A list of the top travel blogs
August 25th, 2008 by Dan Roberts So with our new (still under wraps) launch of phase 1 of Travel Generation involving the wiki and the blog I have spent a whole day looking at all the travel blogs (those that I think are relevant to the backpacking market). Here is my pick of the crop in no particular order
http://www.nomad4ever.com/: asia-centric blog but good for anything world travel
http://itinerantlondoner.wordpress.com/: Geoff’s own blog as he travels around the world - nice presentation and true to the spirit of backpacking
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/: This blog got me thinking and is perhaps the root of much of the ideas for the upcoming travelgeneration blog. I have subscribed to his feed for sometime.
http://nobudgettravel.wordpress.com/: How to travel the world with no money
http://www.gadling.com/: An awesome travel blog and reference site - but I don’t know if it falls into the backpacking category strictly. Which probably begs the question - what is backpacking anyway?
http://killingbatteries.com/: I love this site; everything is just so honest and raw - for pure content one of my favourites
http://almostfearless.com/: very classy site
http://thetravelersnotebook.com/: one of the professional matador group websites - really fun content professionally produced
http://eurosatemydollars.com/: One of my favourites - lots of really proper useful content (instead of that photo of the day cliche post that fills so many travel blogs)
http://www.myseveralworlds.com/: Carrie Marshall’s beautifully produced blog about her time in Asia
http://sanddollaradventures.wordpress.com/: An almost pro-blogging site by an eternal traveller
http://travel.booklocker.com/: Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/blogs/travel_blog/: Yup!
http://gogreentravelgreen.com/: These guys are interesting - they focus on travel tips for eco-conscious travellers
http://www.travel-wonders.com/: this is a nice site with an eclectic collection of posts
http://travel-junkie.com/: Boris’ personal site is one of my favourites - he might spend a lot of time travelling, but he also has done a great job on this site
http://www.travel-betty.com/: A nice blog for travelling women
http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/: An interesting array of content by an equally interesting array of bloggers - not a big fan of the design
http://frugaltravelguy.blogspot.com/: Some interesting hints on how to get the best deal on everything from flights to airpoints
http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/?fbid=BJ7euW: He is an absolute nutter, dancing round the world - absolutely brilliant
http://www.travelblogs.com: For a list of other travel blogs
Tags: Blogs, Travel Generation
August 25th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Thanks for including the Europe a la Carte blog on the list. There are some blogs on the list I know and like already but some which are new to me so I’ll be taking a look at them.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Thanks for the include. Many of my favorites here as well!
August 26th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Oh wow! What a nice surprise and how kind of you to include me on such a prominent list of travel bloggers. Thank you! I also enjoy quite of few of these blogs on your list. You’ve got great taste!
August 26th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Interesting that you list two blogs that specifically deal with Asia and a womens info one - the rest are more generic backpacker blog stuff
http://www.discovertasmania.com/destinations
August 26th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Thank you for including Travel Wonders of the World and its “eclectic collection of posts”. A good list of blogs including a couple new ones to me.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Great list of travel blogs! But….you missed ours.
We are going on our third year of traveling the world as a family & blog/ vlog about our experiences including how-to info about living large on little ( we live on 25K USD a year total for family of 3), web 2.0 global education on the road, and mobile living.
http://www.soultravelers3.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/soultravelers3
August 28th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Sand Dollar Adventures certainly appreciates being including on ANY list (well, maybe not my wife’s s#!t-list). Thanks for checking it out.
“An almost pro blogging site” - hmmm, I can’t tell if that means it’s almost good or it’s not too bad.
“…by an eternal traveler.” - that one I get…it means you figured out I’m just old. (Like the cliche - old is better than the alternative.)
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Here’s my favourite. http://www.notesfromtheroad.com/ Visually and conceptually stunning without cliche
September 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Cheers for that. Just came back from a month on a remote island and it was a nice surprise finding me on your list…
September 9th, 2008 at 3:53 am
This is a great list, nicely done.
brucini, that is a gorgeous website, thanks for the additional tip…
Galavanting launched a women travelers’ worldwide blog in July and have some cool stuff from all over the place if anyone is interested in checking it out. http://blog.gogalavanting
October 8th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Thank you!
Am always on the look for great travel blogs.
November 20th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Hi,
As I like to travel, your website has done a great favor on me. I will definitely browse through these travel blogs.
Thank you very much.
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May 27th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Thanks for including the Europe a la Carte blog on the list. There are some blogs on the list I know and like already but some which are new to me so I’ll be taking a look at them.