In an effort to plan your trip and get advice about specific destinations from real experiences, its best to check out other travel bloggers and read their experiences. I've found first hand accounts of a specific location are much better than what you can get from a guide book or website. Often the extra detail is invaluable and adds that much more input than a tiny paragraph can ever do.
The following is a comprehensive list of bloggers that I've been in contact with through traveling, twitter, connecting through various blogs, and lonely planet's blog sherpa program. Since everyone has different experiences, it is best to find ones that interest you the best, follow their experiences, and learn tips and facts about unique places to add to your trip!
This collection is a dynamic and continually updated list of travel bloggers that are currently active on the blog universe. Below each link is the tag line for the site or a representative description if one was not listed! I apologize for them not being in any logical order at the moment, I promise to sort them into some sort of arrangement soon!
- Living the Dream -Going Longer, Cheaper, and Living Your Dream. One student's attempt to travel around the world on a budget while showing others how to do the same!
- Go Backpacking -Online guide for around the world travel, articles from countries all around the world
- Art of Backpacking -By backpackers, for backpackers
- Bacon is Magic -Searching for universal truths, one country at a time
- Vagabond 3 World Travel Blog -Travel tips, news, and advice from 3 around the world travel bloggers!
- TravelnLass -My adventures as an expat teaching EFL in some g-forsaken rice paddy in Vietnam
- Almost Fearless -Work Wirelessly, Travel the World, Do Anything
- D Travels 'Round -D shares her colorful solo travel adventures around the world, plus travel tips, reviews, photos and more.
- Twenty-Something Travel -This is a blog about travel for young people; the why, the where and the how
- Legal Nomads -One lawyer, one world
- No Place to Be -A full time worker and soon to be university graduate setting off on an around the world adventure August 2010
- Over Yonderlust -Adding stamps to our passport, one country at a time!
- Nomadic Chick -Cubicle dweller to traveling gypsy!
- Nomadic Samuel -Miles away from ordinary. Dripping with sarcasm.
- Dream a Little Dream -How far can dreams travel?
- Travels of Adam -Round the world - graphic design - travel blog
- Freedonia Post -The world's most entertaining world travel blog
- No Debt World Travel -One guy's attempt to travel as far around the world as he cheaply can
- Our Oyster -A traveling couple who met in New Zealand on their way through Malaysia, a working holiday in Australia, then backpacking our way home through Phillippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Russia
- One Giant Step -One giant step,.. is all it takes. Gillian and Jason RTW 2009-2010
- Skinny Backpacker -The inside source of traveling around the world as a scrawny guy
- The Global Tutorial -Travel as the ultimate education. RTW 2010-2012
- Traveling Canucks -Canadians Exploring the World!
- So Many Places -One couple's transformation from Cube Dwellers to Around the World Travelers!
- Two Girls Around the World -Two best friends from Colorado who quit their jobs to travel around the world for a year! RTW 2009-2010
- Pause the Moment -No itinerary. No limits. No regrets
- Seat of Our Pants -A 14 month RTW trip inspired by the phrase "by the seat of our pants"
- DJ Skylab Travels -Traveling the world with its music
- My Destination -A global travel resource powered by a diverse community of local experts on the ground, providing unrivalled local knowledge and unique local deals
- Food and Travel -Places to see, things to do, foods to eat and fantastic deals to get you on an exciting journey around the world
- Mobile Lawyer -An attorney from Arkansas who would have rather been traveling, so he did.
- A Travel Around the World -A couple continually traveling around the world in search of adventure!
- Chasing Summer -A couple traveling around the world from August 2009 to June 2010 while chasing summer!
- A Lady in London -The adventures of a 20s something lady living a fabulous life in London
- Happy Time Blog -Backpacking around the world on a budget
- Inside the Travel Lab -Blogging the art and science of unusual journeys
- Cheap Weekend Breaks -Get inspired, get informed and get going with cheap weekend breaks
- Jack and Jill Travel the World -A chronicle of their (mis)adventures.
- Africa Attraction -Travel blogging focused entirely around Africa and African adventures!
- Unpopped Collar -Focusing on travel and social entrepreneurship around DC and the world
- Ever The Nomad -Following the nomadic lifestyle of Anja during travels around the world
- Sophies World -Sophie wanders the world, mostly with kids, sometimes solo
- The World is a Book -All about traveling and reading, reading about traveling, and talking about reading and traveling!
- Hole In The Donut -Travel is a spiritual affair that delights the senses, nourishes the intellect, and opens the heart
- Two Go Round-The World -Planning, Preparing, and Packing for a RTW Trip!
- Big City Blog -Many pictures featured in posts from Amsterdam and other cities!
- Freewheelings -Navigating the road of the unconventional
- Shutter Feet Blog -Exploring the world one frame a a time
- Borebags -Donna and Gareth Around the World. A one year trip continued indefinitely for the foreseeable future.
- Bucket List Journey -Travel. Gastronomy. Bucket Lists.
- GlobetrotterGirls -Globetrottergirls.com, offers tried and tested budget travel information in the form of hotel reviews, insider tips, tales from the road and travel photography.
- I Moved To Africa -After losing his job due to the recession, this author and his girlfriend moved to Gabon and are blogging about the life of living in Africa.
- Travel Rinse Repeat -Making the most of every travel opportunity.
- Wandering Trader -A day trader traveling around the world sharing travel tips and advice!
- My Travel Affairs -Traveler by heart, jet setter, nomad.
- Brooke vs. the World -Follows the story of one girl fulfilling her dream of traveling the world, one phase at a time.
- 3-6-6 -One family, 3 kids, around the world indefinitely.
- The Traveller World Guide -The travelers world travel guide
- Coconut Radio -Unique perspectives of island life in Tahiti with unfiltered content from the coconut radio
- My Bella Vita -Your source for Calabria Travel in Southern Italy
- First Time Travels -Travel blog aided in helping first time travelers get on the go for travel by following the authors personal experiences on the road
- Send The Bugger Back -The travel log of a bugger
- My Gay Travel Guide -Personalized gay travel information
- I Should Log Off -Log off and live!
- Museum Chick -Visiting museums, arts, and special events around the world
- Chicky Bus -Lisa takes readers off the beaten path and into the moment--to a place of self-discovery
- The Planet D -Dave and Debra took off to make the world their adventure playground with the motto "Anyone can do it!"
- Travel With DenDen -Tales of a traveler who is permanently displaced as an EFL teacher in various countries around the world!
- Destination Anywhere -If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.
- Diario de a bordo -A Spanish travel blog with many pictures from around the world. Translate to English via Google tools!
- Traveling Naturally -Ethical and green travel around the world
- Dotted Route -Connecting the bits and pieces of worldwide travel
- Go Mexico Guide -Travel, Culture, Cuisine
- 100 Miles Highway -Born with a german passport and a spanish heart, Katherina blogs about her expat life in Switzerland and London and her eventual travels around the World.
- Bear Shaped Sphere -Quirk. Perspective. Travel
- Teach Travel Play -Life as a foreigner teaching English overseas in Korea
- Florence Journal -The how to guide on living in Florence, Italy
- Fourteen Months, Four Countries and Three Kids -From May 2009 to August 2010 this family traveled around many Latin American, Caribbean, and South American countries interviewing people deported from the USA for an upcoming book.
- Uncommon Travel -A whiff, a fragment, a feeling!
- Where is Jenny -Around the world travel, backpacking, location independent working, and lifestyle design
- Great Places in Bulgaria -As the blog title suggests, this blog is dedicated to all the wonderful places to visit in Bulgaria
- The Hussainity Defense -Former child actress turned lawyer turned non-profit director, laid off in 2009 and exploring the world.
- I Am Koh Chang -All Koh Chang, Thailand... all the time
- Alpaca Suitcase -Family on the road to avoid the bad economic times. Homeschooling the kids, 6 months in South America, 6 months in the Mediterranean
- The Turkish Life -Dedicated to all things Turkey!
- Orange Polka Dot -From California to Catalunya
- Bne Hot or Not -The decisive guide to Brisbane
- Mel Hot or Not -The decisive guide to Melbourne
- Hello, Pineapple? -A one year trek through Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Told one day at a time, in no particular order
- My Kind of Town (and Around) -A complete guide for everything Chicago
- No Hurry Curry -Two honeymooners searching the world, because, what else is there to do?
- Indian Bazaars -About the Indian Shops, traditional bazaars, and the contemporary malls in India
- La Tortuga Viajera -Musings from an American living in Spain
- Living If -A couple traveling around the world to know what is, than forever wonder what if.
- The Jewrican Traveler -Adventure junkie on a budget
- Never-Ending Footsteps -Traveling the world, one step at a time
- Aussie on the Road -Round the World with an Aussie guy.
- Let's Do Something Different -Exploring the world, our own way
- Lex Paradise -Following one bloggers life and journeys in Korea
- My Trails -Sharing the wonders of exploring the world for knowledge and entertainment
- Love & Sex & Backpacking on the cheap -Backpacking around the world on the cheap looking for the next great deal
- Our Jotter Book -Little musings of 2 Singaporean travelers
- Malaysia Asia -A complete guide to all things Malaysia
- Mara Vorhees -Travel writer, photographer, adventurer
- Matthew's Travel Blog -My thoughts on everything from around the world
- Midwesterner in Mexico -The life and times of a gringa in Mexico City
- Muza-chan's Gate to Japan -A complete guide to all things Japan
- Nateniale -Reflections of my travels and everything else I love
- Just Wandering -Wandering through the Philippines, Asia, and Australia
- Paola Brooks -Stories and experiences from Verona, Italy
- Not Work Related -Travel, photography, not at all work related.
- Passed Ports -A chronicle of images and anecdotes from our travels
- Patrick and Katrina do the Globe -Trip reports and touring tips from two travel obsessed newlyweds
- A View to a Thrill -Where your strong desire to travel is merged with the reality of limited funds
- Roving Gastronome -Food and travel writing
- Bare Foot Ink -A jump in the deep end
- Scalarae -Exploring Asia with great emphasis on Indonesia
- Grand Cycle Tour -Seeing the world from the seat of their bikes
- Suzy Guese -Providing trips and stories from someone who has been around the block a few times
- The Brink of Something Else -Working, studying, and traveling abroad
- the reX-Files -The world is my playground
- What Boundaries Travel -Live your Dream
- The Silent I -Family travel adventures, foreign and domestic
- The View from Fez -A complete guide to Fez, Morocco
- This is Ghana Guide and Blog -A complete guide to all things Ghana
- Tie Dye Travels -Discussing all those little things that don't make the news: family businesses, unusual events, etc!
- Todd's Wanderings -Travels, adventures, and advice from 10 years on the road and counting
- Trans-Americas Journey -5 years, 200,000 miles, North + Central + South America
- A Big Adventure -4 Tickets, 1 Year, No Plans and More, Much More!
- To Uncertainty and Beyond -Ten Months, Two Backpacks, No Guarantees
- Jessie on a Journey -She Loves Nothing More Than Her Backpack
- Nicole is the New Black -Licensed jet-setter and perpetual expatriate
- Go See Write -The Mobile Lawyer's Travels
- Adventures with Dan -I was born in Wales, but Earth is my home!
- Travelling Wakanoobies -Traveling around the world and writing about it along the way
- Photito's Blog -A travel journalist's confessions
- What Up, Vienna? -When a girl and a guy from LA move their asses halfway across the world
- Four Seas As Home -Thoughts and observations from China
- Itinerant Londoner -Traveling around the world instead of doing the cultural norms. RTW 2009-2010
- PocketCultures -All about world cultures
- A Traveler's Library -Read today, gone tomorrow
- Dave's Travel Corner -Seeing the world one step at a time
- One Travel -#1 in Travel Deals and Travel Posts!
- Ginger Beirut -The complete guide to everything Beirut
- Ottsworld -Travel and life experiences from a corporate America runaway
- Jeroxie - Addictive & Consuming -Food brings people together
- Travel Enlightenment -ClearlyEnlights' Long Term Travels - Accepting the Dynamic Moment
- Travelogged -If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would it be? With so many fabulous places, its difficult to choose just one
- Nomadic Matt -Life Untethered. One of the most popular travel blogs on the internet! Matt is a true mentor to all those looking to travel around the world.
- Where's Waldner -One man traveling around as much as the world as possible on a RTW trip
- World on My Doorstep -I woke up this morning, and found the world on my doorstep
- Backpacking Worldwide -Around the world backpacking blog
- Off-Track Backpacking -If youre not living on the edge, youre taking too much space
- Travelocafe -Informal ideas for traveling on a shoestring
- Hiking San Francisco -Hiking All over San Francisco, California!
- Border Jumpers -Following two bloggers as they border jump countries in Africa
