archives: Top 10 tips
21 Trains That Are Cheaper Than Flying
Why do we spend more for flights when there is a cheaper, more comfortable, more efficient, and oftentimes faster alternative? [...]
Everything You Need to Know About Traveling with a Eurail Pass
After two years of traveling Europe by train, Craig Martin has it down. [...]
10 Trips and Toys for Your $600 Stimulus Package
With incredibly affordable mountain bikes and digital SLRs to vacations, adventures, and volunteer opportunities, don't let that $600 go to waste. [...]
Ten Travels (and their Tales) that Made History
The kind of writing that makes some travelers feel they were born at the wrong time. [...]
Top 10 Gear Choices for Travel Writers
Travel writers are a diverse lot, especially when it comes to favorite travel writing gear. Here's our list of top ten best pieces. [...]
Top 10 Useful Travel Gadgets & Accessories
Duvet Cover? Sarong? What's in your pack? [...]
10 Steps to Surviving Your First Press Trip
Organizing beforehand is everything. Learn how. [...]
The 10 Best Places to Stay in Buenos Aires
From temporary apartments to hostels, here are the best places to stay in Buenos Aires. [...]
Six Things To Know Before Traveling to The Rainforest
Exhausting heat, extreme humidity, and biting insects: don't let this stop you from visiting (and volunteering in ) the greatest nature show on earth. [...]
The 5 Worst Travel Gadgets & Accessories
The following travel gadgets are about as useful as a chocolate teapot and should be avoided at all costs. [...]
10 Tips for Safe and Comfortable Winter Hiking
These 10 tips will get you geared up for a safe, comfortable winter hike. [...]
4 Easy Tips for Shooting Better Travel Videos
Creating a great shot, interview, or montage takes more than walking around with a video camera glued to your eye. [...]
7 Steps for Creating an In-Town Vacation
What do you do when you’re dying to take a vacation, but you’re so broke? Take an in-town vacation. Here's how. [...]
10 Tips For Safe Travel as a Single Woman
The fear and anxiety some women feel about traveling alone can be abated quite easily if one follows some of these basic tips. [...]
10 Steps to Packing Better for Your Next Trip
When I was younger my father often liked to tell me “pack what you would be comfortable carrying on foot for a few miles." As we traveled I was alwa [...]
8 Steps for Successful Self-Supported Bicycle Tours
Cycle touring = freedom. Forget letting bus and train routes dictate your schedule. Forget settling for tour operators’ carbon-copy itineraries. On [...]
Top 10 Places for Teaching English Abroad
So you've made the decision to Teach English Abroad. Welcome! The following 10 places are among the best in the world for finding work, making a livin [...]
The Top 10 South Shore Spots for Surfer Chicks
"Even if we aren’t the up-and-coming Coco Ho’s of today’s surfing world, more and more of us are taking up this sport which has so far been domi [...]
Top 10 Travel Writer Resolutions for 2008
Happy 2008 everyone! This top ten list of travel writer resolutions is dedicated to each of you who has been pouring your energy and dedication into t [...]
Top 10 Last-Minute Gifts for Your Favorite Traveler
Looking for a last minute-gift for your favorite traveler? Consider one from the Traveler's Notebook top 10. [...]
10 Ways to Pass Time on Long Flights
The journey towards our ultimate destinations can be very tedious especially when it spans multiple continents. Traversing the world means having to t [...]
Ten Lessons Learned on the Safari From Hell
Five cars. Four drivers. Two days. One safari. I say this was basically our fault because we didn’t do sufficient homework before setting out. D [...]
Top 10 Websites for Finding a Cheap Place to Stay
Online research is quickly taking the place of guidebooks and travel agents, especially amongst independent travelers. In this article, Craig Martin l [...]
10 Ways Music Connects Travelers
Back before YouTube, people got their entertainment from minstrels traveling town to town with their harps and epic poem-songs, telling stories of the [...]
Top 5 European Travels for a Falling US Dollar
Visit the oldest buildings in the world, hike through Latvia's national parks, party in Paceville or Riga before chilling out on a Bohemian river ban [...]
The Top 10 Hostels in Europe
From Paris to London to Barcelona to Riga, these top ten hostels will give you power options for cheap sleeps in Europe with special points for beer a [...]
Top 10 Surf Spots (for Mortals) in Hawaii
Hawaii is the most geographically isolated landmass on the planet, and for some that means only one thing: groundswell. Everywhere, in every directio [...]
Top 10 French Schools for Waves, Wilderness, and Bons Temps
Looking to learn French while you surf, dive, or spend time in the mountains? The following schools give you access to some of the world’s most reve [...]
Responsible Tourism Day: Top 10 Resources
In celebration of tomorrow´s World Responsible Tourism Day, [...]
Top 10 Spanish Schools for Waves, Wilderness and Buena Onda
This top 10 scours the Spanish-speaking world to find the best language schools that also meet the following criteria: (1) access to world-class wilde [...]
Top 10 Reasons to Keep a Journal or Travel Blog
Putting pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) can feel like a drag when there are waves to ride and volcanoes to hike. But documenting a journey throu [...]
10 Conscious Choices to Make on Your Next Trip
Being a responsible traveler comes down to making conscious decisions. Here are ten choices you can make to improve the quality of your next trip and [...]
