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Playing a few rounds of “How well do you know your world?” is a great way to kill a little time and hone up on some geography knowledge. This game from Travel Pod displays the name of a geographic location (round one is major world cities) and players race the clock to mark that spot on a world map. HWDYKYW then calculates the distance from the actual location and combines that with speed to … Read more »
A friend of mine recently told me about Duffel, an online visual trip planner. Since I’ll be going on a 2-month trip soon, I thought I’d try Duffel out during the planning stages.
About Duffel
Duffel allows you to collect and organize information that is relevant to your trip. You can share this information … Read more »
Looking for somewhere to publish your favorite travel stories and hilarious narratives? Matador Travels’ “notes for the road” section is once again accepting submissions.
Matador’s “notes for the road” is a bit different than most travel writing submissions on the site (and elsewhere for that matter) in that there’s no how-tos, guides, top ___ places to ____ or other travel writing mundanities. The hook … Read more »
There’s something satisfying about knowing that you paid a lot less to fly the exact same route as someone else.
Hooray for budget airlines!
It’s like my recent trip on AirTran. I can’t say that service or amenities were exceptional, but that’s the point. Expect little, get little, and here’s the best thing: pay little.
That’s why I was glad to see the … Read more »
With a worldwide recession in full swing, it’s no surprise that budget airlines are expanding their routes, but what are you willing to put up with on long-haul international flight?
Consider AirAsia X’s new £99 London to Kuala Lumpur flight… £99 one-way for a 13 hour trans-continental flight? What’s not to love?
Well, The Guardian’s Maxton Walker was on the inaugural flight and … Read more »
When I was nineteen, I went to Morocco, by myself. It never occurred to me to go any other way, actually — I wanted to go, nobody else I knew either wanted to travel or had the means, and I couldn’t think of anyone I even *wanted* to go with me. Far from being an uncomfortable experience, it was one of the best trips I’ve taken (short of going to Guatemala with my friend Colleen, … Read more »
Last fall while promoting the release of Marco Polo Didn’t Go There, I did upwards of 20 interviews for various media outlets. Most of these Q&As ran last fall, and I’ve collected some of the best at my Interviews page. Other interviews, however, ended up in the dusty corners of cyberspace and didn’t find much of an audience. An example would be my September 2008 interview with Student Traveler — it was a … Read more »
Exchanging money can seem inimidating. You’re faced with a huge electronic board filled with numbers, and you can’t tell what anything means.
Before your trip, it’s a good idea to check exchange rates at the Universal Currency Converter. This will give you a rough guide to what a fair rate is.
When you’re looking at a chart of exchange rates at a money changer, always look at the “buying” rate. That’s how much you’ll … Read more »
Christine Gilbert, writer of the travel blog Almost Fearless, is rounding up aspiring travel writers all over the country for National Travel Writing Month (NaTraWriMo). The challenge starts on April 1, 2009, and will last until the 30th of the same month. As for the challenge itself, here’s what the founder has … Read more »
Just before I left on my first trip abroad, a friend’s father said to me, “you know, people are more or less the same everywhere, they just build their houses differently.”
While I would disagree somewhat, since in my experience ingrained cultural and religious beliefs translate to some pretty radical differences between people, his remark did … Read more »