene cat is numero uno. i nominate him for best travel blog and best hairdo.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 am |
http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/perrinpost/contest_win_your_dream_trip/index.html - oops, this didn’t link up with my comment… now, go read gene.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:27 pm |
My Marrakech
http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:53 pm |
I nominate:
http://www.travel-betty.com
http://www.nomad4ever.com
http://olgathetravelingbra.blogspot.com/
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:34 pm |
Almost everyday Johnny Jet features a new, helpful travel website on his blog!! He rocks!
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:35 pm |
http://www.johnnyjet.com/blog/myblog.html
Here’s the link sorry!
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:45 am |
This is fun!
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:46 am |
http://blogofdreams.com
link here..
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 am |
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/peacefrog/round_the_world/tpod.html
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:43 am |
Nominating Lost Weekend for best travel blog
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:28 am |
I nominate DJ at travelpod for his travels through Africa and India.
http://www.travelpod.com/members/djchurch
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:48 am |
http://www.BeijingNotebook.blogspot.com
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:54 pm |
http://killingbatteries.com
April 4th, 2008 at 7:02 am |
Landrover trip from London to Cape Town: 2007 -
www.adventureandrew.com
April 4th, 2008 at 8:55 am |
http://killingbatteries.com/
April 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am |
http://www.lostweekend.tv/ is consistently informative and funny
April 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am |
http://www.lostweekend.tv
April 4th, 2008 at 10:08 am |
http://www.lostweekend.tv love it.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:36 am |
Nominating for Best Single Author Travel Blog - focus: Concord, Massachusetts
April 4th, 2008 at 11:45 am |
http://killingbatteries.com/
April 4th, 2008 at 1:11 pm |
When’s the book coming out?
www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/perrinpost/contest win your dream trip/index.html
April 4th, 2008 at 1:11 pm |
informative, funny, useful to both industry insiders and just-plain-travelers
April 5th, 2008 at 4:05 am |
Best ever blog, and one of the most travelled persons in the world, met him in Uganda, great guy.
He IS Canadian though
April 5th, 2008 at 12:24 pm |
I’m not sure if we’re old enough to qualify, but please check out our new Travel Blog for the Independent Traveller, Travellious.com
April 6th, 2008 at 4:46 am |
this is about the best travel blog I have ever seen congratulations gleff
April 6th, 2008 at 7:27 am |
http://www.newyorkology.com/
April 6th, 2008 at 1:48 pm |
I vote for www.killingbatteries.com!
April 6th, 2008 at 3:24 pm |
www.karieandscott.com/blog
April 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pm |
http://blog.joshuaberman.net/
April 7th, 2008 at 7:38 am |
Put me down for Cranky Flier and Perrin Post.
April 7th, 2008 at 11:33 am |
KillingBatteries.com
April 7th, 2008 at 9:52 pm |
Mommy Poppins—Get More Out of NYC with Kids
April 8th, 2008 at 6:31 am |