NASA's View of the World
I’m a World Travel Blogger.
First you read about the world.
Then you plan a trip.
You have become a world traveler.
At A Traveler’s Library, we define travel books as those that define a place or a culture and make us want to go there. And we define world travel as ANYWHERE in the world–from a few blocks away from home (36 Hours in Tucson), to a South Pacific Island.
If a road trip around America does not sound like world travel to you, keep in mind that Europeans and Asians and South Americans come to the U.S. for road trips all the time. And a Greek writer set a thriller on America’s roads. That’s world travel too.
All of the above explains why I am so proud that A Traveler’s Library was chosen as one of the Lonely Planet Blog Sherpas, and why I am so pleased to meet so many other bloggers talking about travel. You can find my posts scattered among the pages of the Lonely Planet web site.
Once Lonely Planet put these bloggers all in the same room, so to speak, by creating a list serve, a strange and wonderful thing happened–they became a world-wide family. Little by little, like a baby exploring its fingers and toes, they realized that they could increase their reach by banding together.
Lots of ideas are rolling around on that list serve of LP Sherpas, but one of the best was the creation of this world travel Squidoo page. Any time your travel lust needs a little tickle, take a look at this list of bloggers talking travel.
Note: You will not find all of these bloggers on my favorites page for various technical reason. Just bookmark that Squidoo page and you will have your own window into world travel, with links to their latest posts.
Please tell me: Where do you go when you need to get information on travel? When you just want to learn about a place you didn’t know about before? What are your best Internet resources for travel? Let’s pool our resources.
And remember, if you subscribe by e-mail you DOUBLE your chances of winning in the May Travel Book Giveaway. Not to mention that you double your reading fun by getting these posts in your mail box when they are fresh out of the oven.
Tags: Blog Sherpa, Lonely Planet, Squidoo, World travel, world traveler
Twitter: lhartness
says:
This might not be fancy, but when I’m about to travel somewhere, I always hit the internet and pull up the website of the resort/town/place that I’m headed. If I need more information from there, I branch out by links on those websites or through Google searches. I don’t have a singular website that I always go to, so I’m afraid I’m not much help in pooling our resources here!
Laura Hartness
The Calico Critic
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google is a wonderful thing. and, i also try to go to the source – tourism pages for events and further ideas of where to look. YAY you for being part of a great group like this!
jessiev hopes you will read blog ..Magical New Zealand – my top ten places on North Island
Where do I go when I need information? I travel in several different groups and I network. For example, I am a big LEGO fan, and there are LEGO people all over the world! It lets me connect with locals who know a lot about their area. and creates a much more interesting trip. Connect, connect connect! -r
Surprisingly enough, facebook will probably have a friend or two that has been to wherever I want to go. A firsthand account from someone I know is always helpful. It gives me specific names to check out online.
Congratulations on being chosen as a Lonely Planet Blogging Sherpa!