In Case You Missed It Links

Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Steph in Links, Resources

As usual, there were some great articles out in the blogosphere over the past couple of weeks. Here are some I found particularly useful:

• *Another* Trip?!? How to Explain the Travel Bug to Those Who Just Don’t Have It- It can be frustrating when people can’t or won’t accept your lifestyle choices. Amanda Kendle at Vagabondish has some helpful tips for trying to get your point across.

• Travel Safety: 50 Tips for Solo Travelers- From Solo Traveler some really useful tips to consider whether traveling solo or not.  Even more juicy tidbits in the comments.

• 7 Ways to Get the Best Fall and Holiday Travel Deals- From the always useful budget blog WiseBread. There are some really great tips and websites featured here.

• How to Travel to Outer Space- For the adventurous traveler whose been everywhere else, Hal Amen on Matador Travel takes a realistic look at your options for Space Tourism.

• 5 Simple Ways Solo Travelers Can Save the Planet- October 15^th was Blog Action Day for environmental issues and Gray Cargill of SoloFriendly.com (and frequent commenter on this blog!) took the opportunity to come up with 5 very easy steps any traveler can take to reduce the environmental impact of their travel.

• Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel Around the World- This one is an oldie but goodie from the wise Chris Guillebeau at The Art of Non-Conformity. Christ runs down the common excuses for not traveling and murders them with logic.

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