We’re Back, What’s Next?
What’s Next? We’ve been home from Mongolia for just over a week and that is the question we have constantly been asked. It’s a legitimate question, we are travel bloggers after all and we need to stay on the road to do our job. It’s been a very busy couple of years since we left for India in November 2009.
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We are working on big things with our newsletter. We want to bring you the best information on travel and adventure we can find each month and we are offering an incentive to sign you up! Everyone that is already a subscriber plus any new subscriber to thePlanetD newsletter will receive a free 2011 desk top calendar of Dave’s incredible photos. We have already given away the January desktop as our Christmas gift to you and now you can change your photos each month and dream of an exotic destination while working at your computer.
Homeward Bound in Rajasthan: Snapshot Sunday
As the sunsets over the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India a lonely local boy, who trudged through the sand from a small village in the distance, heads home after an afternoon of trying to sell tourists a beer in the desert.
Travel Blog Exchange 2010
It is a week away from the 2010 Travel Blog Exchange in New York. We are looking forward to meeting some of our favourite bloggers and friends at these exciting event. But more importantly, we are looking forward to learning from some of the leading authorities in the travel blog community. We are currently at sea in Alaska, but we are already thinking about the questions that we are hoping to have answered at the conference. We won’t be able to make it until day two of the Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX) but luckily for us there is a great line up on Sunday the 27th.
Travel Writers Exchange Video School Giveaway
The Travel Writers Exchange has a great Giveaway at their site. Courtesy of the New York Video School, the Travel Writers Exchange is offering one lucky person the chance to win a FREE one-year subscription to the school. he New York Video School is the top online film school on the Internet that offers training videos of how to create a professional travel video from start to finish.
New Contest From CheapOair
That means it is starting today! Get yourself over to CheapOair’s travel blog. Here you will find a new article each day of the contest from CheapOairs Travel expert as he makes his way through the city. There will be a question about London and all you have to do is answer the question by leaving a comment on the post.
It’s About Time, India Here We Come
We have been Blogging for months about this day and it has finally come. We are off to India! Even up until a few days before leaving, it didn’t feel real. But the reality is, we are going to travel and explore this beautiful planet. We will be spending our days in some of the most beautiful destinations on earth. We both love discovering new places, meeting new people, trekking through jungles, climbing mountains and we really enjoying doing all of this together.
This Weeks Adventure’s in Blogging
The big news is that we are starting a monthly newsletter while we are away. Make sure to sign up for it at the top right hand corner of this page! All you have to do is leave your email address and first name and you will receive a monthly update from us. You can unsubscribe at any time. We won’t be doing these “week in review” posts once we start our travels, but we really do enjoy sharing our successes and failures of running the blog. It is in that newsletter that we will share recaps of what we have done with the website and what we have done on our travels. Plus, we will be giving some tips, tricks and insider scoops of our travels. Along with some more in depth articles regarding our experiences.
Three Weeks Until India and ThePlanetD is Going Strong
I wanted to thank Andy Hayes for his help this week. After taking a look at our blog, he noticed an error that he showed us how to fix immediately. Within a couple of days, our site was bumped up to a PR4, we owe it all to him. We would never have even noticed the error. His insight and knowledge with code, online writing and marketing is second to none.
The Misadventures of Pre-Travel Planning
It’s Monday, you know what that means. Time to tell you the mis-adventures of Dave and Deb preparing for India and how things are going at theplanetd. Let me start by talking to you about our electronics.
It’s Monday, What Have We Done This Week?
We have a lot of work to do on the blog still. We are very unhappy with the speed of the site and we are going to have someone work on fixing it up. We have a few bids and hopefully by next week it will be running faster. Dave added a neat little side widget with choices of Recent, commented and favorite posts. I was just hating the long bar of recent posts and top commented posts. He cleaned it up nicely and I love the slick look of it. We have a few other little tidbits that we are working on, but overall, we are liking the look of the site. Other than the speed we are happy.
Marriott Fifty Dollar Giveaway
To launch its new bridal registry, Marriott is giving away $50 Marriott Bonus Bucks to one lucky winner on this site!!! Did you know that engaged couples can now register with Marriott to have their honeymoon paid for? Redeem points for spa packages, accommodation, dinners and more. The great news is that you can even carry over your points and use them for future vacations at 3000 Marriott hotels worldwide.
We Want to Go To Australia
We want to show them at Vantastic that we will be able to give them a lot of publicity and that we will be ready and able to blog, podcast and promote our time in Australia. The more people we can get to our video voting for us, the better.
What is Happening at the PlanetD Today?
World Nomads are choosing the winner of this leg tomorrow, so we are looking for one final push to help us get noticed.
The Week In Review
We have a guest post happening today at the fantastic site The Professional Hobo for her “Week in the Life” series. Last year we took on the challenge of cycling from Cario to Cape Town. This 12,000 km bike race was not easy to say the least.
A Week in Review 2
It was another exciting couple of weeks for ThePlanetD.
Comments Disabled – My Bad
So, I just wanted to write a little post and let you know that you can now leave comments and say hi. Thank you for your patience, I am going to have this internet stuff figured out soon, I promise. Or, Dave will be done his movie soon and all will be well.
Matador Network; Photo Essay Travel Therapy Book Giveaway
Last week our photos were finalists in the Matador Networks Photo Contest. The Travel Therapy Photo Contest.Dave Submitted a photo of long tail boats in Thailands Ko Lipe. It was definitely an island that we found relaxing and as the contest asked…a place for travel therapy.A photo that I submitted from Zanzibar was featured as well. We found Zanzibar to be an island paradise and could spend days just hanging out and relaxing.
Lovely Blog Award, A shout out to Fellow Travel Bloggers
Almost 2 months ago, Dave and I started blogging in earnest again. During the Tour d’Afrique we didn’t know a lot about how to keep a website going and just shared our experiences with friends and family. Since coming back to the world of blogging, we have learned a lot and met amazing people. Other travelers and bloggers have been very supportive and giving and we feel that we are making great friends that will last for years to come.
New Website Design
From everything that I have read over the past two months, I should not being changing my website design. Readers get used to a certain layout of your blog and they like consistency.
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