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The Nat Geo Photo Contest Reminds You How Bad Your Travel Photos Are

Matt Stabile — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:38 +0000

The 2013 National Geographic photo contest is well under way, and in annual tradition, the contest is serving the important purpose of reiterating the fact that your travel photos are no good. No seriously, these are mostly “amateurs” submitting photos to the contest, and even the worst of the lot [...]

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It’s As If Travel Channel Was Daring Me To Watch Them Less

Matt Stabile — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:00:32 +0000

Really Travel Channel, a travel show starring Bret Michaels and focused on RVs? It’s as if you’re actively seeking ways to get me to watch your channel less, especially in the wake of Mr. Bourdain’s exodus to CNN. Are there really no other travel enthusiasts, personalities, writers, explorers, cultural icons, [...]

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The Top 50 Travel Blogs (1st Quarter: 2013)

Matt Stabile — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:55:59 +0000

Below is a list of the top 50 travel blogs for the 1st quarter (January – March) of 2013 ranked by visitor traffic. There are a few other sites that have put together their own lists of the “top” travel blogs. However, each has their own subjective means of ranking [...]

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Here’s Your Chance To Get Adam Shepard’s New Travel Book

Matt Stabile — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:10:50 +0000

Author and speaker Adam Shepard, whose first book, Scratch Beginnings, led to appearances on the Today Show, CNN, Fox News and NPR, as well as mentions in the The New York Times, the New York Post, The Atlantic, and The Christian Science Monitor, saved up some money from that experience — [...]

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Why Is CNN Obsessed With Cruise Ship Toilets?

Luke Armstrong — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:06:54 +0000

Go ahead, ask me how I feel about cruise ships. I feel fine about them. Feel free, ask me to elaborate. See, they really are not my thing, but whatever, if people like taking a cruise, I say go for it. To each their own. Ask me what I really [...]

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Kermit The Frog: He’s Been More Places Than You

Matt Stabile — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:32:10 +0000

Joining the ranks of the traveling garden gnome, Kermit the Frog (an unlicensed, unaffiliated-with-official-Muppets-or-Disney-merchandising version), is traveling the world, going to more places than you’ve probably been, and gaining the sideway leers from countless of bystanders as he’s manhandled and posed into place by a doting German couple, all in [...]

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Shipwreck Becomes Visible In Stockholm Due To Falling Water Levels

Matt Stabile — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:51:01 +0000

If you find yourself in Stockholm, Sweden, this summer (which lasts roughly 17 days beginning in late June), you may be able to catch a glimpse of a shipwreck from the 1600′s that has recently become visible in the water outside downtown Stockholm. Thought to be of Danish origin, the [...]

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Kayak Reveals The Cheapest Month To Book Your Flight

Matt Stabile — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:05:36 +0000

You’d think the people over at Kayak would have less to worry about than saving money on airfare given their recent sale to Priceline for a cool $1.8 billion. But lucky for us, they don’t, and with the vast amount of airfare data in their possession, along with the help [...]

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Which Countries Are The Least Visited In The World?

Matt Stabile — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:19:55 +0000

The list of the most visited countries in the world is a who’s who of popular and accessible vacation destinations, with France, the U.S., China, Spain and Italy all in the top five positions. Of course they are, they’re big, they’re (mostly) rich in culture, and sadly enough, the majority [...]

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Hostel Situations: Are Backpacker Hangouts Finally Branching Out?

Brit Weaver — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:33:50 +0000

Increased connectivity is in the contemporary buzzfeed. Along with social media and networking platforms, travelers are discovering that the way we travel should, naturally, also be social and fun, which makes the rise in popularity of hostels make perfect sense. A recent NYT article introduced the Mexico City-based hostel Downtown Beds, a hostel located in [...]

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