The ABC’s of TBEX

Jul 02, 2010 18 Comments by Andrew Hickey

Last weekend pretty much the entire travel blogging community met up about 30 minutes from my apartment (or as you would call it New York City) for the second annual Travel Blog Exchange. From my last count there are currently 859 blog posts about TBEX online. Actually I just refreshed my TweetDeck – make that [...]

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Tweet, Tweet: #PREBEX to #TBEX @TheAceHotel

Jun 23, 2010 11 Comments by Andrew Hickey

This week of course is the Travel Blog Exchange (which has been compared to Woodstock, the Academy Awards, the Super Bowl and Christmas by various bloggers). Now while all of us are very excited to hang out all weekend long with some amazing travel people,  a few of us are a little impatient (and  in [...]

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Guest Nomad(s): The Village on the Sea

Apr 02, 2010 1 Comment by Andrew Hickey

This week’s Guest Nomads are Aly and John from Hop & Jaunt. They are a couple of twenty-something designers who have decided to step away from the routine of 9 to 5 life and venture out to new horizons. Having just completed a 9 month journey by sea across the Caribbean and into Colombia, they [...]

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Hotel Annoyances

Mar 30, 2010 4 Comments

While tweeting on a  “Travel Tuesday” I asked people what were some of their hotel annoyances. You know those things that made you angry about a recent stay at a particular property or simply made you skip booking a room altogether. I was shocked at how quickly and passionately people responded. I had told my [...]

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Tweet Along With CheapOair & Win Some Great Holiday Prizes

Nov 24, 2009 No Comments

As many of you know by now I am the new social media manager at CheapOair. One of my many duties while working with them is to run their all-new travel blog. While it launched on October 27, the blog itself is still a work in progress. Like many travel blogs (including myself) it is [...]

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Travel Blog Exchange 2010 Is Coming To New York City

Oct 21, 2009 6 Comments

This past July travel bloggers from around the world flocked to Chicago, Illinois in order to celebrate, interact, learn, and network at the first ever Travel Blog Exchange. This event covered such topics as “what is the difference between travel journalism and blogging” and “using your trip video footage to become a vlogger” just to [...]

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Sinful Travelers Confess Their Deepest, Darkest, & Downright Bizarre Secrets

Oct 06, 2009 2 Comments

The other day I was conversing with a friend of mine who is just about as obsessed as I am with gallivanting throughout this planet. It seems that when one of us is on the road, the other is planning the next “big” adventure and vice versa. One day over a few adult beverages at [...]

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Deals…Deals…And More Deals! Plus I Love Twitter & Yapta Loves Me.

Mar 26, 2009 3 Comments

JetBlue: Wednesday the lowcost carrier Jetblue announced a sweet deal to frequent flyers in the Northeast. Simply purchase three roundtrip flights between any of the cities below through June 17, 2009 and receive a fourth trip on the house. The list includes such cities as Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, Raleigh and Buffalo. You [...]

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