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Perceptive Travel’s 1st Anniversary Travel Photo Contest
Date: January 19th, 2007 |
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Tim Leffel’s travel narrative website Perceptive Travel is celebrating its 1st anniversary by hosting a photography competition. Take a photo from any Asian country profiled in the Lonely Planet’s new set of Citiescape Guides (Mumbai, Delhi, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, Tokyo, Sydney, Kathmandu, Singapore, or Bejing), and you could win the whole [read more]
Tim Leffel Interview: Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune
Date: November 13th, 2006 | No Comments
Frugal Traveler
Date: July 16th, 2006 | 1 comment
Imagine having the opportunity to travel around the world. Imagine writing about your experiences. Imagine having those experiences published in the New York Times. Welcome to Matt Gross’ life as the Frugal Traveler.
Frugal Traveler on the Road
Frugal Traveler sets out to hopscotch the globe using low-cost carriers, buses, trains, ferries and your travel tips. [read more]
Job Lead for Business-Travel Bloggers
Date: January 23rd, 2007 | No Comments
A ‘high profile publication’ calls for business-travel bloggers through the Perrin Post. Unfortunately the job lead offers no more details, but since posted on Condé Nast Traveler, definitely worth responding to if interested. For those not familiar - the Perrin Post is a blog written by Wendy Perrin, award winning travel-journalist, and current consumer editor [read more]
Read. No Excuses.
Date: January 16th, 2007 | 3 comments
When I used to work in public relations (a corporate job that I recently quit, to live abroad and write) I never seemed to have time to read. 9am to 7pm-high stress job, 2-hours in traffic, need to go out and socialize, come home dead and ready for bed. Besides, I read a plethora of [read more]
Book Videos - Vid Lit - the newest marketing tool for authors
Date: December 27th, 2006 | 1 comment
Bill Bryson’s Fall Events for Thunderbolt Kid
Date: September 20th, 2006 | 4 comments
Bill Bryson’s memoir The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid goes on sale October 17. The comical tale re-creates Bryson’s middle America upbringing with the help of his superhero persona. Tom Brokaw calls it a “…laugh-out-loud pilgrimage through his Fifties childhood.” Learn more about the famous travel writer’s Iowa homecoming here and read [read more]
Doug Lansky’s Signspotting Best Sign Contest
Date: June 6th, 2006 | No Comments
I just got Doug Lansky’s Signspotting book this week, and it’s crazy fun. You know, all those weird signs you see when you’re traveling- the kind that don’t quite fit with the scenery, in or out of context? Well, funloving travel vet Doug Lansky has compiled a book of them with Lonely Planet.
Signspotting: Absurd & [read more]
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