May 2011 Blog Posts (18)

FourBGB - The Official PR Partners For Travel Bloggers Unite Innsbruck

We are thrilled to announce that the fabulous FourBGB are the Official PR Partners for the next Travel Bloggers Unite conference in Innsbruck.  Not only are they are friendly bunch, but they one of the best digital and PR agencies in the UK too.

 

They just came 4th in PR Weeks "Top PR…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on May 26, 2011 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Blogger Request Hashtag

We have decided to start a great new twitter hashtag called #bloggerrequest



Quite simply the hashtag should be used if you want to keep track of requests on twitter from bloggers or for…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on May 26, 2011 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Shoes on the Danube

Shoes on the Danube

Added by Suzanne Courtney on May 25, 2011 at 9:04am — No Comments

Photography: A monk on ancient stones

A place where divine nymphs danced to entertain

Picture this: you’re walking in one of the best preserved and most impressive ancient…

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Added by Ellen on May 25, 2011 at 8:20am — No Comments

Photography: Mount Everest Base Camp

Creating a new memory that is priceless!

Picture this: you wake up at the sound of free ranging yaks and the smell of their faeces burning on a small…

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Added by Ellen on May 25, 2011 at 8:15am — No Comments

Ride elephants and become a mahout!

Go wild in Laos!

Always wanted to ride an elephant? Do you want to do this with respect for the animal and in a sustainable way? Are you in Laos? Then the Elephant Village in Luang Prabang is what you’re looking for!…

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Added by Ellen on May 25, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Face to face with monkeys!

Apenheul: the zoo where you walk freely amongst monkeys…

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Added by Ellen on May 25, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Teaching

So it's the end of my second full day of teaching. Wow. This is something else! So who have I taught so far? Well I've been introduced and done some teaching with every year group (but not every class) and those early lessons were to work out what I needed to do with that year group. So this week we kicked straight into actual teaching. Monday I had both the year six classes and today I had both the year two classes. Massive contrast. Obviously. The year sixes are so incredible. One thing…

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Added by Nicholas Orwin on May 25, 2011 at 7:03am — No Comments

You can quote me. I love to travel

Where to next?

I have a new bucket list item. Someday, someone, anyone, anywhere will pay me to be a travel writer. As long as it is in English, I really do not care if the assignment is to report on the mating habits of Fiji islanders, or to cover the efforts of the DOD to clean up Christmas Island after…

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Added by Forrest Walker on May 21, 2011 at 1:41pm — 5 Comments

Photo of the Week: May 20th Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Photo of the Week comes from Rio de Janeiro. The Selàron Staircase is at the foot of the hilly Santa Teresa neighbourhood, near the lapa archs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…

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Added by nithya ramachandran on May 20, 2011 at 6:32am — No Comments

Expat Interview: Madrid, Spain

The newest Expat Interview comes from Erin Ridley, creator of La Tortuga…

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Added by nithya ramachandran on May 18, 2011 at 6:23am — No Comments

Social Media Intern Roles with TBU

Travel Bloggers Unite are now looking for a number of self motivated individuals to join our winning team as interns.



If you are looking for work experience within social media and have an interest in travel then this is the perfect opportunity for you.  You will be working for an exciting company, which is growing at a fast pace.  The main areas we require help with are:-

 

  • Email…
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Added by Oliver Gradwell on May 15, 2011 at 8:00pm — No Comments

tripwolf - Official Media Partner for TBU Innsbruck

We are really excited to announce that the official media partner for TBU Innsbruck is the wonderful tripwolf!

 

 

tripwolf is an innovative travel guide that is available online and on mobile devices and is generated by a travel community for independent travelers. tripwolf combines classic travel suggestions from well-known travel guides like Marco Polo and…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on May 11, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

TBU11 Manchester - Your Feedback, Our Answers

 

After a successful conference in Manchester, we sent out a feedback survey to all delegates of #TBU11.  We didn't want to rest on our laurels after the event and so it was important to us that we got comments and ideas for improvement…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on May 10, 2011 at 1:00am — No Comments

Photo of the Week: May 6th

This photo of the week was taken on the Karluv Most (Charles Bridge) in Prague. The Charles Bridge is undoubtedly one of the most…

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Added by nithya ramachandran on May 6, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

Expat Interview: Cancun

Life Out of a Suitcase is launching a new interview series. We are talking to travelers and expats to get their experience as they globetrott.

The inaugural interview comes from Greta Francesca Iori AKA TheItaliopian. She is the author and creator of…

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Added by nithya ramachandran on May 6, 2011 at 1:08am — No Comments

"How To" Workshops and Panels . . The Story So Far

At Travel Bloggers Unite Innsbruck (#TBUIBK) we have once again planned a series of brilliant "How To" Workshops, which will leave delegates feeling enlightened and equipped to take their travel blogging to the next level.

 

The great people taking these workshops are coming to Innsbruck from around the world and you won't want to miss listening to them.  Here is the…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on May 5, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Twentysomething at Elephanta Island, Mumbai, India

After a morning of seeing the sights in south Mumbai, my travel partners and I boarded on a ferry near the Gateway of India and headed to Elephanta Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site made up of cave temples. We only paid 120 rupees a piece (about $3 CAD at the time) and then were directed onto a shaky…

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Added by nithya ramachandran on May 2, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

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