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The Underground Guide to International Volunteering

3 August 2010

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The Underground Guide to International Volunteering

Although I think most of us backpackers work really hard to make our dreams happen, it’s no secret that we are still a privileged bunch. This is particularly true compared to the way most of the world lives day-to-day (feeling poor? Check out your position on the Global Rich List for some perspective. Nothing opens [...]

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Travel Blog Success on Sale this Week

21 June 2010

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Travel Blog Success on Sale this Week

A few months back I wrote a review of Travel Blog Success, a cool educational new blogging program run by my friend David Lee. In honor of the TBEX conference this week Dave is running a promotion offering new users 20% off when they sign up for TBS between now and Wednesday June 30. If [...]

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Win a $200 Accommodation Voucher From HotelsCombined.com

24 May 2010

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Win a $200 Accommodation Voucher From HotelsCombined.com

Even though I’m primarily a backpacker, there’s something so deliciously fun about staying in hotels every now and then.  After all, even budget travelers need a bubble bath once in awhile to wash away all that grime, right? Actually finding a good hotel deal can be a lot less fun. There are so many hotel [...]

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The Lost Girls: A Review

11 May 2010

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The Lost Girls: A Review

Having a blog is kind of like falling in love. You wake up one morning and suddenly you can’t remember what your life was like before you spent every waking moment thinking up travel articles. What did I used to DO with all that free time (I mean, besides laundry, which I’ve been neglecting to [...]

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Notes From the Home Front: Plugging into the Travel Community with Twitter

16 March 2010

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Notes From the Home Front: Plugging into the Travel Community with Twitter

In my real life, almost nobody I know would even remotely considering the idea of dropping everything in their life to take off and see the planet. I’m a novelty. I’m different, and maybe kind of cool, but definitely a little crazy. While that makes for great cocktail party chatter, it can also be pretty [...]

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Lonely Planet Traveler’s Pulse Panel

12 February 2010

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I’m a Lonely Planet addict. I love their guidebooks and I love their website. Lonely Planet asked me to pass along the following opportunity to you guys: Calling all travelers! Lonely Planet invites you to join our Travelers’ Pulse Panel! Our panel is a discussion forum where we engage travelers and listen to what you [...]

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Bloggers Helping Bloggers: Travel Blog Success

2 February 2010

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Bloggers Helping Bloggers: Travel Blog Success

I don’t usually write about the nuts and bolts of travel blogging, mainly because I haven’t been doing this terribly long and I don’t really feel qualified to give out a lot of advice. That said, I’ve been getting a fair amount of queries lately on how I built Twenty-Something Travel into what it is [...]

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Planning to go Backpacking: Where to Start?

21 January 2010

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Planning to go Backpacking: Where to Start?

If you are reading this, than chances are you are either related to me (hi mom!) or you want to incorporate more travel into your life.  That can be a really daunting thing, especially if you haven’t done a lot of travel before. Whether you are planning a short trip, long trip, RTW or a [...]

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Giving Back to the World: Frommer’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference

29 November 2009

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If you are reading this then you are probably in the lucky position of being one of the wealthier people in the world. Even if you feel like you are scraping by, we travelers lead an extremely privileged life compared to many of the people in nations we visit. This is why many travelers choose [...]

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