There are more stories to tell than I could ever tell. More experiences to have than I could ever hope to have. More first-person knowledge than I could ever compile into lists of tips and hints. So, to help you navigate through all of the stories, experiences, tips and hints, here is a list of resources that have inspired and helped me in my travels.

Advice and Planning

• Briefcase to Backpack — Travel advice for career breaks and sabbaticals.
• BrilliantTrips — Smart travel tips and advice from the independent travel company BrilliantTrips.com.
• Chris Around the World — A travel journalist’s tips from the road.
• Darn Good Digs — A site for budget-minded travelers to share their all-time favorite hotels, inns, and bed and breakfasts around the globe. All accommodations are unique and independently owned.
• Maiden Voyage — Travel advice, reviews and ideas for 20-somethings (and others young at heart).
• Paramount Travel Blog — Advice about traveling around the world from a group of travel bloggers.
• Sharing Travel Experiences — Travel more with tips, information and travel resources.
• Travel Insurance — This website offers information on passports, visas, safety and health as well as a planning checklist.
• Travel Writers Exchange — A place community where travel writers, bloggers and journalists exchange tools, tips and resources as they relate to travel writing.
• Unhook Now — World travel adventures to 100 countries. Helping people travel & see more for half the cost for all trips and safely realize their travel dreams.
• Wanderlust and Lipstick — A comprehensive travel planning guide for women that includes gear reviews, tour guide information and tips.

Communities

• BootsnAll — The ultimate resource for the independent traveler.
• Lonely Planet Thorn Tree — Get help, get connected, get inspired.
• Matador Network — The world’s largest independent travel magazine.

Destination Specific

• Africa Freak - Tales and tidbits from a traveler in love with Africa.
• My Several Worlds: A Global Mind in Asia — My Several Worlds is a travel and photography website focusing on Asian destinations, attractions, lifestyle and culture.
• Travel the Middle East — Your guide to Middle East travel.
• WhyGo Australia — A comprehensive guide about traveling to Australia.
• WhyGo France — Everything you need to know about traveling to France.
• WhyGo Italy — One of the most comprehensive travel guides about Italy.
• WhyGo Las Vegas — The all-in-one Las Vegas travel guide that I write through BootsnAll. If there’s something you want to know about Las Vegas and can’t find it on this site, let me know!

Round-the-World Travel

• Almost Fearless — Fortune 500 manager quits job to travel the world.
• Everything Everywhere — Traveling around the world since March 2007.
• Go Backpacking — A blog aimed at encouraging people to travel abroad, independently.
• No Debt World Travel — One guy’s attempt to travel as far around the world as he cheaply can.
• Nomadic Matt — Around-the-world journeys of Matt, who quit the rat race in 2005 and has been traveling regularly ever since.
• Nomadic Samuel — Miles away from ordinary … dripping with sarcasm.
• One Step 4 Ward — Johnny Ward graduated from university in 2006 and has been on the road since. In the last 4 years he has traveled, worked, studied, volunteered and backpacked through more than 50 countries around the world.
• Otts World — Travel and life experiences of a Corporate America runaway.
• Smiling Faces Travel Photos — Daily travel photo featuring smiles from around the world.
• The Professional Hobo — Adventures of a girl with no fixed address.
• The World Effect — A travelogue from around the world searching for culture, design and adventure.
• Two Go Round-The-World — Two Go Round-The-World preserves the observations of Kathryn and Daniel as they plan, prepare and pack for a year-long RTW trip set to depart Toronto, Canada in July 2011.
• Uncornered Market — Measuring the Earth with their feet.

Travelogues

• A Little Adrift — Shannon finished a round-the-world trip in 2009 but couldn’t stop the travel bug and is still wandering the world.
• Backpacking Worldwide — The worldwide travels of Matt Hope, an ex-band member with half-finished law school applications on hold.
• CG Travels Blog — A travel blog for the working professional.
• Dave’s Travel Corner — Seeing the world one step at a time.
• Folie à Deux — Tales of food and travel plus so much more.
• Frill Seeker Diary — The intersection of pop culture and adventure.
• Inside the Travel Lab — A blog about the art and science of unusual journeys.
• Nomadic Notes — Travel blog and photography from a location independent nomad.
• Pommie Travels — A British girl who has decided to leave behind cold, rainy England to travel the world in search of something more.
• Solo Friendly — Tips and advice for the solo traveler.
• The Brooklyn Nomad — A “Noo Yawka” with a serious case of wanderlust. The Brooklyn Nomad is updated daily with travel news, tips, stories and hotel reviews.
• The Jungle Princess — Costa Rican expat turns Las Vegas magazine editor.
• Tourist 2 Townie — Travel deeper with Gareth on his uncensored social experiment to see what it takes to go from Tourist to Townie in Latin America.
• Traveling Triplets — A little bit of travel, a little bit of fashion, a whole lot of character.
• Travellious — Travel smarter, travel often, travel rebelliously.
• Travelogged — Covering a variety of destinations around the world, Liz describes not only about her only travels but writes about other people’s adventures too.
• Travel Wonders of the World — Personal photos and descriptions of Mark’s most memorable destinations from 25 years of travel across 80+ countries — what he calls his travel wonders of the world.
• Two Yuppies and a Passport — Chronicling life one trip at a time.
• Velvet Escape — Go explore. Experience. And be inspired.
• Wandering Trader — Tales of a day trader turned world traveler.
• World Wide Mike — Stories from Mike’s travels around the world.

Travel, Writing and Curious Musings

• Geotraveler’s Niche — Esteemed travel writer Lola Akinmade trips around the planet and showcases her work through writing and photography.
• Ian Mack — A writer, filmmaker and traveler, Ian is also the founder and editor of Brave New Traveler.
• Living Holistically — A website dedicated to re-educating the world about what it truly means to be holistic, and how this can lead to health and happiness as defined by YOU, not anyone else.
• Travel Media Ninja — Gentleman adventurer, travel writer, digital media producer, climber of mountains and thinker of thoughts.