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What Local Travel means to local travel experts

By ⋅ May 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Every month, the WHL Group delves into the travel experiences of travel experts in its extended network through interviews that appear on The Travel Word. One of the requests made of each of these local partners is for them to briefly explain what they think local travel is. What follows is a revealing selection of […]

“Never Walk Alonely Planet” guidebooks

By ⋅ May 19, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I just found out about the Never Walk Alonely Planet series, on my favorite blog about urbanism – The Pop-Up City. Never Walk Alonely Planet’s aim is to show insiders and visitors of a city not the highlights, but an insider’s view of a city. I haven’t read one yet, but it looks very interesting […]

We suck at collaboration

By ⋅ May 12, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

In early May, 2011, Ron Mader, founder and editor of Planeta.com and 2010 winner of The International Ecotourism Society’s Innovation Award, gave a slideshow presentation at the Responsible Tourism Cities Conference in Durban, South Africa. Entitled Why We Suck at Collaboration, it “addresses failure in many guises, including massive tree failure and online tourism promotion […]

Local Travel tips by Tony Wheeler

By ⋅ May 5, 2011 ⋅ One comment

A slightly outdated video (2009) geared towards business travelers with Local Travel tips by Tony Wheeler – founder of Lonely Planet, but with some good local travel tips.

Traveling like a local is the best way to go

By ⋅ May 2, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments

After every trip we’ve taken, the most significant memories were those that included the people and the friendships we have created along the way. They’ve given us perspective and even inspired us to create a community of people who share the same passion for traveling and connecting with like-minded locals – Triptrotting. Here is a […]

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