After awaking at the crack of dawn, I walked outside my hotel on a crisp, clear morning and saw the stars shining as bright as I have ever seen them shine. I could not get the song ‘Up, Up and Away’ by The 5th Dimension out of my head. As a kid, I remember hearing[…]
Beginning Monday, you will be able to follow along as I head up into the striking Pyrenees as part of the #InPyrenees blogtrip. Want to get the real story as I explore the Girona Pyrenees? Bookmark this post and continue to watch as I update this live blog throughout my trip. >>> #InPyrenees Live Blog
Beginning this Monday, a group of ten travel bloggers from around the world will journey to Spain where they will make their way to Cerdanya in Catalonia to start the 7 day #InPyrenees blogtrip. After pulling off the very successful #InCostaBrava blogtrip this past May, the Girona Tourism Board is at it again. This time,[…]
With geolocation based social networks moving towards combining check-ins with deals and rewards, which was never part of their vision, the team at Gowalla recently sat down to dream it all up again. The question Gowalla CEO Josh Williams posed to his team was, “How do we create something more akin to a social Lonely[…]
About a year ago, Gap Adventures introduced its Wanderers in Residence program with the goal of building relationships with the Wanderers that inspired conversation around the world on the topic of travel. Many companies have celebrity ambassadors and the Wanderers in Residence is Gap Adventures’ approach to creating these ambassadors. To the team at Gap[…]
Late last week I started following a thread in the Travel Bloggers Facebook group on the topic of CloudFlare. A member of the group posted a link titled, CloudFlare: A website security product accidentally makes sites 60% faster. The post caught my attention as I had personally experienced some problems as a result of recent[…]
As many may already know, TBEX in Prague has been cancelled. Last week, TBEX founder, Kim Mance (@KimMance) was forced to make the tough decision to drop the TBEX Europe event in Prague scheduled for early November. “There were just some logistical problems in Prague and rather than continue to get a headache over it[…]
Thinking about hosting a Blogtrip? According to Arantxa Ros, an online travel marketer who has managed five international blogtrips from beginning to end, it’s all about the people. Over the past few years, blogtrips have become an increasingly popular and attractive option for PR companies and Destination Marketing Organisations (DMOs) looking to increase the visibility[…]
The recently opened Riverside Museum in Glasgow is the UK’s newest and most exciting visitor attraction. Located on the banks of the River Clyde, the world-class Riverside Museum is a marvel of design and engineering. Moored outside is the 19th-century sailing ship Glenlee, creating an iconic destination that explores Scotland’s histories and embraces its future.[…]
Here are a few of the landscape photos that I took during the #inCostaBrava BlogTrip.