Tag Archive | "Travel"
Top Safety Tips For Women Travelers
Travel safety for women is an issue. Lonely Planet devotes at least a paragraph to it in every single book they publish. Being female should not be an excuse for staying home, but the sad reality is that often women travelers do need to be more cautious than men, especially if traveling solo. Still, many women travel [...]
Continue reading...Harry Potter and the Joy of Fantasy Travel
Saturday, July 14, 2007
We all read about international travel, even space travel, or even time travel. But what about travel in the mind, the realm of fantasy where only our imagination is the limit? The recent release of the fifth Harry Potter film, The Order of the Phoenix, and the upcoming seventh and final book The Deathly Hallows is [...]
Continue reading...How To Prevent Travel Fatigue
Friday, July 13, 2007
Imagine: You’ve just eaten a delicious hamburger, one of the best you’ve ever tasted. It’s pure, juicy perfection. Satisfied, you sit back with a little burp. Then someone hands you another one. You’re less enthusiastic, of course. You’re already full. Well, the same can happen with travel. If you’re rushing around from place to place, seeing [...]
Continue reading...When Travel Affects Your Job
Sunday, July 8, 2007
If you’re a keen nomad then chances are your employment history, like mine, is a little schizophrenic. Since graduation, my resume looks a little like this: Job Travel and Job Travel and Job Job Travel and Job Travel Job Travel I’m all over the place. I come and go. I chop and change. This can make job interviews in my home country a little awkward. Interviewer: [...]
Continue reading...Carnival of Travel Articles #1
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Welcome to the first-ever Carnival of Travel Articles on Travel Minx, showcasing recent articles and photos submitted by fellow travel bloggers. Click here to learn more and submit your own work. I’ve received so many entries already that I thought I’d post this edition a little early. Hope no one minds. This is also the first-ever [...]
Continue reading...How To Get Your Travel Article Published
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
We have covered how to write a killer travel article. So, you’ve written your article and you reckon it’s good enough for the world to see. You want to submit it to a publication. But how? Ask Your Contacts If you know someone in the industry, don’t be afraid to ask for help. They may not have [...]
Continue reading...How To Write A Killer Travel Article
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
I am not Bill Bryson or Earnest Hemingway, but I’ve written a fair chunk of travel articles that have been published and I’ve been paid, thus inspiring and funding more madcap world adventures. My First Travel Article My first travel article was written and published in 2000. It was about my experiences living in Berlin for a [...]
Continue reading...Where Are The Best Travel Articles?
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Where do you like the read travel articles – newspapers, magazines, online or all of the above? I mostly prefer magazines, simply because you can curl up on the couch and let yourself mentally drift to an exotic location. Sitting at the computer isn’t quite the same. Still, as Brand New Traveler points out in their [...]
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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