Controversial Travel Industry Debates and Discussions

What Exactly is Taxable by the IRS When it Comes to Free Travel?

by Rich Whitaker RSS 14 Comments
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Are travelers required to report their frequent flier miles as income? If so, what about press trips?There seems to be some confusion among those who have never before reported their frequent flier miles as income. What is all the confusion about? Citibank recently sent their customers, who were given American Airline miles for opening a checking or savings account last year, 1099 tax forms to report their frequent flier miles.

Yesterday, the Associated Press reported that:

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Do Travel Bloggers Need to Start Getting More Creative to Stay Relevant?

by John O'Nolan RSS 22 Comments
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“Jordan is, apparently, one of the best places to see the magnificent travel blogger in the wild. These powerful creatures – once thought to be critically endangered – are slowly being introduced to other parts of the world, but in Jordan, they are thriving.”

We’ve certainly seen a lot of activity in Jordan with travel bloggers this year – we’ve written Continue Reading

Are Blogger Agents the Future in Blogging?

by Rich Whitaker RSS 6 Comments
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Throughout the past year, I have heard vigorous discussions revolving around the recurring topic of bloggers signing with agents. This past weekend was no different. A post on the Global Bloggers Network Facebook group tallied over 110 comments, proving that the topic of blogger agents is still hot.

While attending various community events over the past year, I heard many agent proponents profess how agents allow bloggers to focus on their craft, provide direction Continue Reading

Comment spam – machine or man & machine?

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 2 Comments
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We all get it. We all get way too much of it.

If you run a WordPress blog then, like us you’ll no doubt love the Akismet plugin for trapping so much of it, though it’s not exactly hard to spot.

Tell-tale signs:

It doesn’t make grammatical sense. There is usually a spelling howler. It is always a bland statement about the site, never specific references to post content (although this is beginning to change. Now we sometimes see keywords Continue Reading

Talking About Paid Links. We Did It Wrong.

by John O'Nolan RSS 31 Comments
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So. Last Friday was pretty eventful.

There were some pretty heated comments flying around so I thought that it’d be best to let things calm down slightly before attempting to pen a response. With that in mind, I’d like to do three things today:

Talk about what went wrong. Clarify the content of the post, and the reasons for writing it. Clarify our editorial policy and talk about the future. What Went Wrong

We’ve read every single comment, Continue Reading

Travel Blogging Burnout: Is It Anything To Be Critical Or Ashamed Of?

by Mike Sowden RSS 6 Comments
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Hitting the wall when you travel: emotional and physical meltdown. Most long-term travel bloggers suffer from it at some point. So is it something they should be honest about? 

You can’t bear the thought of getting on another bus, plane or train. You couldn’t care less about your website or what’s happening on social media. You don’t want to take in new sights and learn anything new about the world. You just want to sit there. Why won’t everyone just Continue Reading

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