G'day Fulton, Heading towards [American] Thanksgiving, we want to know: what are YOU thankful for in the travel sphere? Let us know & we'll credit you in a future article! And yes, it's now time to start planning for your Christmas & New Year's travel -- find out the best & worst days to travel at Christmas and other tips. Need inspiration? Check out today's 10 Places You Should Celebrate New Year's At Least Once, for a look at 10 unique cities to spend your holiday.
Happy Travels! The BootsnAll Crew Photo by: Rob Chandler Most Popular Travel Stories 1. Gifts for Travelers: Gift Guide Round-Up If you just can't stand to spend one more minute waiting in line with other holiday shoppers while listening to "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" yet again, we're here to help with gift ideas for the traveler in your life. Whether he or she is setting off on a round-the-world trip, taking a career break, heading back to a favorite destination, or trying to fit travel into life with a new baby, we've got a gift idea sure to please. 2. Eat Your Way Around Paris Street food is often cheap, tasty, and in many cases, more sanitary than food cooked in restaurants (anything you can watch cooked in front of you is a safe bet), plus there's no better way to taste the food of the people - those cheap eats enjoyed by locals of all ages and incomes. Jenn Miller takes us on a tour of eleven of her favorite street foods. 3. 10 Difficult-to-Visit Places and How to Get There If you have ever wanted to go to difficult to reach places, Adam Seper is here to give you the lowdown on 10 countries where entry isn't exactly black and white. 4. 13 Travel Horror Stories and Where They Took Place Have you been avoiding travel-related horror flicks or their settings? Even if these 13 movies are scream worthy for the silver screen, it would appear there are no tangible reasons to avoid the places where they took place. 5. Ski Season Around the World Most people would consider skiing to be a seasonal sport, but Catherine Parker shows us that if you look long and hard there is somewhere to enjoy real snow every month of the year. 6. 8 Reasons to Move Albania to the Top of Your Travel List Never heard of Albania? Jessica Hoolko gives us eight reasons to put the beautiful Balkan state at the top of our travel wish-list.
7. How I Travel: Tony Wheeler It could easily be argued that Tony Wheeler is in the running for 'Most Influential Traveler Alive.' In 1972 he and his wife Maureen co-founded Lonely Planet - now the largest guidebook publisher in the world. Before Lonely Planet was a publishing giant, it was just Tony, Maureen and a typewriter. And before they were ready to write that first book, they had to travel. A lot.
8. The Best Helmet Cameras How sweet would it be to capture your skiing, biking, kayaking and ziplining adventures on video from your point-of-view? Well now you can easily record your life's adventures with a compact, wearable camcorder. These lightweight, durable, and water resistant helmet cameras are giving adventure travelers a new and easy way to record their worldwide adventures.
9. How to Visit Las Vegas on a Budget If you've never been to Las Vegas before, you may be under the impression that you need a ton of money to have a good time. Though it's definitely easy to blow through a bank account in Sin City, that doesn't have to be the case. With a bit of advance planning and mindful spending, you might be surprised to find that it is, in fact, possible to visit Las Vegas on the cheap.
10. Gift Guide: Travel Gear Wish List for New Parents Got a traveling parent on your holiday gift list? Expectant mother Heather Carreiro offers 20 ideas for new and expecting parents who love to travel.
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