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Why write a blog about your travels? Maybe it's because you want a chance to win $500 in our "Blog-Off Contest." Or maybe it's because you eventually want to become a professional travel writer like Rolf Potts, who explains how he jump-started his career in this blog post.
Or maybe you just want a more intense travel experience. At least, that was the case for friends Holly Corbett, Jennifer Baggett, and Amanda Pressner, who hit the road for a year to blog about their round-the-world travels. They call themselves The Lost Girls, and here's how they describe the main appeal of blogging a trip: "The simple process of articulating a personal travel moment and sharing it with strangers all over the online world can make you more appreciative and grateful for the opportunity you had to take the trip in the first place."
For 10 tips on how to start a travel blog, click here to read an online Q&A with the Lost Girls.
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I have a favorite travel blog at www.vagabondish.com. OK, it's my own blog. And it's *most* unprofessional.
But it's still my favorite!
Posted By Mike on April 25, 2007, 6:32 PM
Mike, nice website!
My husband and I post about travel as much as we write about restaurants/home improvement/our schnauzer, but I'd like to think between his photography and my words, we capture places pretty well. We also have a few trips coming up in the next few months that should lend themselves to some great experiences: Zion/Bryce/Grand Canyon; Halifax/Nova Scotia; and Glacier/Montana.
Posted By leandra on April 26, 2007, 9:43 AM
I started my blog about family travel because 1) I've done a lot of travel with kids, and 2) at the time, I couldn't get any print editor to respond to my travel article queries and I had to do SOMETHING to fill the day!
My little bloggy baby is now just over a year old, and post topics span the globe. Even though I have 3 other blogs to write for and editors now actually DO answer me, Family Travel is still my favorite writing gig.
Posted By Sheila at Family Travel on April 26, 2007, 12:45 PM
This is a travel blog I created recently - what do you think?
Posted By Roselyn on May 3, 2007, 8:58 AM
I have wanderlust. When I am in a different country, I feel most like myself. When I am home, I am planning my next vacation.
My next adventure will be moving to France September 2008!
I created my blog, http://functionoftime.blogspot.com, to chronicle and help other American's fulfull their dream of moving to a different country.
I am not twenty something anymore. I have lots of stuff, two dogs, a wannabe spouse, career and bills to get in my way. This blog shows how I change from a steady full-time working career and uproot my dog, house and fiancé to France.
In between the moving guide, I write funny articles that etch my American persona into an international one.
Posted By Function of Time on January 13, 2008, 2:30 PM