travel blogs

A great way to travel vicariously through the eyes of another is to read travel blogs.    Travel blogs are blogs written exclusively about travel.  Reading a travel blog is much like reading the personal diary of a person experiencing a new location for the first time, or revisiting an old favorite and experiencing the memories and familiarities of the place. 

You can visit a place through the eyes of a photojournalist and see unsurpassed beauty and insight to another culture.  Or through the eyes of a parent planning a stress-free family vacation.  Or through the eyes of a woman traveling solo and the challenges and opportunities that presents.

Many great professional travel writers and guidebook authors keep travel blogs as a way to stay connected to their readers and to offer up-to-the-minute travel advice. 

You can read travel blogs to escape to a faraway place, or to get travel tips on actually going there yourself.  Most travel blogs focus on a specific type of travel such as ecotourism or adventure travel.  Find one that matches your travel style and get lost in another world.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “travel blogs”

• Passports with Purpose raises $13,000 to build school in Cambodia

  
  Gadling — Authority: 703
  Filed under: Asia , North America , Cambodia , United States , News One of the most difficult parts of travel is visiting a less-developed country, seeing a need, and wishing there was something you can do to help fill it. So four travel bloggers from the Seattle area got together and decided to raise some ...
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• Blogging Mojo

  
  mischief & impermanent bliss — Authority: 418
  The Best of 2009 Blog Challenge: Best Blog Find this Year? This year was THE year of blogs (and social media) for me. I’d started a blog in 2008 but it wasn’t until this past summer that I decided to revive it from its deathbed. Part of it had to do with finally stashing away my fears, my apprehension, ...
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• Writing a Travel Blog

  
  Be Our Guest — Authority: 124
  Social media, matters? I am amazed at just how much attention tweets and blog are getting these days in the travel industry. I have been blogging since 2004 and was dragged in by Max Hartshorne, his record on keeping GN current is pretty damn good. It was the slow beginning of what has turned out to be a love ...
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• Koh Phi Phi, Thailand

  
  Matt and Debz — Authority: 109
  Phi phi is known as the party island on the west coast of Thailand so the thought of spending 9 days there seemed a little excessive. As it turned out it was the right amount of time considering our experience!We arrived by boat from Krabi town as we’d missed the early boat straight from Railay. [...]
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• Be Sure Not To Miss Out KwaDukuza - Stanger - North Coast South Africa

  
  Traveling Adventures — Authority: 133
  The history of kwaDukuza - Stanger is an intriguing one, a history that draws many a visitor to explore, learn, and appreciate. Tradtional Africa travel blogs focus on the major tourist attractions within close proximity to major metropolitan areas, but the town of kwaDukuza - Stanger lies inland from Blythdale, in ...
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• Krabi, Thailand

  
  Matt and Debz — Authority: 109
  After months of trekking and travelling across south east Asia it was time for a break by the sea. Why better place in Thailand than the islands on the west coast.We started on the mainland beaches of  Railay in Krabi. Some amazing beaches and arguably the world’s best rock climbing accessible to all. Both ...
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• Return of the Jeti

  
  Signature9 — Authority: 143
  Jet Blue’s at it again. The enormously popular All You Can Jet Pass, a one-month $599 pass for unlimited travel on Jet Blue routes,  finished up just a few months ago – but Jet Blue’s promised to bring it back (ETA still TBD). The Passes, which sold like hotcakes this past August, caused a media maelstrom – ...
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• Carnival of Cities for 2 December 2009

  
  Perceptive Travel Blog — Authority: 420
  Blog Carnivalcarnival of citiesarchives | submit postWelcome to the December 2, 2009 edition of the Carnival of Cities, where we find out about goings-on in cities and towns across the world, all in a single blog post.The Family Travel Guide hosted the previous edition;  I’m happy to consider hosts for upcoming ...
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• Be Sure Not To Miss Out KwaDukuza – Stanger – North Coast South Africa

  
  Free Articles directory — Authority: 449
  var fbShare = {url: http://pledgeco.com/2009/be-sure-not-to-miss-out-kwadukuza-stanger-north-coast-south-africa/,size:large}The history of kwaDukuza – Stanger is an intriguing one, a history that draws many a visitor to explore, learn, and appreciate. Tradtional Africa travel blogs focus on the major tourist ...
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• My New England photo library

  
  Tony Wheeler — Authority: 115
  With a few days to spare before speaking at Hostelling International USA’s 75th birthday bash in Boston I set off on a quick circuit of northern New England. Some photos from my travels through Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont: Marblehead started life as a fishing port, today it’s a classy Boston ...
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• Best 100 Travel Blogs

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 472
  Many travel bloggers share their experiences with travel through online travel journals that provide an interesting and sometimes entertaining record of the places they visit and the people they meet. You can read and review about these journeys either just for your own enjoyment or because you want to take a trip ...
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• Traveling The Blogosphere - November 2009

  
  Taking off Travel blog — Authority: 116
  If you were keeping track, you will have noticed that I skipped last month, mostly because I was dealing with the aftermath of recent trips. This month, though, I’ve got some great posts lined up that should provide plenty of reading material for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. To get things started, have a look ...
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• The ultimate road trip: 12,500 miles across Africa on a motorcycle

  
  Gadling — Authority: 703
  Filed under: Africa , Botswana , Burkina , Burundi , Central African Republic , Chad , Kenya , Lesotho , Mali , Mauritania , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Niger , Rwanda , Sudan , Swaziland , Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia , Zimbabwe , Spain , Budget Travel Thomas Tomczyk is serious about ...
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• One Mile at a Time is Giving Away $300 Marriott SpringHill Suites Gift Certificate

  
  Loyalty Traveler — Authority: 425
  Lucky over at One Mile at a Time is promoting Marriott SpringHill Suites with a $300 Marriott gift certificate prize to be given to one “lucky” reader who posts a comment on his blog by Sunday evening, November 29. The promotion is based around a video memory challenge game on the SpringHill Suites site. ...
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• Hoteliers Needed! Help Passports with Purpose Build a School in Cambodia

  
  Loyalty Traveler — Authority: 425
  Shout Out to Hoteliers   –   Passports with Purpose Needs Your Assistance with raffle prizes. Passports with Purpose is in its second year of bringing together the online travel community in an effort to mobilize social media to a charitable action through this year’s travel bloggers global ...
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• Durban South Africa - Something For Every Traveller!

  
  Traveling Adventures — Authority: 133
  Every so often, in order to view picturesque settings, it involves a scenic drive. Car hire Durban will enable you to visit places such as the Royal Natal National Park where you can enjoy country settings like never before. Enjoy the muffled sounds of the Thukela River as it journeys through flowing valleys of ...
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• Best 100 Travel Blogs

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 472
  Many travel bloggers share their experiences with travel through online travel journals that provide an interesting and sometimes entertaining record of the places they visit and the people they meet. You can read and review about these journeys either just for your own enjoyment or because you want to take a trip ...
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• Around Town - Tis The Season Of So Much Stuff To Do

  
  BHB — Authority: 131
  Why do I find myself so busy at this time of year. Sometimes its as though Im making up for all of the events I missed earlier in the year. While I find my self more tired than usual when it starts to get dark earlier in the evening, it seems Ive got something scheduled almost every every night when I just feel like ...
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• Durban South Africa – Something For Every Traveller!

  
  Free Articles directory — Authority: 449
  var fbShare = {url: http://pledgeco.com/2009/durban-south-africa-something-for-every-traveller/,size:large}Every so often, in order to view picturesque settings, it involves a scenic drive. Car hire Durban will enable you to visit places such as the Royal Natal National Park where you can enjoy country settings like ...
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• They want what travel bloggers already have

  
  Perceptive Travel Blog — Authority: 420
  I see it in the packed social media-related workshops and presentations at travel and tourism industry conferences.I see it in my email IN box, overflowing with “Look! Here!” pitches from every travel-related marketer you can imagine.I see it in advertising campaigns like Starbucks VIA instant coffee, which ...
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