Hotel tips from travel writers

Travel blog 101 Holidays has a useful new feature for travellers – a series where travel writers recommend a hotel they would stay in themselves, with their own money. The rules are that the hotels must be under £150 ($250) a night for two people and the tip has to be written in the form [...]

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 [...]

Best of the Web – The Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 24 August

I can’t believe August is nearly over already! Ever since I arrived in San Francisco, I’ve been devouring summer fruits, especially white nectarines and peaches. I’ll be sad when peach season is over, but I have a cunning plan to extend it a little further. I bought an entire box of organic white peaches for [...]

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 [...]

10 tips to stay fit while travelling

This is a guest post from health writer Mary Ward. Getting into a fitness regimen is an important first step. The key to success however is to ensure that you stick with it, even when your routine changes. Many people do well with their workouts when they are in the comfort of their own home [...]

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 [...]

Best of the web: Hotel news and deals

Sadly the owners of Danzante Hotel, a small eco hotel in Baja California, have sold up and a major tourist development is underway, according to the Intelligent Travel blog. Intelligent Travel also has a round-up of hotel deals in New York this winter. Have you heard about travel auction site Priceline but never tried it? [...]

Best of the web: Culture cringe, cider, Monument Valley, Las Vegas, Ireland, Atlanta fine art, Damascus hotel

* If you ever travel with children, be prepared for a few embarrassing moments dealing with the culture clash. Kayt at Travel Savvy Mom shares her own hilarious, cringe-making moments. * Autumn is here and in rural England, the apple harvest is underway. Anthony from the Smith Travel Blog helped make cider in Herefordshire. * [...]

Best of web: Kraków, airlines, box hotels, shoes, Sea World, Amsterdam, female-only beaches

* On my foodie site The Gooseberry Fool, I share my dining experiences in Kraków, Poland. * Kim at Wild About Writing + Travel shares her top 10 things to do in Havana, Cuba. * On Sheila Scarborough’s new and improved family travel site, now at its new home at FamilyTravelLogue, she reminds us of [...]

Stuck in limbo in Houston

I’ve been awake for nearly 48 hours and I’m about to shower and then collapse gratefully into bed. The plan was to sleep tonight in Managua in Nicaragua but I have only made it as far as Houston, Texas. I flew Sydney to Los Angeles with Qantas to connect with Continental flights from LA to [...]

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