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Six of the World’s Top Adventure Trips

Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain

Adventure vacations are quite popular. These allow you to get in some physical activity or participate in an event, etc. while you’re away from home exploring the world. However, you don’t always need to join a tour to enjoy these types of getaways. You can also plan your own. These are some of the best…

Travel Etiquette 101

Know before you go – a wise statement. Yet many first time travelers to new destinations seem to forget that when visiting a foreign land.  Many need to learn proper travel etiquette. Fortunately, Lonely Planet’s U.S. Travel Editor, star of the hit internet sensation 76-Second Travel Show and my pal Robert Reid has compiled some…

Travel Blog Rewind: What I’ve Been Reading Online

Be kind, please rewind.

With 3,402,493 travel blogs online (that number is accurate, no need to double check), it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming and time consuming to check each and site out. So each week I will provide you with a little “Travel Blog Rewind” of what I thought was worthy of passing on to you. Read…

Beds For 5 Cents!? HostelBookers Birthday Giveaway

In celebration of its fifth birthday, the people at HostelBookers is running an exciting deal – book a beach hostel for just 5 cents a night! This discounted hostel holiday will be offered at five popular European destinations for travel between July 6-10, 2009, with the beds becoming available next week from June 1-5. 50…

Movies That Make you Want to Travel

I am a travel junkie. Seriously, I am. I probably look at travel news, stories, deals and journals more than anything else during my weekly activities. It is an addiction and something that I may need to eventually get help for (is there a Traveler’s Anonymous?). In any event, while my travel bug is still…

Frommer Says TripAdvisor’s Reviewers Have The “Looniest Opinions”; New Survey Might Back Him Up

Yesterday I read the results of the annual TripAdvisor survey, which asks questions to 1,300 travelers about European travel. It covers many topics like “Best Bargain City” and “Most Boring City.” Now while this is nothing more than just an opinion poll, it has many people in the travel industry puzzled, and in some cases…