Buy a newspaper – Souvenir tip

by Gadling Staff on

You don’t have to spend a fortune to bring home a great reminder of your trip. A newspaper purchased during a trip provides a fun look into local life and can easily jog your memory.

Buy a newspaper or two and pick up free local guides whenever possible. Once home, revisit the vacation locale by browsing the weather forecast, restaurant reviews, local happenings and events, and other memorable news that occurred while you were there.

Bonus: You can share the newspapers and guides with others who have never been there but who would love to visit.

NY Times realizes Twitter is useful for travel

by Tom Johansmeyer on

It takes the NY Times to catch up with the world around it … especially when technology is involved. Hey, the newspaper wouldn’t be in so much financial trouble if this weren’t the case. But, they don’t get it wrong; the reporters over there just take a bit longer to grasp what’s happening.

So, I was pretty psyched when I saw in the “Frugal Traveler” column that Twitter can be used to get dinner reservations – even when you’re on jury duty! Did you know that you can just peck a few characters into your cell phone or Blackberry and send it to thousands of people who might have an answer?

The Frugal Traveler is not ready to “Twitter [his] way across the country,” but the Gadling team is.

Photo of the Day (11.08.09)

by Anna Brones on

No matter what your political leanings are, we’re all going to remember where we were on November 4, 2008. The momentous election of an African American as US President was watched around the world. This photo by pirano of various foreign newspapers all featuring President-Elect Barack Obama gives us an idea of just how “global” the American election was. Where were you?

Want your shot considered for Photo of the Day? Submit it to Gadling’s Flickr pool.

Where does your news agency report the most?

by Anna Brones on

L’Observatoire des Medias, a French media blog, put together an interesting project that shows maps of the world according to the attention each country gets from major Western media agencies. Called “The world in the eyes of an editor-in-chief,” the maps give a very good visual idea just how important Western media considers some places.

This map shows the reporting of the New York Times. Go here to find out how other major newspapers, like The Guardian, The Economist and The Sun, see the world.

[Via Boing Boing]

Guardian’s 2007 Travel Awards winners

by Abha Malpani on

More than 13,500 readers voted for the 21st edition of Guardian’s Travel Awards that were recently held in Seville.

The Guardian is one of my favorite newspapers, and although I couldn’t take part in the survey (UK only!), I was curious to see what was on other readers hit-lists.

Here are some of the internationally interesting results:

Best Online Booking Service: www.i-escape.com

Best Long-Haul Airline: Singapore Airlines (expected – they are fantastic)

Best Short-Haul Airline: www.jet2.com

Best Business Airline: Emirates Airlines (expected — it’s a great airline but also there are over 100,000 British Expats living in Dubai)

Best Overseas City: Hong Kong (didn’t expect that!)

Best European City: Berlin (yeah…I understand this choice)

Best European Country: Switzerland (huh!?)

Best Long Haul Country: Cambodia (huh!?) — what does Long-Haul Country mean anyway?

I think such country based surveys say a lot about the general travel-mind of the country — and honestly some of the results surprised me.