by Brenda Yun (1 month ago)

May 16th, 2009 at 5:00PM: The Gadling crew is here in Chicago for a team summit and the weather is working in our favor! There's a Cubs game this afternoon, and then several cool events going down this evening, including a meet-and-greet with our team. WHERE: The Goose Island Clybourn Brewpub, 1800 N Clybourn WHEN: Saturday, May 16th, around 10:30 or 11PM HOW YOU WILL FIND US: We'll be the loud ones. This is my first ...

by Grant Martin (2 months ago)

May 6th, 2009 at 1:00PM: We're a ragtag group of bloggers here at Gadling, always on the road covering the newest, greatest travel stories, making friends all over the world, sleeping in airports and often with a drink and a camera in hand. It's hard to track any of us down, whether you're looking for Heather at 30,000ft, Jamie in the cornfields of Ohio or Jeremy in the sewers of New York writing Undiscovered New York ...

by Scott Carmichael (3 months ago)

Apr 6th, 2009 at 4:30PM: To celebrate the relaunch of their Gold Passport loyalty program, Hyatt is giving away thousands of prizes at their promotional site "The Big Welcome". I wrote about their contests last week, and how you can enter to win 365 nights and one million frequent flier miles. To increase your chances of winning something cool, Hyatt is offering 5 lucky Gadling readers the chance to win their own free ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (3 months ago)

Apr 6th, 2009 at 9:30AM: It takes the NY Times to catch up with the world around it ... especially when technology is involved. Hey, the newspaper wouldn't be in so much financial trouble if this weren't the case. But, they don't get it wrong; the reporters over there just take a bit longer to grasp what's happening. So, I was pretty psyched when I saw in the "Frugal Traveler" column that Twitter can be used to get ...

by Scott Carmichael (4 months ago)

Feb 17th, 2009 at 7:30PM: Valentine's day may be over, but you still have till 5pm tomorrow to enter our Valentine's day Peek personal emailer giveaway! And once you have entered that contest, try you luck in the remaining 2 giveaways for a his and hers Cruising Caddy or a Travelon his and hers toiletries kit. Remember, the answers are hidden away in the clue link posted on each giveaway, or you can simply cheat and be ...

by Scott Carmichael (4 months ago)

Feb 12th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Welcome back to day 2 of the Gadling Valentine's day giveaway. Today, you can enter for your chance to win a his and hers Cruising Caddy. The Cruising Caddy is a water bottle/mobile phone/camera tote designed to carry your stuff. The caddy is large enough to hold a 1.5 liter bottle, as well as most other stuff you drag along with you on a daytrip or shore excursion. For a chance to win, all you ...

by Jamie Rhein (8 months ago)

Nov 4th, 2008 at 3:00PM: Here at Gadling we'll be highlighting some of our favorite sounds from the road and giving you a sample of each -- maybe you'll find the same inspiration that we did, but at the very least, hopefully you'll think that they're good songs. Got a favorite of your own? Leave it in the Comments and we'll post it at the end of the series. WEEK 4: "King of the Road" sung by Roger Miller When my ...

by Aaron Hotfelder (8 months ago)

Nov 4th, 2008 at 10:00AM: Welcome back to Tuesday Travel Trivia (aka Gadling T-party), and congratulations to Week 1 winners, Joe and Stolen, who were the only two to get all ten questions correct. Here are this week's questions, and remember, no using the internet (or anything else) to look up the answers. Good luck! What famous TV travel host is the editor of the 2008 edition of The Best American Travel Writing? ...

by Grant Martin (9 months ago)

Oct 7th, 2008 at 10:00AM: Can you believe it? As of this week it's been four years since Gadling was born. We're proud and honored to have become one of the world's largest travel blogs, and to celebrate our birthday we're giving away a pair of round trip tickets to Amsterdam on the newest premium carrier, OpenSkies. If you haven't heard the buzz about OpenSkies, they're the new premium carrier flying from the east coast ...

by Scott Carmichael (10 months ago)

Aug 20th, 2008 at 4:30PM: Our friends over at Engadget just let the world know that the mobile version of their site is now "iPhone friendler". In addition to the existing m.enagdget.com link, iPhone and iPod Touch users can view the site in an optimized version for their device by pointing Safari to i.engadget.com. The good news is, that this works for any site in our family, including Gadling! If you own an iPhone or ...

by Jamie Rhein (1 year ago)

Feb 4th, 2008 at 8:20AM: In November, Grant, Catherine and I had a grand time participating in a conference call with various folks interested in travel and preserving those things that make the world a wonderful place to be. Friends of World Heritage, an initiative in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, Expedia.com and World Heritage Center at UNESCO, orchestrated the call to promote a dialog among us and ...

by Justin Glow (2 years ago)

May 1st, 2007 at 1:00PM: The winners of the 2007 Webby Awards have been announced, and while Gadling didn't take home a trophy this year (though we were named an "Official Honoree"), several other great travel-related websites did. Here are the nominees and winners in the travel category of the 2007 Webby Awards: Winner: WikiTravel People's Voice Winner: TripAdvisor Nominees: Expedia, Gods of Chinatown, Kayak.com ...

by Erik Olsen (3 years ago)

Apr 13th, 2006 at 8:40AM: As I was writing the last post, I started to think to myself that a lot of folks probably don't know we've done a fair number of podcasts here. I've got some ideas for new ones we'll likely be producing here shortly, but I figured I'd remind folks that there are several good ones already available that you might be interested in. The list of folks we've talked to is rather eclectic, from ...