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The Top 10 Travel Blogs To Help You Travel The World

With the summer season underway, that means that it’s time to start planning. Whether it’s that weekend getaway you’ve been looking forward to or that trip to Europe, we’ve put together The Top 10 Travel Blogs To Help You Travel The World. From knowing when the best time to travel is to where the best surf is, the blogs on our list are sure to make your travels are fun and exciting.

While well known blogs Gadling, Gridskipper, and Jaunted did not make our list, it’s only because we wanted to focus our attention to the blogs that help make travel a little easier and that deserve some attention.

In our rankings, we analyzed the blogs based on three categorizes: 1. Blog Site Traffic, 2. Technorati Authority, and 3. the number of linkbacks that the site had. All traffic statistics were drawn from Compete.com analytics.

  1. The Cranky Flier

    Description: If you want to know all their is about airlines, airports and air travel, The Cranky Flier is where you should start first. The Cranky Flier offers its readers some great analysis on airlines as well as airport travel.

    Follow on Twitter!

    Visitors Last Month: 12,186

    Technorati Authority: 127

    Linkbacks: 2,150

    Total Score: 45.938

  2. Travel Blog

    Description: This is definitely one of my favorites simply because the concept behind it is great! Travel Blog is a unique, free online travel diary for travelers across the world. From great articles about expeditions in the jungle to trips to the pyramids, Travel Blog has something for everyone.

    Visitors Last Month: 404,340

    Technorati Authority: 479

    Linkbacks: 1,020

    Total Score: 43.182

  3. A Luxury Travel Blog

    Description: Written by Dr. Paul Johnson, A Luxury Travel Blog focuses on topics like the finer aspects of travel as well as information on luxurious hotels and resorts. If you are looking to spend your travels in the lap of luxury, be sure to check this blog out!

    Visitors Last Month: 8,359

    Technorati Authority: 37

    Linkbacks: 1,490

    Total Score: 30.813

  4. VagaBlogging

    Description: Written by Rolf Potts, VagaBlogging offers its readers a fresh new take on travel with awesome content! Anyone who reads this blog is sure to spend some quality time at his site. You can’t read just one post!

    Follow on Twitter!

    Visitors Last Month: 5,995

    Technorati Authority: 90

    Linkbacks: 1,420

    Total Score: 30.396

  5. The Perrin Post Travel Blog

    Description: Great content with some amazing photos. While many people like to read blogs because of the great content, I enjoyed looking through The Perrin Post Travel Blog because of the photos. For each blog post, their is an awesome photo to go with it!

    Follow on Twitter!

    Visitors Last Month: N/A

    Technorati Authority: 217

    Linkbacks: 1,300

    Total Score: 30.34

  6. Upgrade: Travel Better

    Description: As its name suggests, Upgrade: Travel Better is for “the traveler looking to maximize comfort, style, and convenience, while getting a great deal.” This is a great blog because of the helpful tips it provides as well as updating its blog many times a week which keeps its readers engaged and up to date!

    Visitors Last Month: 31,555

    Technorati Authority: 95

    Linkbacks: 1,310

    Total Score: 29.13

  7. Travel Rants

    Description: Need to know where the best place to go during vacation season is? Or how about where you can find that last minute deal on plane tickets? Look no further than Travel Rants. Don’t believe us? Find out yourselves and join the fun!

    Follow on Twitter!

    Visitors Last Month: 9,852

    Technorati Authority: 101

    Linkbacks: 1,300

    Total Score: 28.342

  8. Travel Post

    Description: Knowing where to stay or how long can be difficult for many, but our friends over at Travel Post have helped make our lives a little easier with their great hotel lists and tips/advice. Planning for a trip just got easier!

    Follow on Twitter!

    Visitors Last Month: 372,450

    Technorati Authority: 18

    Linkbacks: 429

    Total Score: 21.101

  9. Traveling Mamas

    Description: When visiting Traveling Mamas you can’t help but love reading it! Traveling Mamas inspires women to get out there and explore the world. From tips on how to spend vacation wih the kids to finding time for those weekend getaway, you are sure to finding something useful and interesting!

    Follow on Twitter!

    Visitors Last Month: 28,644

    Technorati Authority: 136

    Linkbacks: 586

    Total Score: 17.317

  10. Word Hum Travel Blog

    Description: At the World Hum Travel Blog, you will never miss a beat when it comes to travel news. Staying up to date with the world and how travel is changing is easy with the World Hum Travel Blog!

    Follow on Twitter!

    Visitors Last Month: 75,937

    Technorati Authority: 0

    Linkbacks: 640

    Total Score: 15.279

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Comment by Grace Boyle
2009-07-09 10:00:08

Great list! I’m a big fan of traveling and blogging, so I spend much time perusing these traveling blogs. I wanted to mention a few that I think are fantastic that didn’t make this list:

Everything Everywhere (great story there too): http://everything-everywhere.com/
My Melange: http://www.mymelange.net/
Almost Fearless: http://almostfearless.com/

Thanks for including these. I love the lists you guys provide!

Comment by JosephYi
2009-07-09 11:07:43

Thanks for the comment Grace!

Also, thanks for the great list of blogs! I am sure our readers will enjoy checking those out as well :)

 
 
Comment by Olina
2009-07-09 12:38:50

Great post! Now I can dig into those blogs and study around to plan for my next vacation destination! Super! :)

Comment by Joseph
2009-07-10 02:00:22

Where do you want to go! :)

 
 
Comment by Adam Daniel Mezei
2009-07-09 15:47:41

Not to forget the splendid: http://www.everything-everywhere.com, written by Gary Arndt.

 
Comment by Andrew B.
2009-07-10 01:59:41

This is just what I need! I am traveling to Kenya soon so I can use these blogs :) Thanks

 
Comment by Soultravelers3
2009-07-10 09:23:16

Great list! Some of my favorite people and a well deserved group full of great info!

What is even harder …..is to actually travel the world extensively and blog ones experience at the same time, but one gets a ton of first hand experience! I’d love to see a list of such people like Umarket, Nora Dunn, Nomadicmatt, Almostfearless, Gary Arndt, etc & ourselves.

We are a family that has been traveling the world constantly & blogging it since 2006…longer than any other family that I have found so far or even most extended single travel bloggers. We have been to 4 continents, 29 countries & traveled over 88,000 miles ( mostly over land) so far in our journey, using everything from cargo ships to camels.

Early on Nat Geo called us “one of the best family travel blogs in cyberspace & our 1st soultravelers3 Youtube video got almost a million views! We live very large and green on just a total of 25K a/year for a family of 3 & our child is getting the best education in the world.

In this economy extended travel is becoming a trend ( see Location Independent Ning or Dells Digital Nomads) and there has been a huge increase in the last year. Look for our featured story in the new edition of The Four Hour Work Week as we demo how to do it around the world as a family on an open ended world tour.

It is actually much cheaper to travel the world than stay at home. I think your readers will find lots of useful and unique information from the people on the front lines of travel and living the dream too!

70% of families dream of doing extended travel. I passionately want them to know that it is easier, cheaper & more rewarding than most know! They won’t find a better way to educate their children as 21st century global citizens nor have more fun!

 
Comment by Mike
2009-07-10 17:30:38

Love this list…some I visit often and some I never heard of before so I am excited to read them.

I can add two that I check out every day…

nomadicmatt.com

thebrooklynnomad.com

Both worthwhile travel blogs.

 
Comment by Meghan Remedios
2009-07-19 17:08:31

These are some great travel blogs! I love the first one (and the name!).. The Cranky Flier because it provides so much extensive information on air travel. From reading through some of the articles, you can tell that the writer is very passionate about it and he knows his stuff.

I also really enjoyed World Hum and how it breaks down the continents and different countries so that you can easily get news on a specific travel spot.

It’s really helpful and fun to read these!

 
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2009-09-01 10:58:48

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Comment by Jacek Grebski
2009-10-31 03:16:31

I don’t know if you guys have heard of this as it’s still fairly new, they’ve been online since July 1st 09, but they’re pretty good and have a dedicated blog/magazine regarding all sorts of travel destinations, as well as city blogs to boot.

http://projectravel.com

It’s worth checking out. Around 2000 visitors last month.

Best,
- Jacek

 
2009-11-19 14:55:55

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Comment by Nepal Trekking
2009-11-24 01:56:05

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Best Regard
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Comment by Henry
2009-11-24 08:53:25

Hi, good list, and I know this is going to totally read like a shameless plug, but I also really enjoy projectravel. I think their articles are pretty insightful, and you can see that they’re written by people who care, and aren’t just dry top 10 lists or something to that effect.

Anywho…. thanks for providing the list. Cheers.

 
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2010-03-25 06:08:24

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2010-04-27 04:22:38

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Comment by Tina
2010-05-06 17:48:17

Hi, thats an excellent list, it’s great to see the best travels blogs all together so I can easily refer back to your list anytime. I am from Australia and have a travel blog http://www.yourguidetravelaustralia.com.au which I share my experiences of travelling Australia which is a very exciting country to visit.

 
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2010-07-05 01:17:54

I also really enjoyed World Hum and how it breaks down the continents and different countries so that you can easily get news on a specific travel spot.
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Great post! Now I can dig into those blogs and study around to plan for my next vacation destination! Super!

 
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Comment by davidmurree
2010-07-17 22:20:16

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2010-08-16 08:55:53

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2010-08-17 03:46:12

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2010-08-18 01:38:37

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