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Airlines Social Media

How I Harnessed the Power of Social Media to Get What I Wanted

Ever had a company totally screw you over and wish you could do something about it? Ever felt insulted by said company’s lame attempts to make you happy but felt powerless to get anything more? Fear not, friends, I have a solution for you…Social Media! Now, you may be thinking, I never thought that Facebook […]

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Travel Tips

How Travel to Laos Prepared Me For Natural Disasters

It was dark night as I drove around alone on treacherous frozen roads. I had already slid off the highway once and done a 180 degree spin, narrowly missing the median wall on the interstate so I knew it was time to stop for the night. But there was a problem…no vacancy in the biggest city […]

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Travel Tips

Exploring the World Through Geocaching

This is a guest post by Corey Waldner of Where’s Waldner. Imagine yourself walking down the street, doesn’t really matter where in the world you are, and you see someone standing around with a very thick “cellphone.” He notices you watching him and proceeds to talk a bit more into that strange looking cellphone, turning […]

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Eating Washington State

Cheap Eats at Seattle’s Food Trucks

“Travel your taste buds.” It’s a common phrase that’s tossed around. But what if your wallet says otherwise? Well, I have the perfect solution for you! Scope out the local food truck scene! If you haven’t discovered the true wonders of food trucks, you’re probably thinking, “But why would I eat street food when there […]

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Blogging

7 of My Most Awesome Adventures!

If you read a lot of travel blogs, you may have noticed a certain theme spreading through the blogosphere in the past few weeks. It’s the My 7 Links project, which aims to bring bloggers’ best posts to the forefront! I’ve been nominated to participate in the project 3 times (from Our Tasty Travels, Single […]

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Airlines Travel Stories

Is There a Pilot Onboard?

What would you do if you were sitting on a plane, the door was closed, the flight attendants had announced to turn off your cell phones and then you hear, “Ummm….we have no pilot?” That is precisely what my fellow passengers on United Airlines flight 779 heard on June 19th, shortly before they were asked […]

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Blogging Canada Washington State

Talking Travel and Seattle Love at TBEX

Seattle is a depressing city, my fingers typed as I lay in a firm, yet thin hostel bed in the center of Vancouver, British Columbia. It was 3:00am and this was not bound to be a piece about hating Seattle, but rather a homework assignment. Wait…homework? Haven’t I been done with school for  a while […]

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Canada Travel Stories

Vancouver Riots–The Untold Story

“Vancouver Canucks fans riot in the streets after Stanley Cup loss” screamed the headlines, as a mob of fans smashed and burned cars and looted stores. To myself and others who had recently been in Vancouver for the TBEX conference of Travel Bloggers, this was quite a shock. After all, we had all witnessed the […]