May 4th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
Frommer's has a new series of guidebooks out. Nothing new there; that's what they do. Unique to Frommer's new "Day by Day" series though is that they are digital guides, which allow users to search, bookmark and navigate through the content easily.
Enabled by Inkling (the interactive textbook people), the Frommer's "Day by Day" digital books retail between $10 and $15, and are available as ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Popular Guidebooks Go Digital
May 4th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
Frommer's has a new series of guidebooks out. Nothing new there; that's what they do. Unique to Frommer's new "Day by Day" series though is that they are digital guides, which allow users to search, bookmark and navigate through the content easily.
Enabled by Inkling (the interactive textbook people), the Frommer's "Day by Day" digital books retail between $10 and $15, and are available as ...Travelers And Bloggers Get Together With New Web App
Apr 27th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
Travelers planning a trip often turn to a trusted travel information source, one they may have used before and had good results. That source might be a guide book, web site or travel blog like this one where intrepid travelers scour the planet for experiences and information. A new web application now hopes to connects travelers with travel bloggers in what could be a very viable and relevant ...The Green Book: A Guidebook For The Age Of Segregation
Apr 21st, 2012 at 10:00AM: It's hard to imagine nowadays when the only limitations to travel are money, time and health, but for much of America's history a large segment of the population had trouble traveling just because of the color of their skin.
During the days of segregation, most hotels were off-limits to African-Americans, as were other facilities like restaurants, movie theaters and campgrounds. Those that did ...Travel Expert Brings Local Flavor To Guidebooks, Video
Apr 3rd, 2012 at 5:00PM:
Known worldwide as travel editor for CBS News, Peter Greenberg has traveled the planet bringing far away places into living rooms for decades. Now, Greenberg shares his expertise on destinations around the globe in his new "Like a Local" series of guidebooks, videos and travel tips that go on sale April 16.
Teaming with Michelin, Greenberg is releasing the series of "Like a Local" travel ...Comedic team of 'Portlandia' set to create an off-beat Portland, Oregon, guidebook
Feb 29th, 2012 at 3:30PM:
Are you bored of the usual travel guidebooks aimed at everyday tourists? If you're interested in Portland, Oregon, and would rather learn about funny, fictional places that could exist rather than the Oregon Zoo and the Portland Art Museum, you should put "PORTLANDIA: A Guide for Visitors" on your shopping list. Set to debut in November of 2012, the book is being created by the team who ...
Book review: inyourpocket guide to Athens
Feb 15th, 2012 at 9:00AM: This was originally supposed to be a review of the Rough Guide to Greece. I really like the Rough Guides and two weeks before I set off to write my travel series about Greece I ordered a copy from Amazon. The morning of my flight it still hadn't arrived.
Luckily I knew about the inyourpocket guides. I had never tried these free, downloadable guides to dozens of cities, and now looked like the ...Hikes near Madrid: a new guidebook shows you the way (in English!)
Sep 30th, 2011 at 1:00PM: Every year, thousands of English speakers visit Madrid on holiday or to teach English. Most never explore the many hikes near Madrid, and that's a shame. The Sierra de Guadarrama offers some challenging and varied routes, and the lowland areas of the Comunidad de Madrid offer pleasant rambles. One of the best spots is La Pedriza, which can be a tough slog and easy to get lost in.
One of the ...Books by Gadling bloggers
Aug 19th, 2011 at 3:00PM: Gadling bloggers are a busy bunch. When we're not posting the latest travel news or accounts of our adventures, we're writing for newspapers, magazines, and anthologies. Many of us have written books too.
David Farley takes the prize for weirdest subject matter with An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in Italy's Oddest Town. So what's Catholicism's strangest ...Fortnighter launches, providing customized expert travel advice
Jun 2nd, 2011 at 1:30PM:
Ever wish you could have a travel magazine or guidebook written just for you, catering to your specific interests and full of up-to-date travel advice? The new travel website Fortnighter offers just that--customized itineraries written by professional travel writers.
How does it work?
Start with a destination, specify who you're traveling with (solo, as a couple, or with friends), and the ...Travel Read: The East Highland Way hiking guide
May 24th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
Last year for my annual "Oh crap another birthday I need to prove my youth" long-distance hiking adventure, I chose Scotland's East Highland Way. It runs 78 miles from Ft. William through some beautiful countryside to Aviemore. The route had just been created by hiker Kevin Langan, and was so new there wasn't a guidebook. Kevin was kind enough to send me maps and a summary preprint of his book ...Grantourismo blogger on guidebooks and travel writing
Nov 30th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Last week I posted a Q & A with blogger Lara Dunston and her husband and partner Terence Carter about their travel project and blog Grantourismo. In addition to good advice about renting a vacation apartment and getting "under the skin" of a place when traveling, they had a lot of interesting things to say about guidebooks, both from their experiences writing them and how they see travelers ...No guidebook required: the joys of ditching an itinerary
Jul 8th, 2010 at 2:30PM: Itineraries and guidebooks can be both a blessing and a curse, when it comes to travel. If you're the free-spirited, adventurous sort, it sucks to lug a book around, but it's a good idea-especially if you're a woman-so you don't have to leave accommodations to chance should you arrive late at night in a strange town.
I once ended up sleeping in a spider-infested trailer, after spontaneously ...Finding the expat community and what travelers can learn from them
Jul 6th, 2010 at 1:30PM: No matter how well-traveled you are, moving to a foreign country and living as an expat is a whole new ballgame. Your priorities and standards change, and hours that you may have spent as a traveler in a museum or wandering a beach are now spent in as an expat search of an alarm clock or trying to distinguish between eight types of yogurt. You become like a child again: unable to speak in complete ...How to decide if a tour is right for you
Feb 18th, 2010 at 2:30PM:
For some travelers, the mere sight of a tour bus is enough to make them cringe. Heck, I don't enjoy seeing large masses of humanity spilling out of a humongous vehicle and mucking up my "unique" travel experience. But that's not to say that all tours are wastes of your time and money.
tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2010/02/18/how-to-decide-if-a-tour-is-right-for-you/'; ...Travel Read: Culture Smart! Ethiopia
Jan 31st, 2010 at 1:00PM: I'm headed to Ethiopia soon and I'm busy reading everything I can get my hands on about the country. Thus I eagerly picked up a copy of Culture Smart! Ethiopia. The Culture Smart! series offers insights into the customs and cultures of dozens of different countries. As a first-timer to sub-Saharan Africa I hoped to get lots of insight into a very different world.
Sadly, I didn't.
The book's ...Fake Canadians go home
Aug 30th, 2009 at 4:30PM:
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I'm as mad as a polar bear reading about global warming. Everywhere I look I see Canadian flags on backpacks. A maple leaf seems to be as important an item of budget travel gear as daddy's credit card, but there's one problem--many of the people flashing the good old red, white, and red ...Travel Bookshelf: free guidebook to "Angels and Demons" Rome
May 19th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Small press guidebook publisher Roaring Forties Press has released a free guidebook in downloadable PDF format titled Rome's Angels and Demons: The Insider's Guide to the Locations Featured in the Book and Movie. Author Angela K. Nickerson covers all the sites mentioned in the bestselling book, and then delves into the historical background of the real characters mentioned in the plot, such as ...Travel Bookshelf: Cheeky Guides
May 15th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Let's face it--most guidebooks are boring. Sure, they're informative, but they either read like a postgraduate thesis (Blue Guides) or are filled with snotty, uninformed opinions (take your pick)
The Cheeky Guides come as a breath of fresh air, or rather a gust of lager-laden belches from some local lush leaning against the bar at a seedy pub. These guides to Oxford and Brighton, two of England's ...Talking Travel with GuideGecko.com
Apr 27th, 2009 at 12:00PM:
A few weeks ago, the world wide web saw the launch of a most useful travel resource called GuideGecko.com. Guide Gecko hopes to serve the dual purpose as an online bookstore and independent travel writing recruiter. The site's mastermind, Daniel Quadt, spent the past year and countless hours speaking with travelers and writers to make Guide Gecko a useful travel resource. The end result hopes to ...Frommers community site revamps, enters 2008
Oct 2nd, 2008 at 2:00PM: Back when I was originally getting started in my travels, I used to do a lot of research and scouring through Frommers.com. As one of the oldest guidebook publishers, I found their website had a lot of user content that was useful for self planning and execution. Maturing as a traveler, I moved onto sites that specialized in my needs -- VRBO for apartments, Kayak for bookings, Flyertalk for deals. ...
