Corrections
My previous post – Bloggers vs Journalists: Why bloggers are second class citizens – seems to have stirred up quite a debate.
There are a few things that have been brought to my attention since that I thought I should add. First of all (and somewhat going against my argument), it seems as though the budget [...]
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Or The Curse of the Woman Who Didn’t Know When To Shut Up.
Difference between bloggers and journalists
A few weeks ago, the ever-excellent Matthew Teller hosted a debate on his blog about the difference between bloggers and journalists.
It’s something of a hoary old debate, but some excellent points were raised. Key amongst these are that journalists [...]
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Budget airlines and Visa Electron
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There’s probably not a human being on the planet that doesn’t despise the absurdly high fees that budget airlines charge to pay with credit and debit cards. The best way around this, as Karen Bryan explains, is to get a Visa Electron card.
Easyjet debit card loophole
But fellow travel writer John [...]
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Travel media and budget hotels
I have come to the conclusion that people working in the travel media are in some kind of fantasy land. Recently, I have seen so many stories about the best budget hotels in various locations and have had the same reaction every time. Simply put, the travel media definition of ‘budget’ [...]
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Greyhound bus from Cairns to Brisbane
In May and June, I slowly made my way down the Queensland coast in Australia. Because I’m a big coward and didn’t fancy hiring a car, I used Greyhound buses all the way down from Cairns to Brisbane.
It’s arguably the cheapest way to get down the coast if you’re wanting [...]
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