Emily from Maiden Voyage had a brilliant idea a couple months back. She decided to create a Travel Blog Carnival that would give travel bloggers a chance to showcase their favorite post from the previous month. The carnival is designed to bring readers the best blog posts from the travel blogging community.
Each month, travel bloggers submit a post they have published from the past month by filling out this form. Once a month, a post like this is put together showcasing the best submissions.
Emily hosted the first and second editions of the carnival and has graciously passed the opportunity to me this month. Below you’ll find the best of the submissions from August.
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Tips & Advice
- This might have been one of the best posts I read all month. Hands down. Trail of Ants hashes out the basics of writing a travel blog in Travel Blogging Basics. Maintaining a travel blog presents heaps of challenges and Ant tells you what you should and shouldn’t be worrying about.
- This is an interesting read from the Inhabit Travel Blog where they explain how As a Tourist, Sometimes You’re an Accidental Jerk. We’ve all been in positions where we’re out of our comfort zone and inevitably make … well, fools out of ourselves. I like how the author explains how she righted her wrongs.
- If you’re in to your wine, you’ll love this post by Traveling with the Jones where they give a brief write-up on their 6 Favorite Wine Bars in the US.
- Q Tripper offers up this informative Guide to South American Steaks and Meat. I was absolutely starving by the time I finished reading it. It’s a great resource if you’re a carnivore that will soon be heading to South America as it includes Spanish translations.
Travel Stories
- Rebecca and the World shares this inspiring story about her experience at the Empilweni Primary School in South Africa. The photos in Living the celebrity life in South Africa and the story behind them makes me question why I’ve yet to travel to Africa.
Destinations
- Where is Yvette writes about her experience traveling to the Fairy Falls, New Zealand just outside of Auckland.
- I love stories of finding places that most people wouldn’t know about. Monaco and Beyond shares some great photos and writes about her time in the Quedlinburg, Germany. My guess is you’ll add it to your list after reading this post.
- Never Ending Voyage wrote this extremely informative post about Road Trippin’ in Northwest Argentina. Heaps of great advice for anyone considering a trip to Argentina.
- Correr es me Destino takes us on a tour of Paris by Night – some great photos here showcasing the City of Love.
Interviews
- The Maiden Voyage recently had the opportunity to interview the Priceline Bidding Expert, Don Nadeau. This post is full of great advice for anyone considering taking advantage of Priceline’s bidding option for flights and accommodation.
If you’re interested in being included next month, submit your favorite post by September 30th.
4 September 2010 at 12:37 pm
Great round-up, thanks for the inclusion and for the positive comments on my post. It was something I put a lot of time, thought and effort into, so I’m really pleased that it’s found its way into the carnival. Looking forward to exploring many of the great inclusions you’ve brought together.
4 September 2010 at 1:26 pm
Thank you for including my submission! I’m discovering some cool articles here, it’s a nice round-up.
4 September 2010 at 1:34 pm
Thanks for including us. I can’t believe I missed Ant’s post previously – it’s rather thought-provoking.
4 September 2010 at 2:42 pm
Thanks for including us! I’m psyched about the Jones post about the best wine bars in the US. I’ve been to Zinc in Albuquerque, but while I live in SF I’ve yet to check out their recommendations here – they’re now on the to-do list!
4 September 2010 at 3:46 pm
Thanks so much for taking over and hosting the carnival this month, Matt! And thanks so much for including my post in it. Lots of good stuff in here!
6 September 2010 at 12:29 am
@Ant It was a bloody good post, glad to include it.
@Zhu Thanks for the pictures!
@Erin Glad you had a chance to find Ant’s post, glad I had a chance to read about an Argentina road trip!
@Rebecca Hopefully you can add that wine bar to one of your favs.
@Emily Thanks for letting me host it, I enjoyed finding some new blogs and sharing them to my readers. And thanks for sharing your interview with Don.
6 September 2010 at 3:30 pm
Thanks much for showing the way, for someone just starting out you don’t always know where the good stuff is, thanks much for showing the way.
7 September 2010 at 1:11 am
Good collection of posts there, I loved the first one of Trail of Ants
8 September 2010 at 11:05 am
@Michael Glad you enjoyed it
@Sofia Yeah, Ant’s is a gem – good to come back to