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New and Improved Host Our Coast 2010
We told you about the Host Our Coast inaugural year last year. Remember? Well, DLITE is back and betta than eva! This year, Host Our Coast is offering $15,000 to one lucky winner to travel around the Delmarva peninsula (that’s Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia to you non-mid-atlantickers out there), for three months, blogging, vlogging,... »
Shop With Us!
The Mindful Tourist is pleased to announce our affiliation with two online vendors that we think our readers will especially like. First, we now have an Amazon store and have handpicked books, movies, clothing, camping and traveling gear, and other fun stuff for your shopping pleasure. Of course, we... »
Take This Vacation and Stuff It!
When our friend Robert first wrote about this travel agency earlier this week, we had to ask him if this was a joke - c’mon, a travel agency where you send your stuffed animal and they take them around Prague, photographing it at major tourist points, and even giving... »
Is Adventure Travel Also Responsible Travel?
If you missed L.A.’s Travel and Adventure Show last month, have no fear. You can still attend one of the other shows coming up: March 6-7 in Washington, DC March 20-21 in Chicago, IL October 2-3 in New York, NY We’re planning on attending the DC show this... »
Can Tourism Play a Part in Saving the Environment?
We have been reading Mike Tidwell’s Bayou Farewell over the last couple of weeks. Published in 2003, it’s Mike’s journey through Louisiana Cajun country, getting to know the many different groups of people, immersing himself in the Cajun/Southern/French/Vietnamese/Houma Indian/etc. cultures he finds there. It’s... »
Ashley Klinger: Rising Star and Mindful Tourist (or What to Do in the Pittsburgh Airport When You’re Bored)
This video has been making the rounds - check out Ashley Klinger as she amuses herself while waiting overnight for her connecting flight in the Pittsburgh Airport. We love the message this video sends - that while traveling annoying things will happen but you... »
Our New Voluntourism Post
Hey kids, we just wanted to give you the heads-up that in addition to Mindful Tourist, we are now blogging regularly as the Philanthropy Editor at the Lost Girls site. The women behind the Lost Girls traveled the world, wrote a book about it,... »
Not Keen on Vancouver? Try Montreal for a Change of Pace and No Olympic-Sized Crowds
Getting sick of the Olympics already? The Games have become so corporate-driven that sometimes it’s difficult to wade through the media overkill and the host city hard sell to remember that the Olympics is at its core, a way to bring countries together, sharing... »
The Best Eco-Friendly Beach Destinations
With a record snowfall already in our little corner of the world and more than a month of winter to go, we can think only of the sun’s rays beating down on our bathing suited bodies. (Yes, a few more weeks on the elliptical... »
