Best outdoor tables on the Carnival Fantasy, now out of drydock cruising from New Orleans
Some 400 men and women who blog their thoughts on the Internet are heading to sea this weekend, on a cruise on the Carnival Fantasy. Imagine that: Choosing to join 400 other people with opinions and a desire to express them. Such an experience would be a nightmare for some folks. Not me. I am…
Just in time for your Valentine, Hideaways International lists its 10 most romantic retreats in the world — hotels and resorts from Portofino, Italy, to Bora Bora in French Polynesia. Be forewarned: Hideaways International is a travel company that sells luxury accommodations. The Top 10, created by Hideaways president Mike Thiel, are expensive. Valentine's Day is during the off-season on the…
Travel Maven makes this year's "50 Travel Blogs I can't Live without," written by Christopher Elliott, an expert on practical travel advice and National Geographic Traveler magazine’s reader advocate. Elliott posted his list on his own blog. Elliott also writes the nationally syndicated Travel Troubleshooter column, which appears in more than 50 U.S. newspapers and…
Los Angeles Times travel blogger Jen Leo has collected some of the story links to the winning entries from the 2008 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. Winner Catharine Hamm, L.A. Times Travel editor, described the awards as “our Pulitzer.” You'll find some great reads, from the Boston Globe's revealing article about Alice Brock, of "Alice's Restaurant"…
From weekend getaways to cruising the Nile or brousing through the art cities of Flanders, travel packages with bargain possibilities are Up For Auction at a Website managed by the Society of American Travel Writers. Each year, SATW, an association of travel journalists and public relations people in the travel business, invites the public to bid on…
Houston, Texas National Geographic Adventure magazine ran away with top honors today at the presentation of the 24th annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. National Geographic Adventure is well-edited and well-researched, which impressed the judges, as the magazine gathered 10 awards, including Best Travel Magazine. Among newspapers — a dying breed in travel journalism —…
As American newspapers continue to wither and to whimper that nobody loves them anymore, pity the poor newspaper reader who once could count on the Sunday Travel Section for a friendly and credible worldly review of distant people and places. Yes, of course, the Sunday Travel Section pales in significance to serious investigative journalism by…
In the wake of bad economic news and increasing fuel surcharges by cruise lines, Cruise Critic editor Carolyn Spencer Brown finds some good news for cruisers, including impressive new ships about to debut. Glimpses of Celebrity’s new Solstice CruiseCritic.com offers a good look at the Celebrity Solstice, certain to be one of the hot ships…
That man, the one who stabbed my wife repeatedly and who hissed, "Darn, I missed the heart," was I. I am guilty as charged in the Dallas Morning News. If you want to know more, take a look at the travel article on romantic escapes, written just in time for Valentine’s Day by Judi Dash.