There are countless travel bloggers and resources for people to leverage when they’re planning their vacations. But finding the most helpful ones for your planning process can be like searching for a needle in a haystack. I’ve complied a list of resources I use and travel bloggers I like to read – and use for sources of information for my personal trips. Hope these links are helpful!

If you’re a travel blogger and would like to be added, please contact me. Note, your blog will need to have been updated within the last 90 days and have a DA of 25 or higher.

Best of the Best

Everything Everywhere: An award-winning travel blog by Gary Arndt, a photographer who was named Travel Photographer of the Year by both the Society of American Travel Writers and the North American Travel Journalists Association.
 
 
Johnny Jet: John E. DiScala (a.k.a. Johnny Jet) travels around 150,000 miles and visits over 20 countries each year. He and his website JohnnyJet.com have been featured over 2,000 times in major publications, including USA. Today, Time, Fortune and The New York Times, and he has appeared on ABC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, NBC, and PBS.
 
 
 
 
Nomadic Matt– New York Times bestselling author who shares the best of the best for budget travel.
 
 
Mapping Megan  – Megan is an Australian Journalist who has been traveling and blogging around the world years. The blog aims to give you the best tips and advice on traveling, volunteering, living, working and holidaying abroad.  She hasn’t been everywhere, but it’s on her list.
 
 
A Little Adrift – Shannon O’Donnell is a National Geographic Traveler of the Year.
 
 
Amateur traveler – Chris Christensen runs the award-winning podcast and blog.

 

Food & Wine

Girls Gotta Drink – Everything you need to know about wine travel in Piedmont, Italy.

Vindulge

Wine Channel TV

VinePair

Wine Folly

Grape Experiences

Jamie Goode’s Wine Blog

Family Travel Resources

Trekaroo – Kids. Trips. And real reviews.

Walking on Travels– When you won’t let your kids stop your wanderlust

Travel Babbo

Travels With Baby

TravelingMamas.com 

Travel Savvy Mom

Flying with a Baby Covers all aspects of family travel with a big emphasis on flying tips.

Travel Bloggers Who Make Me Laugh (and have great tips!)

Travel Addicts – Lance and Laura, two busy professionals who travel the world as much as their “real world” vacation schedules allow. They’ll show you how you can do it too.

Born2Travel.it: Mark and Stefy, two Italian backpackers, tell and photograph their experiences around the world with love. A website that tries to share adventures with other travelers giving tips about backpacking in freedom.

TurnipseedTravel.com: TurnipseedTravel.com is passionate about great value – getting the absolute most for your hard earned dollars and days off. Their value travel philosophy tells you where to save, when to splurge, and how to make every moment count.
 
Travelling King shares tips from budget travel to luxury travel in Thailand and in Australia for everyday guys and girls. They try to make travel easy.
 
Wild Junket: An award-winning travel blog focused on outdoor adventures and off-grid travel.
 
Mountain Leon: Cal Bailey is from Australia. He runs Mountain Leon. A blog where he shares stories and advice from his years on the road doing outdoor travel.
 
Bel Around The World: Pulling from Isabel’s own world travels and lessons, she gives tips on how to take action to pursue your dreams of traveling more, and make use of student travel perks and stretch every penny while traveling experimentally.
 
DESTINATIONS UNKNOWN – Meet Sean Brown, travel blogger, photographer, and sarcastic genius.  He’s the founder of DESTINATIONS UNKNOWN – an uncensored travel blog featuring dark tourism, disaster tourism, wildlife, nature and UNESCO sites.