Top 10 Travel Hacks Blogs

gadlinks.jpgTravel has become increasingly complex as security restrictions, airline names, baggage fees and go/no-go areas change, sometimes on a daily basis. The following blogs will help you find your way through the travel labyrinth and add a dash of inspiration to keep you moving forward.


Gadling

Travel news plus tips to make airplane and airport life more enjoyable. Reviews air-friendly notebook computers and noise-canceling headphones, tells you where to find a power supply at the airport, and catalogs the 10 safest African airlines.

Europe a la Carte

UK site that features in-depth looks at notable but frequently obscure places around Western and Eastern Europe: Geneva's Bastions Park, London's Greenwich Market, Florence's Iris Garden, Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park, and more. Helps you go where the locals go.

Journey Etc.

Travel tips, especially in list form: six must-have computer accessories for travel, 10 of the most captivating places and castles, the seven most affordable Caribbean hotels, and seven most hazardous foods around the world. Emphasizes Europe but also covers the U.S. and Pacific.

Matador Trips

Eclectic travel advice including which airports are best, worst, ugliest or busiest; a step-by-step guide to eating cobra; six ways to experience the arts and culture of Lahore, Pakistan; a beginner's guide to fair-trade products; and three places in Colombia you've never heard of. A potential gateway to adventure.

Tranquilo Traveler

Avalon Travel writer Joshua Berman covers destinations, tools that inspire and help plan your trip, and travel narratives by other writers. Emphasizes the ins and outs of Central America but also ventures beyond.

Travel Babel

Prolific Boulder-based writer Claire Walter combines travel-industry news (especially about the airlines) with first-hand U.S. and foreign destination information to help travelers navigate. Also covers fine eating and Nordic walking in sister blogs.

Cranky Flier

As you might expect, coverage of what's wrong with the airlines--and how to avoid it. Extensive coverage of the air-travel business and how its evolution impacts consumers.

Travelers Zone

Covers travel destinations, budgeting, essentials and tips. Packed with useful information on where to go, what to bring and how to go--for example, tips on avoiding sexual harassment share the page with how to find Paris's best French bread.

Future Gringo

Combines tips on overhead bins, packing cologne or perfume, and ski-trip logistics with photos to whet your appetite for visiting elsewhere, particularly Pacific Mexico and the Rocky Mountain states.

Upgrade: Travel Better

Under the motto "Living the first-class life ... at coach prices," this blog looks at post-volcano air travel, airline mergers, the rooftop honeybees the Ritz-Carlton Charlotte keeps to produce honey, and the curious, ongoing popularity of ginger ale on flights, all with an eye to making travel cheaper, more enjoyable or both.


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