For some time (100,000 years in internet dog years), I’ve wanted to collect *all* the travel blogs in one spot and organize them by destination. That’s not happening … yet … but I’m very happy to see so many great folks online blogging travel now as well as many lists of bloggers popping up.
An interesting issue in finding the holy grail of travel information is whether people would rather hear from *travelers* or from *locals*. I used to lean to the former – ie I wanted to hear from other folks who had visited a place to get the best information, but it’s become clear to me now that the best source for travel information are well informed local folks – ideally those who are in the travel industry and therefore familiar with a lot of attractions, hotels, restaurants, history, customs, etc. An example for Oregon is … me.
I worked in the travel industry for many years and I know a *lot* about Oregon, especially Southern Oregon. Unfortunately there are not very many people blogging “local travel” from a local perspective. Ironically pretty much all the travel writing blog folks (including me) are so busy talking about their own trips out and about, they are not writing much about their local places – the kind of information that would be simply wonderful if you were to visit a place.
So … my challenge to travel bloggers is to write a few posts about things to see and do in your own neck of the woods. Let me know if you do and I’ll be happy to feature it prominently at our heavy traffic site “Travel and History”. Please include a bit of history in the travelogue if you can.
Here are some from some cool traveling folks:
Blogs/ Travelers list from Traveling Teri:
- 1step2theleft
- 20sTravel
- 501 Places
- Abigail King
- Adventure Girl
- Adventure Living
- Agent Cikay
- Alex Berger
- Almost Fearless
- Andi Perullo
- Andrew G. Hayes
- Andy Murdock
- Around the World “L”
- As We Travel
- Aussie Nomad
- Bairds Travel
- Beth Arnold
- Bike Raft
- Boots n All
- Border Jumpers
- Brendan von Son
- Brian Swan
- Brooke Schoenman
- Budget Travel Sacramento
- Cailin O’Neil
- Cal Bosch
- Candice Walsh
- Cara Lopez Lee
- CC Burns
- CG Travels
- Christine Amorose
- Couch Surfing Ori
- Dave’s Travel Corner
- David Lytle (davitydave)
- Diana Ellefson
- Docudramaqueen
- Don Nadeau
- Donna L. Hull
- Drifting Focus
- Dustin Main
- Earth Explorer
- Eat Live Travel Write
- Elite Travel Gal
- ELoren
- Erica Kuschel
- Everywhere Trip
- Fodor’s Travel Guides
- Fox Nomad
- Gadling
- Gerard Ward
- Girls Getaway
- GloboTreks
- Got Passport
- Got Saga Latino
- Got Saga
- Grumpy Traveller
- Happy Go Lucky
- Harriett Baskas
- Holiday Greece
- I Live to Travel
- Isabelle’s Travel Guide
- Janelle Norman
- Jason’sTravels
- Jeff Titelius
- JoAnna Haugen
- Jason’sTravels
- Joe Hunkins
- Johnny Vagabond
- Journeywoman
- Kevin May
- Kim Mance
- LandLopers
- Larry Blanken
- Legal Nomads
- LJ Rose Expeditions
- Lonely Planet
- Malaysia-Asia
- Margaret Kinney
- Monica Wong
- My Journey of a Lifetime
- My Melange
- National Geographic
- Neverending Voyage
- New York Times Travel
- Nomadic Chick
- Nomadic Matt
- Ottsworld
- ParisBuff
- PatriciaVance, GotSaga
- Pauline Frommer’s Travel
- Perrin Post
- Peter Greenberg
- Richard Escobar
- Rick Steves
- RTWDave
- Runaway Juno
- Sam Daams
- SaraKateTravel
- Secured Traveler
- Serendipity Traveler
- Shawnosaurus
- Smart Women Travelers
- Solo Friendly
- Solo Traveler
- Sosauce
- Soultravelers3
- Spencer Spellman
- Spunky Girl Monologues
- Stay Adventurous
- Stay Bank
- Sumit Gupta
- Susan Farlow
- Suzy Guese
- Technomadia
- Thank God I Surf
- The Jungle Princess
- The Longest Way Home
- The Mad Traveler Online
- The Planetd
- The Roaming Boomers
- The Tashinga Initiative
- The Travel Tart
- The Travel Tweeter
- The Trip Chicks
- Tiffany Travels
- Timesonline Travel
- Travel Answerman
- Travel Blogger
- Travel Bully
- Trailer Campers
- Travel Cuts
- Travel Designed
- Travel Dudes
- Travel Girl (smultronställen)
- Travel Happy
- Traveling Anna
- Traveling Perly
- Traveling Savage
- Traveling Ted
- Traveling Teri
- Travels of Adam
- Travelocity
- Travel Off the Cuff
- Travel Optimist
- Travel Maus
- Travel Muse
- Travel Savvy Mom
- Travel Squire
- Travel Susan
- Travelwriticus
- Trey Ratcliff
- Tuscan Blog
- Unbrave Girl
- Uncornered Market
- Vagabond3Italian Notes
- Vagabondish
- Velvetescape
- Wandering-off
- Wanderings of a Travelbug
- Wandering Trader
- Want to Go Travel
- Welcome Tuscany
- Wend Magazine
- Where I’ve Been
- Wild Junket
- World Nomads
Blogroll from Travel Answer Man John Van Kirk:
- Academic Earth
- Almost Fearless
- Around the World
- Art of Non-Conformity
- Blog Catalog
- BootsnAll
- Briefcase to Backpack
- Budget Travel
- Common Sense and Whiskey
- Cool Business Ideas
- Cool Tools
- Cool Travel Guide
- Cruise Reviews
- Curious Expeditions
- Development Blog
- Documentation
- Earthquake News
- Eating the Motherland
- Enduring Wanderlust
- Engadget
- Escape From New York
- Ethical Traveler
- Euro Cheapo
- Ever the Nomad
- Everything Everywhere
- Family Travellogue
- Gadling
- Geotraveler’s Niche
- Gizmodo
- Global Scavenger Hunt
- Global Security News & Reports
- Global Voices Online
- Go Nomad
- Green Blogs
- Gridskipper
- Happy Hotelier
- Health Ranger
- Hobo Traveler
- Hoosta Magazine
- Hostel Buenos Aires
- Hotel Blogs
- i Kangaroo
- Indie Travel Podcast
- Intelligent Travel
- Intrade
- Japan Visitor
- Jaunted
- John McCabe
- Kyle Keeton
- Las Vegas
- Legal Nomads
- Life Clever
- Life Hack
- Luxury Latin America
- Luxury Travel Blog
- Metro Blogging
- Miss Expatria
- MJ Perry
- Moroccan Mary
- Mr and Mrs Smith
- My Itchy Travel Feet
- National Parks Traveler
- New York City
- Newyorkology
- No Debt World Travel
- Nomadic Matt
- Notes from the Road
- One World Travel and Tourism
- Perrinpost
- Peter Greenberg
- Plugins
- Rick Seaney
- Roaming Tales
- Rolling Rains Report
- Routes International
- Saving Advice
- Science Daily
- Seat 61
- Seth Godin
- Slow Travel
- Small Time Traveller
- Smithsonian Journeys
- Southern Cone Guide Books
- Suggest Ideas
- Support Forum
- Synthesis
- The Dollar Stretcher
- The Travelers Zone
- The World By Sea
- Themes
- Travel Answer Man
- Travel Beautiful
- Travel Blog
- Travel Blogs
- Travel Booklocker
- Travelers Lunch Box
- Traveling Mamas
- Traveling Teri
- Travelizmo
- Tree Hugger
- Ubertramp
- Unearthing Asia
- Vagablogging
- Vagabondish
- Virtual Tourist
- Walking and Drinking Beer
- WalletPop
- Wandering Educators
- Wandering Justin
- Watching America
- What a Trip
- Whole Travel
- Wild Junket
- WordPress Planet
- World Hum
- World News
- World Reviewer
- World Weather
- Writing Horseback
From Elliot.org
Alaska TravelGram
Almost Fearless
Anders Meanders
Arthur Frommer
Brave New Traveler
Consumerist
Evan Sparks
Everett Potter
ExpertCruiser
Flight Wisdom
Gadling
Hidden Travel Gems
Hotel Blogs by Guillaume Thevenot
HotelChatter
Intelligent Travel
Jaunted
Jeanne Leblanc
LLWorldTour
Marriott on the Move
MaxaBlog
Online Travel Review
Peter Greenberg
PlaneBuzz
Rick Seaney
Roads Less Traveled
Safe Cruise
Ship Critic blog
Southwest Airlines
T2Impact
The BOOT
The Cruise Log
The Daily Traveler
The Practical Nomad
This Just In…..
Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations
Towers and Tarmacs
Travel Babel
Travel Gear Blog
Travel Log
Travel Maven blog
Travel Post
Travel Rants
Traveler 2.0
Traveler’s Check
Tripinator – Travel 2.0
Tripso
Upgrade: travel better
USA Today’s Hotel Hotsheet
World Hum
WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal