February 2009 Blog Posts (108)

Many Thanks to Our First TBEX'09 Sponsor - BootsnAll Travel Network!

If this stock image model doesn't fully depict my glee, let me tell you how happy I am...

When Debbie Dubrow and I started planning the Travel Blog Exchange '09 Meetup in Chicago, we thought it was essential to make the event free for attendees. This of course meant we'd have to find sponsorship (since the last time I checked, I had no trust fund).

Well, you may have already noticed… Continue

Added by Kim Mance, Founder of TBEX on February 3, 2009 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Peru Adventuring - A Day In Cusco

Welcome to Day 13 on Peter’s Peru Adventure. Day 12 can be found here and all previous entries can be found here. To get updates sent to you via email, subscribe here…

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Added by Peter West Carey on February 2, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

This week's Travel Bogger Tuesday is up!

My Travel Blogger Tuesday is up! Check out Monna from Teacher Meets World!

Added by Jen on February 2, 2009 at 10:05pm — No Comments

ABC New Features Twitter for Travelers

Twitter for Businesses, Travelers. ABC News Special.

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/AroundTheWorld/Story?id=6631799&page=1

Added by TBEX Admin on February 2, 2009 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Marburg Virus in Traveler to Uganda

A recent bulletin from the CDC looked at an American traveler to a Ugandan forest preserve who became infected with the Marburg Virus, closely related to Ebola.

I made a more detailed post on this over at my blog, but the take homoe is to use caution when taking Wildlife safaris in African areas know for these dangerous viruses. Avoid contact with forest dwelling animals, including bats… Continue

Added by Erik on February 2, 2009 at 10:09am — No Comments

Interview with Kim Mance about Travel Blog Exchange

Kim Mance was kind enough to give me an interview about this site (I wanted to help her spread the word!):

http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/travel-blog-exchange/

Come check it out, comment, stumble, digg, retweet, and whatever!! Spread the love and help the world wide web find out about this site and let's give Kim some support!

Added by Nomadic Matt on February 2, 2009 at 8:08am — No Comments

First Class Travel At Coach Prices

Who wouldn’t want a better, more comfortable seat, more leg room and perks and freebies? Here are some starting points for getting discount business travel and discount first class travel.

TravelTek

Traveltek specializes in discounted premium airfares, and claims to offer savings of between 40 and 70 per cent. In some cases, that could mean that your business class ticket is not much more expensive than an economy class fare - and far more comfortable. TravelTek offers fares to… Continue

Added by Sharon Hurley Hall on February 2, 2009 at 6:34am — No Comments

A birdy day!

This morning we headed out to Pensacola Beach...well known for it's beautiful white sandy beaches. It was quite a "birdy" day as my son put it! Lots of seagulls out and about!