15 Reasons Why Frequent Travelers Are More Likely To Be Successful. Success can be defined differently for everyone but the fact is some people achieve it and some people don’t. What is it that successful people do or have to find success that others don’t? There has been a lot written about the skills and habits needed to live a successful life and I think most of us know the things we could work on like building confidence or overcoming fears to be more successful in areas we want to. There are people that have a higher likelihood for success than most. Frequent travelers, people constantly on the move learn many life skills exploring our world. 1. Frequent travelers are in unfamiliar situations regularly. 2. Travelers invite novelty. 3. Frequent travelers experience varying levels of stress routinely; tight flight connections, interrogations by border guards, and rude hotel staff can all cause ones nerves to fray. 4.
Travelers have to rely on people they don’t know all the time. 5. The key to success is taking action. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 41 Perfect Moments You Experience Your First Time In London. Cntraveler. Instagram. Hello Europe Hires Digital Marketing Experts to Crowdfund Cultural Travel Project. Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) April 19, 2013 Hello Europe was created by a group of three friends from Portugal who want to show everyone that the street is an amazing stage where anyone can express themselves.
The trio aims to promote street artists who give sound, color and life to our cities. In a continent with vast culture, they’d like to show that street art doesn't know borders. For 100 days, they’ll travel around Europe in an RV with the main goal of finding the best street performers, and helping out by offering them visibility. The best artist(s) in each city will receive a prize from the three founders of Hello Europe. In order for Guilherme, Ivo and João to execute their project and travels around Europe, they will need to raise $30,000.
“We love to travel, meet new people, take pictures and share our stories,” says Guilherme Duarte, co-founder of the Hello Europe project. To learn more about Hello Europe and its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, visit the project’s Facebook page. How To Get Paid To Travel. {*style:<b>Photo </b>*} It’s easy to enter, just email your original travel photo and/or article along with a title and where the photo was taken for the photos to with “Photo Contest Entry” or “Travel Article Entry” in the subject, and we will notify you via email when your photo is live and available for voting. . If you would like a link back to your blog or website, include that in the email as well. Once your photo and/or article is live be sure to share the link with all your friends so they can vote too. The deadline for entries for the next contests is January 15th. Votes will be a total of all votes on BarrelHopping as well as the BarrelHopping Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Pinterest postings of your entry.
Voting for current entries will end at midnight, EST, January 15th and the winner as well as new entries for the next contest will be posted by the following day. Impact of social media on the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC] How Tech and Social Media Are Changing Travel [INFOGRAPHIC] It's spring break and summer is just around the corner, which means vacation season is upon us. From mobile apps to deal sites, people use technology more than ever to help find places to go.
Technology also helps vacationers enjoy themselves after they reach their destinations. But just how much is technology changing the way we travel? Nearly one-third of social media users have used a mobile app to find good prices for flights and hotels, and 15% have downloaded an app specific to a certain trip, according to a survey by the market research company Lab42. And just because people are on break, they aren't necessarily taking a break from their devices.
For the full picture of how technology and social media are changing our travel experiences, check out the Lab42 infographic below. What role do tech and social media play in your trips? American students studying abroad. Why to be proud of The Travel Talk on Twitter - #TTOT! | Travel blog. This article is about what WE have achieved! The Travel Talk on Twitter is THE biggest weekly travel event on Twitter! A pat on your back! This was only possible, because the Twitter travel community decided to get it there. We've created an event, which is run by the community! We've created a real Social Media Travel Event! #TTOT is the best example that it's possible to reach thousands of travelers worldwide in a social get-together! The Passion For Travel. How Reality Television Shapes Travel. Last fall, the New Jersey Defamation League that’s driving much of recent cable television sent several of its members on a mission overseas. When The Real Housewives of New Jersey began a two-episode trip to sunny Punta Cana, its Soprano-manqué cast hit the Dominican Republic running.
First, airport personnel came scurrying to remove housewife Jacqueline Laurita, teetering on high heels after an in-flight happy hour, from a baggage carousel she had mounted to search for a loudly lamented “one missing luggage.” Then, for the short trip to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana, the crew took a narco-cartel fleet of huge black SUV’s—their convoy abruptly halted when Joe “Juicy” Giudice interrupted a driver, saying, “Hey, amigo.... I gotta take a pee-pee.” Just after the Dominican Republic–set Housewives episodes aired, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana recorded a 300 percent spike in Web traffic. But in this case, South Africa spoke for itself. The (Not So) Innocents Abroad. The Traveller’s Guide to Happiness – Infographic | The travelsupermarket.com blog. 36 Hours - Vienna. Photo Essay: Sightseeing in London, England. Photos from a day of sightseeing in London, England There’s good reason why London always makes the list as one of the world’s most visited cities.
The historical city blends modern development with its medieval past, offering snap-happy tourists endless sightseeing opportunities. Our last trip to London was during the cold month of January, having just spent several weeks bouncing around Europe’s festive Christmas Markets. Fortunately for us, we captured these photos just a few hours before a massive snowstorm hit the United Kingdom, paralyzing its transportation network and forcing its residents to reconsider their holidays (we spent 20+ hours at Heathrow Airport waiting for the runways to clear!).
Of course we had to take the touristy red phone booth photo! The iconic St. Guard at Buckingham Palace Trafalgar Square with a frozen fountain London Skyline on the Thames River London Eye at sunset with Big Ben and the Parliament Buildings in the backdrop Tower Bridge looking all pretty. How To Start a Travel Blog? Top 10 To Do List. I, Eva Hamori, am not a professional website designer nor have a background in computers. If I can start a blog so can you! Here’s how we did it! 1.Start With An Idea Pick an idea you are passionate about. If you like to collect vintage cars, or travel, or experience great food and wine, whatever the topic, be passionate about it, or no one will want to read it. People can feel a phony, and unfortunately I have bumped into many sites on travel, where the writers have never even left their couch. 2.Pick A Name Make it catchy and something people might remember. 3.Register Your Domain Name By registering your name and website address, it is yours forever. 4.Go to a Free Blog Site We used Weebly. 5.Buy Web Hosting and point your Domain Name to that Provider We use FatCow, but there are so many out there. 6.Tell Your Friends Before you start advertising, try it out on your friends first!
7.Write Each Day Don’t sway from your chosen topic too much; your followers don’t like it. 8. 10. Travel Chats On Twitter | The Travel Bite. Social media becoming most important marketing channel for travel, PPC in fourth place. Social media’s place as a marketing channel for the travel industry as well as its use for researching and buying a holiday is causing much scratching of heads. Today, as World Travel Market opens, a survey by the exhibition organisers finds 40% of UK travellers are using social media to help research a holiday. Last week a survey by Conrad Advertising found social media – including Facebook and Twitter - had little influence on 40% of consumers.
But, for the industry the medium is now viewed as the most important marketing channel ahead of consumer reviews, mobile and pay-per-click advertising. Furthermore, in five years time 48% of the industry believes social media will be more important than PPC while 37% say it will remain behind PPC and 15% believe it is already at a tipping point and its popularity will diminish. Of the industry figures surveyed by WTM 22% already use social media as a revenue stream and 27% are planning to going forward. A Brief Overview of Klout, and Why you Need itBowser Multimedia Productions Blog.
Clout n. pull; strong influence; muscle, especially political power: a wealthy campaign contributor with clout at city hall. Do you have clout? Even if you think you don’t have clout, Klout says everyone has Klout, and it’s true! You know what clout is, but you may not know what Klout is. If you use Twitter, you’re likely to have seen Klout scores since most Twitter applications display a person’s Klout score. But what is it and why should you care? Klout claims to be the “standard of influence”. But what does that mean?
Enter 2006; Twitter launches. Enter 2009; Joe Fernandez and Binh Tran launch Klout. Klout attempts to negate the level playing field, but in a good way. Of course, Klout isn’t perfect. This is exactly why it’s important to know your Klout score. 8 Tips for Oktoberfest 2012. With Oktoberfest done and dusted for another year there are plenty of stories out there about how amazing it is. It really was awesome and we are already planning to make sure we head back next year. If you want to put it on your Bucket List then make sure you take these lessons that we learned along for the ride: When to Go Well surprisingly not October actually, unless it is the very first weekend of October which is generally the last few days of the festival. We went for the last 4 days of Oktoberfest, Thursday - Sunday.
And while we had grand plans to go for at least 3 of the days we only managed to find an unreserved table on the Thursday and got booted off a reserved table on the Friday at 4pm. This meant that we could no longer be served beer so had to just enjoy the rest of the festival outdoors. Next year if we are lucky enough to go again then we plan to head over on a Sunday and enjoy the festival over a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Accommodation Book early. Cost Eating Drinking. Britain's most haunted places. Destination Europe | Discovering The Best Places to Visit in Europe. Alison Phalen: A door I stumbled across i... Thailand's elephant tourism industry | The Adventures of D. Yesterday morning, when I turned on my computer after a night of restlessness, my heart sank. There, on the screen, were two Facebook status updates. One from the Elephant Nature Park & Foundation page stating Mae Sai Roong, an elephant our volunteer group had taken care of when she fell ill on Sept. 10, had taken a turn for the worst.
Then, an update time stamped about five hours later from one of the staff with the words that made my cry aloud — “Dear Sai Roong, RIP.” No. Nonononono. Mae Sai Roong had only been at the park for a little more than four months. I had wanted to wait to talk about Sai Roong and Elephant Nature Park. But, for now, to honor her life, I wanted to post a few photos of her. These photos were taken the day she was so ill, she had no strength to do anything but lay down, and the following day, when she stood up.
Two volunteers sit with Mae Sai Roong the day she lays down, Sept. 10, 2011. We didn’t think she would last the night. But, then Sai Roong passed away. How I Paid for 12 Years of Continuous Travel » Lifestyle Strategies, Travel, Adventures--Todd's Wanderings. Anyone who says you can't have it all is more worried about what they don't have and that you might end up with more than them. Recently a number of people have written me to ask EXACTLY how I have been able to travel the world for the past 12 years. After reading a friend’s wonderful post explaining in detail how he has traveled for over 10 years as well at Wandering Earl (yes, people with Wandering names have to stick together) I decided to post my own account.
For those of you who don’t know my background, I left the US in 1998 to visit Japan. Coming from a middle class family, it was my first time on an airplane and I was 21 years old! Over 40 countries (I’m sure I’ll forget to mention a few below) and various different jobs later I’m still on the road, now with my wife and my recently born son. WARNING: This is a long post. For the regular readers out there I thought I had already told you how, especially in: 5 Steps to World Travel and Getting Paid to Do What you Love. Fall Foliage in Upstate New York. Aerial View of Edinburgh. Travelocity's Top 10 list of haunted hotels. File photo of Hotel Monteleone taken July 29, 2011 after the wedding ceremony of Former Governor Edwin Edwards, then 83, and his new bride, Trina Grimes Scott, then 32. By Cheryl Gerber, Associated Press With Halloween around the corner, Travelocity compiled this list of Top 10 haunted hotels in the USA. Feel free to edit the list. Tell us which hotels you'd add or delete by writing in the comments section below.
Two hotels that I would definitely add are Austin's Driskill Hotel and Oklahoma City's Skirvin Hilton Hotel. TWITTER: Marriott worker quits hotel job with marching band HAUNTED HOTELS: Ghost stories can be good for business HAUNTED HOTELS: Which hotel made this ESPN columnist believe? Travelocity's list: File photo shows the exterior of the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City, on Feb. 15, 2007, 11 days before its grand re-opening. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Readers: Comments? Www.totravelin.com. Carpe Noctem » Blog Archive » The RULES of the Friday Photo Forum (#FriFotos) Good Travel Blogging: Seven Ways To Ruin Your Writing. Three Ways Travel Makes Us Better People.
By – October 3, 2011 Top Travel Tips I don’t think travel is necessarily an elitist activity. I think certain trips and forms of travel can be, but that can be said of anything. Great travel experiences can equally happen close to home or on the other side of the world. Regardless of where or how we travel, here are three ways that travel makes us better people. While I’d like to say this is a universal benefit of travel, I’m sorry to say that I’ve met plenty of idiots on the road.
Still, on the whole, travel does make us smarter. I live in Washington, DC and am therefore a natural born cynic prone to cranky outbursts. I don’t think it’s possible to argue “logic” with an airport gate agent, lose one’s luggage or look at a menu that could literally say anything and you wouldn’t know, without gaining a fair amount of patience. About the Author. For Travelers, By Travelers! Travel Sites. America’s Top Cities: Cheapest Real Estate in the World? | Credit Sesame Blog.