Best of the Web – Roaming Tales: Travel links for 31 August

Collating these links collections takes up quite a lot of time but I also enjoy it as there is so much great travel content out there. In this week’s edition we have everything from the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo to expensive farm stays in upstate New York. I hope you enjoy it!
Part of the purpose [...]

Best of the Web – Roaming Tales: Travel links for 17 August

Today brings another bumper collection of links to great travel content on the web. I hope you enjoy it – let me know in the comments. If I link to you below, please pay it forward and give link love to someone else.
Debates, trends & reflections
Island caretaker. I was less than complimentary in my recent [...]

Best of the web: Travel planning

A round-up of the best links from the blogosphere on hotels, transport, planning tools and advice.

Going to SXSWi (aka spring break for geeks)? Austin local and SXSWi veteran and speaker Sheila Scarborough shares her tips at Every Dot Connects on how attendees can get the most out of the conference and enjoy their time in [...]

Best of the web: From autumn in Suffolk to art in Jeddah

The Daily Telegraph in the UK has published a round-up of the best travel blogs around the world. Some of them I’m already familiar with, including Gridskipper, Londonist, NewYorkology, Travel Rants, Perrin Post, Cranky Flier, Epicurious, Intelligent Travel, Gadling, Telegraph Travel Blog, and FamilyTravelLogue. Others are new to me, including Where Are You Now? (which seems [...]

Best of the web: Emergency landings, book deals, travelling solo, photography, surfers’ baggage headaches, Western Australia, Latvia, budget beach travel

* Pam from Nerd’s Eye View on some unscheduled excitement (not the good kind) on her flight to New York to cover the Conde Nast World Savers conference (see her Twitter feed for the conference coverage).

* The Lost Girls – three New Yorkers who blogged their way around the world – have signed a book [...]

Best of the web: From rose petal sorbet to Thai restaurants in London

* Lydia from The Perfect Pantry presents the vanilla bean and shares a delicious looking pear and vanilla recipe. I’m loving the series – earlier it was rose petal risotto, which sounds amazing!

* Antonia from Food, Glorious Food serves up chicken with ginger marmalade. It sounds great… though I think it would be even better [...]

Save money in London: Part 2 – Free sightseeing

The good news is that some of London’s biggest attractions don’t cost a penny. Here are three ways you can see the sights of London for free.
1. Museums and art galleries
All public museums and galleries are free (though donations are always appreciated). The British Museum has been free since it opened in 1753 and as [...]

Save money in London: Part 1 – Transport

London is a fabulous place for a holiday – it’s a world capital brimming with everything from the world’s best museum to some of the most exciting rock venues. Unfortunately it’s also one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Visiting the British capital is guaranteed to take a chunk of change out of any [...]