Sites I Follow

The Freedonia Post hosts a Daily Digest for RTW (Round the World) blogs from people who are traveling around the world (now or in the future). This daily e-mail provides headlines and a few lines from each blog that was updated the previous day. The content belongs to the individual blog owners, so click through to read through the full blog – they wouldn’t be included if they weren’t great.

To see a list of blogs currently included in the digest:  Daily Digest Blog List
Blog owners – contact me if you want your blog added (or deleted) from the daily digest!

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And some sites I recommend you check out:
I’ll write up better summaries of what they’re about when I have a chance.

Fellow travelers

  • Nomadic Matt
    • One of the longest running and most successful travel blogs, filled with advice and tips on tons of destinations.
  • Traveling Savage
    • Follow Keith as he travels the world in one month increments. A wonderfully written and entertaining blog from a resident of my alma mater town of Madison, WI
  • Travels of Adam
    • Follow along with Adam, with great travel stories and blogging tips
  • Mobile Lawyer
    • Former lawyer, now world traveler making his way with (almost) no flights and no reservations.
  • C’est Christine
    • Travel writer and photographer relocating to ex-pat life in Nice, France.
  • As We Travel
    • Aswetravel.com is a budget travel site for young travelers who are about to leave and explore the world for their first RTW trip (round the world).
  • Spunky Girl Monologues
  • Traveling Canucks
    • Traveling Canucks is a site dedicated to travel, adventure and world discovery. Travel stories, travel tips and ideas, photographs and video of two Canadians exploring our world!
  • Backpacking Matt
    • Great travel advice, photography and activity suggestions from a well-heeled backpacker (including some great stuff from New Zealand recently)
  • Living the Dream
    • Around the world on a budget, with a great tally of all the numbers associated with round the world trip!
  • Nomadic Chick
    • One of my favorite RTW Soon blogs – I learn new things about my own plans every time I stop by hers.
  • Bacon is Magic
    • Best blog title ever. With great advice about preparing for a RTW journey.
  • No Place To Be
    • Poi & Kirsty are an English couple who have been saving up for a few years with the aim of spending the same amount of time blowing it around the world, a one way ticket booked and no place to be….
  • The Aussie Nomad
    • Despite a strange vegemite fetish, a blog with more raw personality than most others can hope to muster.
  • The Adventures of D
  • Be a Travel Bee
  • Thom and Sean
  • Dave’s Travel Corner
    • A very extensive site covering travel blogs, advice and resources.
  • Candice Does The World
  • Twenty-Something  Travel
  • Everything Everywhere
  • Green Around The Globe
  • Foxnomad
    • Probably the most prolific and comprehensive independent travel blog out there – with advice about travel and tips about a variety of destinations.
  • Vagablogging
  • In My Hands
    • A student in Brussels preparing for a life of travel and lifestyle design
  • The Longest Way Home
  • Where the Hell is Matt?
  • A Pair of Panties and Boxers
    • Another of my personal favorites, with some wonderful stories and photos of China, amongst others.
  • Monkey Brewster
    • I’m not sure what my favorite part is – the weekly international brew review or the fact that it’s apparently written by a monkey.
  • Drifting Focus
    • Beautiful design and photography work, with some wonderfully intense travel experiences and more to come.

Travel Partners

  • Simonseeks – Expert reviews ranging from the cheapest hotels in London to the best Amsterdam hotels

Travel resources & information

12 comments

  1. Ayngelina says:

    This is a great idea, I’ve been using twitter somewhat as a content feed for my #rtwsoon research but I love this idea.

    I’m not traveling until March 31st so my content is updated on a weekly basis but I’d love to be added to the list.

  2. Monica says:

    Thanks for the mention! I think this newsletter is an amazing idea. It definitely introduces me to travel bloggers I’ve never met before.

    • Alex says:

      Thanks – the biggest challenge I’m running into is not letting it spiral out of control with hundreds of travel blogs! There are a lot out there. If I had more time, I would probably dissect them into categories and split the newsletter into 2 or 3 with different perspectives.

  3. I’ve done something similar but running it on my sidebar. I would have to agree with Alex but as long as I don’t let me RSS feed read list grow out of control I don’t think who I feature on my site will – I hope.

  4. Liz says:

    Thanks to a friend (Ms. Bacon) I found your blog – good stuff. I’ve added you to my blog roll. If that’s not cool let me know.

  5. A great idea, but 2 comments:
    1) Isn’t daily to much, people have a lot in their inboxes, a daily read is a lot to expect.
    2) Can you keep control of this when you are travelling?
    If you have time look at ‘Earth Pilgrim’ to see if you want to add it.

    • Joel says:

      Hey Graham – thanks for the note! I’m going to tweak the formula a bit. My goal is to make the newsletter(s) a bit of a “best of… ” for people to glance at daily to see what they want to check out in more detail. Don’t know about you, but my RSS reader is packed FULL, so I like having just a few each day to glance through then I can read all the other blogs I subscribe to when I have more time.

      No control necessary – it’s all automated. I do nothing other than add or subtract which feeds are included.

      When I re-configure things over the next few weeks, I’ll let you know and see how I can slot your blog feed in.

  6. Hi Joel – I’ve been running Dave’s Travel Corner for the past almost 14 years, http://www.davestravelcorner.com and I was
    wondering if you have some time to check my site out and if you like what you see, perhaps you could add a link back on your Links section. I have already added your site under my Resources >> Blogs of Travel section.

    Thanks :)

    Dave

  7. Matt says:

    Hi Joel! I hope things are well in Amsterdam. I’d like to get on this daily digest blog list and exchange links. My page is extremely out of date, yet I just added you. Happy Travels,

    Matt

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