Last April my wife and I purchased a tour in a small plane at a charity auction. Due to scheduling difficulties we only had a chance to take this trip on a ...

Visit the Marin Headlands just the other side of the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco with the Amateur Traveler. The Marin Headlands area is part of the larger Golden Gate National ...

The TSA has started a campaign to answer a lot of the “Why” questions that they get from travelers and has produced a series of videos. Here’s the idea: It is a ...

This week’s Amateur Traveler podcast was on traveling to Zanzibar in Tanzania. You can get by in English in Tanzania but you will have a better experience if you pick up even ...

Say what? This story had me scratching my head. Will a replica of India’s Taj Mahal in Bangladesh also draw tourists? Tourists from around the world can now opt for which Taj ...

This time of year crowds flock to San Francisco’s downtown neighborhood. The shops from Market Street to Union Square take on a particularly festive holiday air. Every street corner seems to have ...

View Larger Map Any time of year is a good time to visit the area around Union Square in San Francisco to go shopping but Christmas in Union Square is particularly enjoyable. ...

I was having a hard enough time being productive today before WebProNews brought to my attention that Google has released a new module for Google Earth that lets you see what Rome ...

This is the travel journal from my trip to Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy in 2007. Europe – day 1 – Rothenberg Europe – day 2 – Rothenberg Europe – day 3 ...

I was interviewed this last week for Todd Lucier’s Internet Marketing for Tourism – Audio Podcasts: How audio travel stories influence travelers. We talked about: Who listens to travel podcasts? What makes ...