World Travel Guide

Find information before your trip from quality travel guides, travel reviews and travel articles on Asia, Europe, Australia and all destinations around the world.So often, round-the-world and long-term travelers are told that it’s a good thing they are “doing it before kids” – the implication, of course, being that such an adventure would be impossible with a child in tow. But that couldn’t be farther from the

An travel guide providing unbiased hotel reviews, destination guides, cruise reviews, flight information and much more.I started this blog on February 10, 2006 at the recommendation of journalist friend and tech expert Dwight Silverman;  I was retiring from the Navy and planning to be a writer, and he said, “If you’re going to be a writer, you need to have a blog.” Hmmm, well alrighty,

Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.A gaggle of some of my dearest travel blogging friends run a dynamite fundraiser every year – it’s called Passports with Purpose and oh by the way, the BootsnAll Travel Network (which hosts this blog) is a Platinum PwP sponsor. So what’s with the “build a village”

Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.It is finally here; her 18th birthday! This is my daughter Nancy. I’ve never really given her name before here (my own personal line in the sand as a parenting blogger – we’re all different about that which is fine) but she’s now “of age.” She is

Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.Although significant travel events have been a bit scarce around here lately, mine is a road-tripping family at heart.
Whenever it’s time to plan one, there are a few guidebooks that I turn to again and again, because they are well-edited, accurate and it’s easier to skim

Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.My next trip is by car, not by plane.
We can wear what we want (no one’s shoes will blow up our vehicle….other than via foul sneaker odors.)
We can take GIANT containers of liquid.
We can adjust the temperature so we don’t freeze or boil, and if we do get cold, we

Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.Today is the 4th anniversary of the Family Travel blog here on the BootsnAll Travel Network.  True story – this blog is here because of books.
I first heard about BootsnAll from Stephanie Elizondo Griest on a travel writer’s panel at the stupendously great annual Texas Book

Providing up to date information on Travel guides and guidebooks, Travel advice, tips and destination information to give you the best possible ideas.I don’t know about you, but I’ve kinda run out of travel gas.
Not for me (I’ll jump onto a plane or into a car anytime by my own crotchety self) but the idea of a family trip these days makes me want to lay down and take a nap.
Squabbling siblings in the back seat.
One kid [...]

An travel guide providing unbiased hotel reviews, destination guides, cruise reviews, flight information and much more.I love my kids, but there is a 7-year age difference between my 17-year-old and my 10-year-old, and that makes all of that family bonding a little rough (I had each child on Navy shore duty assignments, and there was a 7 year stretch at sea between pregnancies. Kinda into planning….that’s

Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.Many of you may have seen news items and/or blog posts about the new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules pertaining to blogger disclosures and celebrity endorsements.   They take effect on 1 December 2009 and violations will incur fines of up to US,000.I have rather strong opinions