Travel Websites & Travel Blogs

There is no better way to plan travel than using online tools such as travel blogs and websites, twitter, and facebook. Often you’ll find friendly and knowlegeable folks at the other end of the wire.

If you’d like to be listed here please email jhunkins@gmail.com or tweet me.

China Highlights Travel

Travelspecs Travel Guide

Travel and History (you are HERE!)

US History Blog

QuickAid Airports Blog and Airport Directory

Airport and Airlines Codes

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If you write about travel, especially including information about your city or region, please add your blog in the comments section. PLEASE DO NOT blogs that are not about travel or local regions! Please say hi on Twitter – I am @JoeDuck jhunkins@gmail.com

Airlines and Airports (state / national / individual blog categories are below)

QuickAid.com Airport and Airline Directory

Flying Pinto – Flight Attendant

Hawaii:
Pua on Kohala Coast

Oregon:

Travel Oregon Blog (Oregon’s official state travel website blog)

Oregon Coast

South Dakota:

Black Hills Travel Blog

Washington:

Sequim

Ireland Travel blogs

General Travel:
Online Highways

Post a review of your city and we will feature your blog. Don’t have a blog yet?
Get one here for free, post about your city and let me know!

Virtual Tourism (Videos)

Joe Duck
This guy is a quack, but I usually like what he has to say. He is also me.

Technorati Tag “Travel”
Technorati has great categorization of millions of blogs.

Virtual Tourist
Virtual Tourist has real tourists and locals talking about travel. As always the best stuff is when people are writing about travel tips for their own cities.

TravelBlog.org
Travel …. blogs!

Google Earth Travel files
The pinnacle of online cleverness, Google Earth is the standard by which mapping will be judged for years to come. If you like maps, you’ll love Google earth.

Travel Pod
A great collection of travel info and travel blogs all over the world

AirlineTickets.org

Paradizo.com Luxury Travel Blog

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More Travel Blogs (keep on scrolling – this list is BIG)

Air Travel Related Blogs from Aviation Queen:

Blogs/ Travelers list from the amazing Traveling Teri:

Blogroll from Travel Answer Man John Van Kirk:

From Elliot.org

Alaska TravelGram
Almost Fearless
Anders Meanders
Arthur Frommer
Brave New Traveler
Consumerist
Evan Sparks
Everett Potter
ExpertCruiser
Flight Wisdom
Gadling
Hidden Travel Gems
Hotel Blogs by Guillaume Thevenot
HotelChatter
Intelligent Travel
Jaunted
Jeanne Leblanc
LLWorldTour
Marriott on the Move
MaxaBlog
Online Travel Review
Peter Greenberg
PlaneBuzz
Rick Seaney
Roads Less Traveled
Safe Cruise
Ship Critic blog
Southwest Airlines
T2Impact
The BOOT
The Cruise Log
The Daily Traveler
The Practical Nomad
This Just In…..
Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations
Towers and Tarmacs
Travel Babel
Travel Gear Blog
Travel Log
Travel Maven blog
Travel Post
Travel Rants
Traveler 2.0
Traveler’s Check
Tripinator – Travel 2.0
Tripso
Upgrade: travel better
USA Today’s Hotel Hotsheet
World Hum
WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal

Top 100 Travel Blogs (August 2010) From TravelPod:

The Travel Blog Ranking score — updated weekly — is the average of the Alexa and Compete.com rankings for each travel blog.

If you would like your independent travel blog to be included in our weekly list, please read more about this list.

Top 100 Travel Blogs for August 18, 2010:

Rank		Site	Score
1		Everything Everywhere The travel blog of Gary Arndt’s journey to travel around the world.	27,583
2		Nomadic Matt’s Travel Site	37,629
3		Chris Elliott	49,598
4		Mommy Poppins	50,357
5	+1	Almost Fearless	55,761
6	+1	WhyGo Italy Your One-Stop Italy Travel Guide	74,459
7	-2	Peter Greenberg Worldwide	76,269
8	+4	Europe Up Close	78,926
9	-1	Fluent in 3 Months	96,528
10	-1	Upgrade: Travel Better	97,740
11	+4	Delicious Baby	97,783
12	-1	Travel with a Purpose	100,634
13	+11	Hole in the Donut	103,268
14	+2	Europe A La Carte	105,109
15	-5	The Amateur Traveler	105,356
16	-3	foXnoMad	105,923
17	+6	The Cranky Flier	108,693
18		Go Backpacking	113,274
19	-2	Dave’s Travel Corner Offers travel articles and photo galleries from across the globe.	118,850
20		Hawaii Vacation Blog	121,185
21	+1	Wandering Educators	123,255
22	+10	Sharing Travel Experiences	123,663
23	-4	Indie Travel Podcast Indie Travel Podcast serves up stories and advice from independent travellers alongside their Lonely Planet award-winning podcasts.	123,726
24	-3	The Vacation Gals	124,146
25	+8	Uncornered Market	133,084
26		Go Visit Hawaii	138,726
27	+2	Mom’s Minivan	139,439
28	+14	Traveling Mamas	140,155
29	+1	Go Green Travel Green	140,917
30	+10	Canada Adventure Couple	144,746
31	+4	Mexicovacationtravels.com	146,852
32	-7	The Brooklyn Nomad	150,147
33	+4	Twenty-Something Travel	158,439
34	+23	Johnny Vagabond	162,146
35	+4	Chris Around the World	163,610
36	+22	Wild Junket	169,886
37	-23	Artist at Large	169,903
38	+11	Kaleidoscopic Wandering	174,582
39	-3	My Melange	174,904
40	+36	My Itchy Travel Feet	180,258
41	+10	Vagablogging	188,541
42	+5	The Real Banff	189,394
43	-9	Calvin’s Hub	189,480
44	+9	Business Travel Guru	190,990
45	+25	Traveling Savage	194,094
46	-8	Otts World	194,128
47	+1	Escape Artists	199,263
48	-2	Urban Prankster	202,205
49	+16	Location Independent Living	203,679
50	-23	Off Track Planet	206,986
51	-23	Two Backpackers	207,630
52	+2	Solo Friendly	209,071
53	+9	Velvet Escape	210,915
54	+47	A Pair of Panties and Boxers	212,059
55	+31	501 Places	217,583
56	-12	Solo Traveler	218,154
57	-14	John’s Adventures	220,567
58	-2	Around the World “L”!!	220,574
59	-28	Ciao Bambino	221,267
60	-19	Travel, Work, Life	223,370
61	-1	Things You Should Do	223,755
62	+51	Notes from Spain	225,386
63	+75	Candice Does the World	226,062
64	+4	Travel Rants	231,774
65	-2	Travel Blissful	244,840
66	+13	Practical Nomad	245,060
67	-17	Wandering Earl	248,073
68	+48	KY Speaks	248,738
69	-14	As We Travel	248,754
70	+54	Pocket Cultures	254,850
71	+17	My Several Worlds	259,586
72	+62	Never Ending Voyage	261,716
73	+8	Irish Fireside	271,161
74	+30	Backpacking Matt	272,388
75	+48	LL World Tour	277,998
76	-15	Mom Most Traveled	278,742
77	+108	Happy Hotelier	280,404
78	-7	Travel Wonders of the World	283,827
79	-13	The Carey Adventures	290,421
80	-28	Practical Travel Gear	296,494
81	+18	Landlopers	296,610
82	+7	Briefcase to Backpack	298,286
83	-3	Inside the Travel Lab	299,841
84	-17	Todd’s Wanderings	303,858
85	-3	Technomadia	309,396
86	+42	Pause the Moment	310,145
87	+3	Trans-Americas Journey	310,718
88	+19	Travels of Adam	311,156
89	-12	Offbeat Travel	312,884
90	+133	Geotraveler’s Niche	318,137
91	-19	Rick Seaney	325,167
92	-9	Notes from the Road Narrative experiences about science, art, people, places, history and the future in regions across North America.	332,175
93	+53	Travels With Two	336,731
94	+38	A Travel Around the World	344,297
95	+13	World Heritage Site Personal travel guide to the entries on Unesco’s World Heritage List. Links, photos and reviews.	345,361
96	-1	NYCity Mama	354,810
97	+9	Vagabonding.com A chronicle of the solo year long journey of Mike Pugh, that started in October, 2002. After leaving Chicago, USA, destinations include Southeast Asia, India, and East Africa.	357,857
98	-29	Neil Duckett	358,846
99	-12	Themeparkmom.com	364,564
100	-27	Travelvice	369,065