travel blogs & sites

Career Break Travel Blogs:

OttsWorld: Sherry Ott, a self-described corporate runaway since 2007
Nomadic Chick: Jeannie Mark conquering the world in 2010
HappyTimeBlog: UK couple who left it all behind to travel the world
The Aussie Nomad: Aussie career breaker taking on the world
Two Backpackers: Follow Jason and Aracely around the world
GapYearEscape: Amar travels the world and dishes on travel life
LL World Tour: Emmy Award winning TV producer, Lisa Lubin, chucks it all to travel around the world! Follow her witty tales, tips, and rants!
SmallWorldPursuits: Alisha’s educational blog about broadening horizons, traveling, volunteering, and connecting with cultures around the world. She knows a lot about the topic since she lived it herself in Chile.
CooneyWorldAdventures: If you want to see how to take a career break with a family, check out the Cooneys.
MarriedWithLuggage: Follow Betsy and Warren around the world starting in late 2010.
ThreeMonthVisa: Coaching for Career Breaks, Life Sabbaticals & Long-term Travel
SabbaticalScapes: Follow Angela’s journey around the world and reentry into her life.
How to Travel for Free (or pretty damn near it!): An unconventional guide for traveling the world on little or no money.
Erohisms: Reformed corporate couple traveling around the world on a budget.

Travel Advice Sites:

GoBackpacking: Tips for the longer-term traveler heading around the world
Backpacking Matt: Uber-traveler Matt has made a living of going there and doing that
The Travel Tart: Anthony´s travel tips are the funniest out there.
Traveling Greener: News, trends and information about how to travel greener
Brookevstheworld: Brooke´s round the world escapades started in 2007
Travel Dudes: An impressive array of travel tips and destination advice from around the world
20 Something Travel: For the under 30 set, this blog lives by its own Travel Manifesto to show you how to get around the world
Aussie Travel Advice: This site is for Aussies and by Aussies, but a lot of their advice applies to all travelers
Travel Advice Europe: From our friend Amar of Gap Year Escape, he brings you some great travel advice for traveling around Europe.
foXnoMad: Smart travel advice from Anil who covers a wide variety of topics to help you get the most out of your travel
GlobalGrasshopper: Collection of travel writers from around the world offering travel tips and inspiration for those wanting to get on the road.
Pulpology: Follow Mark & Sonia’s Intercontinental Absurdities
AroundTheWorldL: Teacher and traveler Lillie brings you Learning, Locations, Lusciousness and more great L’s
TravelOCafe: Current resident of Valencia, Spain, Laura writes about all things Europe.
FlipNomad: Follow Flip around the Phillipines and other countries.
Travel Yourself: Another great video travel site whre you can follow Cailin as she shows you the great places she’s been.
Stay Adventurous: Other than being known for his love of the vuvuzela, Craig is a passionate traveler, and has a special love for Mexico.
IndieTravelPodcast: Craig and Linda have been on the road for a while writing and podcasting along the way.
Art of Backpacking: Fun travel site for independent backpackers. And, they do some serious dabbling in video!
SoloTravelerBlog: Great advice for anyone who’s traveling alone. Janice brings you stories from around the world. A couple of highlights include Travel Alone – Where and How and The Best of Solo Travel
Uncornered Market: Dan and Audrey have some of the best photos and stories on the web to get you inspired to travel.
Fly-Brother: Ernest gives you his advice, mostly (but not exclusively) on getting around South America where he’s lived for years. Also has a cool podcast!
Unstoppable Family: The Swans have been traveling the world for over 7 years! Check them out and how they do it.
Start Backpacking: Greg gives you his tips and advice for getting around the world with your backpack.
Mature Traveler: Travel site for folks in their 50s and 60s.
Nomadic Samuel: Lots of great photography and video!
The Lost Backpack: Lots of great independent travel advice.
TravelingAroundtheWorld: Follow Rory around the world
OneStep4ward: Johnny’s been on the road a while and offers lots of lifestyle design advice along with his travel dishing.
Live Less Ordinary: Travel blog focused on SE Asia.

Travel Writers:

Everything-Everywhere: Gary is the sage of travel blogging and writing. And, yet he´s probably more of a travel photographer than writer. His site will link you into the travel world functionally and visually.
Trail of Ants: Kiwi traveler Ant Stone tells his own personal travel stories and dishes saucy travel advice.
BearShapedSphere: American ex-pat living in Chile commenting on the quirks of travel and living overseas
My Several Worlds: Canadian expat living in Asia taking great pics along the way
Leif Pettersen: This self-described vagabond is back from his career break and continues writing
Traveling Teri: Combining great photography from around Europe and the US with pithy summaries, Traveling Teri is a site you will want to return to see.
Hole In the Donut: Cultural Travel with Hole In The Donut. Former corporate type, Barbara, travels around the world writing about her cultural experiences.
Writing Travel: Lanora writes about travel tales & tips, digital images, and idiosyncratic adventures.
Accelerated Stall: The musings of freelance travel writer, Maria