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Today’s Guest Post is from Stephen Dick, Editor in Chief at the Manzanillo Mexico Blog. If you are watching the economy it is very easy to get depressed and not plan any vacations. However, now is actually the time to travel, it is the time to see the world, to discover your inner college backpacker. [...]

Apparently bad things do happen in threes. Since we’ve been home: 1.  I found my car interior was covered in mold (don’t ask) 2.  My computer has died (Dell customer service is a special circle of hell) 3.  I had to send off my best lens to Canon for repairs (at La Tomatina, I banged [...]

With everyone and their brother on Twitter (since I’ve started, there are 1000 people following me), you might wonder: What’s the point?  Sure it’s nice to hear about what everyone is doing each day and during the debates I hit refresh constantly to see how the twitterverse was reacting in real time.  Getting noticed by [...]

Today’s how-to post has kindly been provided by Craig Martin of the Indie Travel Podcast.  He’s been on the road full time since 2006, and if that wasn’t enough cred, his book Travelling Europe comes out this fall. You’ve been sitting at your desk reading this blog for far too long. Haven’t you? It’s time to [...]

Being home in Vermont is definitely not Europe. In this waiting-averse country, I’ve already shed my Spanish mentality of “manana” — the magical day when everything will get done (and consequently never arrives). The fine art of waiting 30 minutes for your waiter to notice you, while maintaining a stylish air of indifference is unheard [...]

Recently someone emailed me, asking if they should backpack around the world or take luggage.  My answer?  It depends.  What’s your comfort level?  Will you be going from airport or train station straight to a hotel?  Or will you be canvassing the city before settling on a hostel you can’t find in the guidebooks?  It [...]

Someone asked yesterday about traveling with kids– can you do it?  I don’t have kids, but I do have two 80 lbs labs, and if I can fly them overseas, convince a landlord in Spanish to let us rent a loft and live in the heart of Madrid– then yes, I think you can pull [...]

If you been following my story to date, you’ll know that last year I found myself in a curious position:  finally achieving the career and financial objectives I spent my twenties working towards, yet deeply unhappy.  I had a title, a corporate card, a great team and was paid handsomely for my efforts.  But I [...]

There is an uncelebrated aspect of traveling that I think we should talk more about: planning. The entire online travel community is built upon this premise, yet we rarely talk about it. The act of planning your trip: reading, researching, crafting itineraries; can be an act of tantalizing anticipation. Otherwise, why would there be so [...]

If you ever run a contest on your blog, take a lesson from me.  Don’t ask why people want to travel.  It will break your heart.  I thought it would make it easier, but instead I found myself torn– everyone had very good reasons for wanting to travel– much better than mine. In the end [...]