I reckon grief tourism is a void filled by a lack of religion or interest in religion. It’s the thing that you do when you can’t be bothered going to a church on your travels. I think it’s still all about entertainment. I don’t think it’s about actual grief,” wrote a reader, Sandy, in response … Read more about Grief tourism or simply the thing that you do? Are war memorials the new churches?
We all love a good list, don’t we? The travel media have been busy publishing their ‘places to go in 2009’ lists, the hot ‘new’ destinations that guidebook publishers and travel publications think you should visit this year, ‘it’ places they want everyone talking about. Last year I posted a list based on places I’d … Read more about Hot new travel destination lists… don’t you love them? Well, don’t you?
We’re currently on the road in Australia and while our paid writing gigs and other demands have prevented me from posting much over the last month or two (explained here), I can thank a few other travel bloggers for some wonderful online coverage. I did a thought-provoking interview with globetrotting travel blogger Nomadic Matt which … Read more about In print and online
I just discovered this recent story Come hell or highways in The Age on the road trip and family travel, and was flattered to see myself quoted. Samantha Selinger-Morris writes: “So why does the family road trip receive so much attention? The Sunday Times of London recently reported a boom in motor-home travel. And in … Read more about Come hell or highways
Hotel gurus Mr and Mrs Smith recently shared their secrets as to How Smith finds hotels on their engaging blog. Mrs Smith is a Cool Travel Guide reader and after she recently commented on my post Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: judge it by its author, I asked her how she selects hotels. Mr and … Read more about How travel writers ‘discover’ hotels