Since opening Living the Dream in late 2008 the site has received many media mentions, recognitions, interviews, and awards for quality content. The following is a collection of the notable mentions of Living the Dream in the media and travel universe!
Published Media
The Long-Term Traveler's Guide is the first book published by Jeremy and is the definitive guide for anyone looking to break free from the routine and set off to see the world. The guide will be released in the first quarter of 2012 and is available in paperback and a comprehensive digital package to make planning your long-term trip a breeze! As of publishing in this entry, The Long-Term Traveler's Guide is still seeking a dedicated publisher. Please contact us if you are in the publishing industry and looking for a great new book to unleash to the world!
Lonely Planet has unveiled a new platform called the BlogSherpa program in which selected travel bloggers contribute location specific articles under the 'Blogs' section of the website for each destination. In late 2009 Living the Dream was selected to contribute articles to the BlogSherpa program with dozens of other blogger and has been actively contributing to the program ever since.
Mutual of Omaha toured ~25 cities throughout the country in mid-2010 for their Aha Moment Campaign, interviewing many individuals about their own personal Aha Moment. Jeremy (owner, author of Living the Dream) was selected to come out and interview about travel and talk about writing a travel planning blog. The video is hosted online at Mutual of Omaha's Aha Moment page.
Multiple travel photos have been featured on MSNBC.com travel photos of the week. Including the ones shown below.
Awards and Recognitions
Iglu Cruise, a leading cruise planning website, selected a small handful of blogs for the Iglu Cruise Award for the best "Finance & Working" blogs for detailing how to fund travel in July 2010. The "Finance & Working" category is one of 39 different categories over an array of travel related topics.
As chosen by TravelPod, the web’s original travel blog
TravelBlogSites' Top 100 Ranking continually evaluates the world's top travel blogs through Alexa and Compete ratings to rank the best 100. Living the Dream first made the list in the week of October 20th, 2010 and has since reached a highest ranking of #50 on the weekly ranking scale
TravMonkey has ranked Living the Dream in the Top 100 travel blogs based on both US and UK Google traffic. First appearing in mid-2011, Living the Dream has quickly risen to be in the Top 30 of both US and UK based traffic as ranked by TravMonkey!
TravelPod, the world's leading travel journal website, used some of the pictures taken in previous travels around Europe and the United States to decorate their offices, shown below
Interviews and Guest Posts
"Travel Insight and Expert Advise from Jeremy Jones of Living the Dream" - Tours4Fun - January 2012
"Visa Acquisition" Excerpt from The Long-Term Traveler's Guide - Life Beacon - January 2012
"The Real Costs of 11 Real Trips" - BootsnAll - December 2011
"Interview with Jeremy and Angie Jones of Living the Dream" - National RV Parks - November 2011
"8 Tips for Going Viral with StumbleUpon" - Guest Post - Travel Blog Challenge - April 2011
"The Inspired Traveler #5 - Jeremy Jones" - A View to a Thrill - March 2011
"3 Tips to Navigate China Without Speaking the Language" - Guest Post - Budget Your Trip - February 2011
"Random Traveler #36" - No Place to Be - February 2011
"Living the Dream with Jeremy Jones" - Untie the Ribbons - February 2011
"Behind the Blogs: Living the Dream with Jeremy Jones" - Scribnia - December 2010
Honorable Mentions Within the Travel Universe
TravelBlogSites' Site of the Day - Created by travelogue company Travelpod, Travel Blog Sites spotlights many bloggers with discussions regarding their site. The current trend with the website is to list the top 100 travel bloggers based on traffic rank and other site evaluations. Living the Dream has recently hit spot #50 and climbing.
TripBase created the 'Best Kept Travel Secrets' campaign to raise awareness and money for bringing clean water to developing nations. Each selected blogger was asked to contribute 3 travel secrets for the downloadable e-books which launched in early 2010. Download the Free eBooks with the above link to learn some great travel secrets and help contribute clean water to developing nations!
Photo Roulette - Creator of the travel blogging competition Photo Roulette that has been featured in over 35 unique rounds starting in November 2010. Hundreds of bloggers and photographs have been shared by travel writers around the world, making Photo Roulette one of the most popular and viral games in the travel blogging world. Check out the hash-tag #photoroulette on Twitter to see who this week's host is and submit your photo! (bloggers only)
