Oct 14th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
For many of us, dreaming about travel and planning a trip is a favorite part of a travel process. Those early days of discovering a destination and imagining the delights it may hold, before the reality of long airport security lines, bad hotel rooms, and jet lag spoil the fun, are some of the sweetest. This photo by Flickr user Chris Maki titled "Wanderlust" recalls the immense possibilities ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Oct 14th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
For many of us, dreaming about travel and planning a trip is a favorite part of a travel process. Those early days of discovering a destination and imagining the delights it may hold, before the reality of long airport security lines, bad hotel rooms, and jet lag spoil the fun, are some of the sweetest. This photo by Flickr user Chris Maki titled "Wanderlust" recalls the immense possibilities ...Weekending: Sofia
Oct 5th, 2010 at 2:30PM:
Since moving to Istanbul, I've gotten the chance to travel to a lot of interesting destinations, from Beirut to Bosnia, that are much easier and cheaper to access from Turkey than America. For my first long (more than a weekend) trip, I went to Bulgaria for a week over US Labor Day and Turkish bayram (end of Ramadan holidays). Over the week, I traveled from the capital city Sofia to medieval ...Visit a baby sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica
Aug 20th, 2010 at 1:00PM:
It's been a long week, take a few minutes to enjoy some cuteness. Sloths may not typically come to mind as a cute animal, but I'm sure after you watch this video, you'll come around. I first saw a sloth at the New York Times Travel Show (part of a Busch Gardens exhibition) and immediately fell in love with their cuddly, sleepy, smiley oddness. This video was taken at the Aviarios Del Caribe ...
CheapOair, Lonely Planet and South African Airways team up for Twitter contest
Aug 20th, 2010 at 9:25AM:
Online travel firm CheapOair has joined forces with Lonely Planet and South African Airways to host a Twitter based contest.
Between now and August 30, they'll give away one Lonely Planet South Africa guidebook every day - and at the end of the contest, the winners will be entered into a random drawing for two round trip tickets to South Africa.
Entering is simple - every day, the ...BBC and Lonely Planet team up for a new travel site
Aug 13th, 2010 at 12:00PM:
The BBC and Lonely Planet have joined forces to create a new travel section for BBC.com. Of course, since the BBC owns Lonely Planet, it makes sense that they turned to them for their excellent content. The site has a great look, and the same easy to navigate layout you'll find on other BBC sites.
At its launch, the site offers a huge assortment of content, including destination mini ...Wanderfly.com travel-planning site launches in beta
Aug 4th, 2010 at 10:00AM:
A new travel-planning website and booking engine is launching this month in beta, and I was excited to give it a test run, having first heard about the site this spring at a EuroCheapo travel happy hour. Wanderfly.com is a "personalized recommendation engine" that takes your interests, budget, and even social network connections to give you inspiration and help you plan your next vacation. ...Lonely Planet interactive travel books arrive in the iBooks store
Aug 2nd, 2010 at 7:30AM: As the e-book market starts becoming more mainstream, some electronic titles are beginning to outsell their paper versions. Because of these rapid developments, traditional paper publishers are quickly developing e-versions of their popular publications.
Lonely Planet, one of the biggest names in travel publishing just released their first five e-books to the Apple iBooks store. Their Discover ...Lonely Planet 1000 Ultimate Experiences for the iPad - free for three days only!
Jun 1st, 2010 at 12:00PM: Lonely Planet has been in a really generous mood this year - back in April, they gave away all their European iPhone city guides to help stranded volcanic ash passengers, and now they are giving away their most popular iPad app.
1000 Ultimate Experiences is exactly what the name describes - a guide with 1000 of the best experiences in the world, in an app that takes full advantage of the iPad. ...Travel Trends: The rise of the 'Free Independent Traveler' (FIT)
May 12th, 2010 at 11:30AM: Over the last few years, the world travel landscape has undergone significant changes brought by security concerns, the economic crisis and green considerations. These new conditions have given rise to a new type of tourist: the "Free Independent Traveler," or FIT. The term refers generally to people over 35, of above average income, and who like to travel in small groups or as couples. They avoid ...Lonely Planet volcano relief - free European iPhone city guides!
Apr 19th, 2010 at 3:30PM: Stranded in Europe due to volcanic ash? How about getting to know your host city a little better with the help of a Lonely Planet city guide? The guides normally cost $9.99, but Lonely Planet has graciously turned them into free apps until Thursday.
The lineup of apps covers most major European cities, and a list of the cities included (with App store links) can be found on the Lonely Planet ...The tourist vs. traveler one-upmanship game
Apr 1st, 2010 at 3:00PM: Forget beautiful sights and friendly locals, the real joy of travel is proving you're a rugged, independent traveler and the rest of the backpackers at your whites-only youth hostel are simple tourists. Here's a game you can play to determine which of your travel companions rivals are worthy travelers and which are embarrassing poseurs who should really have stayed at home. The rules are simple: ...Lonely Planet's 2010 Anthology: call for submissions
Mar 12th, 2010 at 9:00AM: Lonely Planet has just asked me to edit their annual literary travel anthology for this year. I edited the first three -- The Kindness of Strangers, By the Seat of My Pants, and Tales from Nowhere -- and each time it was a tremendous challenge and pleasure. One of the things I've loved best has been publishing a mix of authors spanning the spectrum from best-selling to never-been-published-before. ...South by Southeast: Avoiding the hordes
Jan 29th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
I had high hopes for my arrival in Hoi An. This historic city, set along Vietnam's Central Coast, has all the ingredients to be the perfect destination: a charming downtown lined with ancient Chinese buildings, a picturesque waterfront setting and a unique culinary history. So it was a shock when I stepped off my bus to find the city the epitome of a tourist trap, stuffed to the gills with ...Nokia Green Explorer -- discover a new way to be an eco-friendly traveler
Jan 26th, 2010 at 11:30AM:
During my visit to the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, I came across an interesting eco-friendly product from mobile phone maker Nokia. Their "Green Explorer" site is part destination guide, part eco-friendly guide, and part mobile guide service. The site covers all continents, and offers content from Lonely Planet, the WWF, UNESCO, routeRANK and TripSketch.
The end result of these 5 ...Up next in airplane design: Donut planes?
Jan 10th, 2010 at 10:00AM: Should the airline industry begin designing donut shaped airplanes? It's a suggestion posed by the folks over at Lonely Planet, who after running an informal survey discovered that over 60% of respondents preferred sitting in the aisle over the window on an airplane.
Problem is, few seats on an aircraft are actually adjacent to a window. And that's where the crafty design comes in.
In jest, ...Gadlinks for 1.6.2010
Jan 6th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
Looking for more nuggets to satisfy your hunger for travel news and information? Check out some of these links from around the internets.
Remember being a child and thinking there was nowhere in the world you wanted to go more than Fantasia from The Never Ending Story? Then you'll love this list of 10 places that don't exist (but should). [via Lonely Planet]
Headed to London ...South by Southeast: New directions in Southeast Asia
Oct 9th, 2009 at 9:00AM: What is it about Southeast Asia that so captivates our attention? For many Westerners, Southeast Asia has attained an identity of exoticism and escape, enchanting travelers as a destination "off the map" of global tourism. It's a myth readily fed by popular culture. From Graham Greene's The Quiet American to Alex Garland's The Beach we're painted a picture of a magical world, unsullied by the ...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 ...Indie Travel Podcast launches new magazine
Aug 21st, 2009 at 10:30AM: Craig and Linda Martin have been traveling the world together since 2006. In that time, they've launched the Indie Travel Podcast and turned it into a successful website (they were named Best Podcast in Lonely Planet's 2009 Travel Blog Awards) and an excellent source of information for the independent traveler. Now, in a time when major glossies seem to be folding right and left, they've launched ...Six great beach reads for travelers
Jul 20th, 2009 at 11:30AM:
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There's a special joy that comes with losing yourself in a good book while relaxing on a beach. The warm sun on your skin, the sand between your toes, and the sound of waves gently breaking on the shore create the perfect environment for shrugging off your cares and ...
