Best Travel Bloggers, Blogs, Sites by Travel Writers

Mongolian family greets and hosts visitors, including travel bloggers and writers. Photo by Lies Ouwerkerk.

Cheapest Destinations is the budget travel flagship of long-time Transitions Abroad contributor Tim Leffel's wide array of travel blogs. Tim is an experienced and talented travel writer and publisher who writes posts and fine books on the World's Cheapest Travel Destinations," "Living Abroad at Half the Price," international travel experiences, practical travel gear, and narrative travel writing.
Tim hosts the Perceptive Travel blog, part of his fine narrative travel writing Perceptive Travel site, which also offers collaborative posts of interest on a wide range of subject matters, is part of a website that is "home to the best travel stories from wandering book authors" — recipient of many awards from NATJA, SATW, and other travel journalism associations.
Tim's TravelWriting2.0.com blog offers probing interviews of travel writers and posts on travel writing from a practical perspective. The blog is associated with his state-of-the-art book on all aspects of making a living as a travel writer, which he calls "Travel Writing 2.0." All his books are accessible from his various blogs and are highly recommended.

The Professional Hobo is a excellent and unique blog hosted Nora Dunn, who writes beautifully and candidly about her long-term travels since 2006, with extensive financial and practical advice and other related subjects. Nora's work in social media is equally valuable, and she is prolific with her sound and tried and true advice. She also writes fine e-books accessible from her blog.

Lola Akinmade Åkerström Geotraveler's Niche blog reflects her polymath talents as a photographer, storyteller, and best-selling writer in print and thought leader on the web. Her work is astonishing and polished but retains a culturally sensitive human touch while she continues her extensive travels. She has expanded her work to share storytelling tips and other forms of expression for other sites with her GEOTRAVELER MEDIA ACADEMY and her storytelling agency, covering various vital aspects for others to enhance their blogs and websites. Born in Nigeria, her work transcends nationality, race, and gender while respecting cultural differences.

Rolf Potts’ Vagablogging was initially an illuminating and lively collaborative blog covering many aspects of travel, from travel advice and stories to essays and commentaries about issues concerning travelers.
Rolf has recently moved toward emphasizing his excellent podcasts with top travel authors and influencers as guests discussing all aspects of travel, but you can still find much of Rolf's writing on his website and by reading his best-selling books.

Women on the Road is hosted by the brilliant Leyla Giray, an international aid development professional and former journalist. The website is designed for women who dare to travel independently — and love it! Find sensible safety advice, innovative travel ideas, health tips, articles on ethical issues, discussions of extended travel, volunteering, jobs, information on money matters — and anything else you need to know as an independent woman on the road. Many years and 30+ countries later, she found her way home, which these days is rural France.
She now also hosts the offbeat France website, which takes you deep inside her adopted country with well-researched information, "Beyond the Baguette," to new places, perspectives, cultural insights, history, as she also shares personal experiences.

Rick Steves’ Europe through the Backdoor features Rick Steves' Travel Blog, is part of his vast website which summarizes years of travel and is updated constantly. Rick has written over 30 books on Europe and has a tremendous presence in all forms of media.

NomadicMatt offers a blog as part of his website where his energy, curiosity, and experience traveling since he chose that path after his MBA shines through in his practical posts about many opportunities to travel abroad.

JourneyWoman is an online travel resource for women based in Canada. The site features eclectic and practical articles, insightful tips for women travelers, and an online newsletter .

Wanderlust and Lipstick is a website and collaborative blog filled with tips and information for women travelers and includes extensive posts, articles, and advice of all kinds. The site also provides information on the company's many tours to fascinating and unusual destinations, both women-only and for the general public.

Wandering Educators is a combination blog and website hosted by Jessica Voigts, featuring posts and resources from a community of educators, travel writers, and artists sharing their experiences, insights, and talents.

Editor's Note: Many other fine blogs by travel writers and bloggers are linked in the appropriate areas of our site — with many of them contributors — and many more will be added as they are brought to our attention and we publish their articles. We avoid selecting blogs that are purely self-promotional, largely destination-oriented, or seem more obsessed about the authors and their own state of mind than those whose homes (countries) they are privileged to visit. Storytelling and sensitive observations about your travels, the people, and the cultures you meet are more important to us than passing trends following our original mission and vision as announced 45 years ago based upon years of travel by the founder and publisher.