Category Archives: networks

networks

What travel networks are doing wrong

Vicky Baker extracts some conclusions on what travel networks are doing wrong from the reader comments on her recent Guardian Travel Blog

Do expat’s offer the best local tips?

I’ve been commissioning a lot of longterm expats on the guidebook project I’m currently working on. For this type of work, this is the ideal vantage point.

A Thesis On Couchsurfing

Last year, we met Szilvia Weyer in Berlin. She told us then she was working on a thesis about Couchsurfing, and we had an interesting conversation about it.

A ‘Green Circuit’ Is Appearing In India

The true size of India can be deceiving, the number of destinantions confusing, but a handful of companies and people are working hard in Responsible Tourism to develop and promote their offerings on the world stage.

Going Unplugged

Right, that’s it. I’m burning all my social-networking passwords and logging off.

MTF Writer Nick Weston Features In Print

Nick Weston recently featured in Real Travel magazine & Readers Digest for his Hunter-Gathering skills and experience.

Danger! Language Barrier!

There’s a glitch in the Couchsurfing.com website at the moment. (Well, it’s one of many, if you listen to the discontented bunch on the site’s “brainstorming” forum, who seem perennially on the verge of a mutiny.)

Unplug, Enjoy The Journey & The Experience Of Travelling

Travel is about journeys and experiences. Not ticking boxes, bragging to friends or relying on internet based social networks.

Where Planned & Spontaneous Travel Collide

A new breed of web-site is making it easier to find and book some real local gems online in terms of accommodation, tours and experiences. Is this development a good or bad thing?