I usually put contest announcements on the discussion boards instead of in the blog, but Beth Whitman who was just on the Amateur Traveler talking about Traveling to India as a Woman [...]

Who thought this was a good idea? Well, you can bet it was not someone with a fear of heights. Dinner in the Sky is part theme park ride and part dining [...]

I am sorry but the Amateur Traveler has gone ad-free because of the non-compete agreement for new job at TripAdvisor.com.

People ask me occasionally where I find news for the Amateur Traveler podcast. I am a web 2.0 addict in a very serious way. I subscribe to about 100 podcasts (a future [...]

Mathieu Ouellet over at Radar started the T-List in March 2007, as a way to spread the word about travel and tourism bloggers. The Kango blog recently added the Amateur Traveler to [...]

Welcome to the December 15, 2008 edition of travel podcasters. Here are some travel podcast episodes from the last month that you might be interested in adding to your computer, iPod, Zune [...]

If you are a member of the Facebook community and a fan of travel then you can test your travel knowledge using TravelPod’s Traveler IQ Challenge. You get a very small map [...]

The first episode of the Video edition of Amateur Traveler features a ScreenCast / tutorial on the website Kayak.com and how to use it to find travel deals click here to download [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks about the best travel sites for online booking travel online. This episode also deals specifically with different hotel options and uses a recent trip to Australia and New [...]