Some sites I recommend you check out:
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
- Go, See Write
- 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
- Vagabond Quest
- Dina and Ryan have been traveling around the world since April 2009 and are still going. It’s their dream to be permanent travelers.
- What’s Dave Doing?
- A good friend and fellow world traveler. Some beautiful photos and very motivational posts.
- Candice Does The World
- Twenty-Something Travel
- 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.
- 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 resources & information
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.
Thanks for the mention! I think this newsletter is an amazing idea. It definitely introduces me to travel bloggers I’ve never met before.
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.
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.
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.
Thanks Liz, I’ve added you to mine as well. I appreciate the compliments and I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it!
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.
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.
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
Hey David – I am SO sorry. Somehow I totally missed this until now. Happy to add your site,. which I really like, by the way!
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
Wow, can’t believe I missed this! Definitely adding you Matt – thanks!
hey Joel, can you switch my link to the new one? http://www.GoSeeWrite.com Thanks!
I love your blog and have been following it for some time now — I’d love you to check out my site, too! I’ve done a RTW… and totally support you in your travels!
Hi!
I just found your site and I really like the way you blog, sharing your experience with funny comments and nice pictures
I have a website as well called http://www.weekend.com.sg which aims to list all the best travel blogs in South-East Asia. Since you definitely offer a quality content, I’m convinced that your blog would interest my visitors. Would you agree to have your RSS feed integrated in my metablog? This way my users would be able to access your blog, and you would have more readers as they would be automatically redirected to your site.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you and to reading your new posts
I wish you a great week!
Erika
a locals knowledge of the great city of london
Hey Joel,
Have been following your site for a while- love the concept and the photography.
I was wondering if you would be willing to post a reciprocal link with my website that is just premiering this week.
Rather than jump right in, perhaps you would prefer to just observe for a while. warm to the idea. pass on any tips for my website also if you have any to give. Either way, here’s the link: http://www.upickapath.com
Best
Jake