On August 6th I’ll be hosting the Carnival of Cities, a blog carnival created by Home Turf Media. So if you have a travel related blog, write a post about a city you live in or are very familiar with. Then, simply, just submit it to me through BlogCarnival.com here and if it meets the guidelines I’ll include it in the carnival.

So basically, this blog carnival is a great way to gain exposure and links for your blog, and it’s a great community building activity. I look forward to receiving and reading your posts. If you’re interested, just read more about the guidelines and instructions that I linked to above.

There’s a travel blog meme going around here, and this is the first meme I’ve ever participated in. It’s attempting to be an ongoing list of the best travel blogs, that each publisher can add to. So according to the travel bloggers themselves, here are the best travel blogs.

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Basically, my “aha!” moment mentioned previously was that I need to travel abroad soon, and next summer is the only time possible. I’ve always dreamed of a European backpacking trip, so why not? Well, actually, I can think of many reasons why not to. But my desire to go abroad trumps those reasons right now. Below is a rough outline of the Budget Backpacking Quest that I hope to take in the summer of 2008.

Besides the travel planning and scheming I’ll need to complete before the trip, I also have a special challenge that I must complete before I’ll allow myself to take this trip. So if you’re interested, read the following plan for my Budget Backpacking Quest (2008).

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Hi, my name is Rob Meyer and am the author of a new budget travel blog called Go Budget Travel. Nick graciously offered to feature me as a guest blogger on his site, so I am here today to share my insight on the topic of international travel.

I have been traveling and living abroad for close to 3 years now, and would like to share 5 common regrets first-time travelers have after making their first trip abroad. By hearing these regrets you should be able to pick up a few tips on what to take into account for your first travel abroad experience!

5 Common regrets of the first time traveler:

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I had an “Aha!” the other day, and I’ve been working feverishly on the new idea. Actually, the initial idea has actually grown into a possible plan that I am committed to. So what is this wonderful, travel related plan I have in mind?

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As a diehard facebook user, I’ve been monitoring the new travel applications that have sprouted up since Facebook opened up their platform to other developers. I think I’ve given the developers a fair amount of time to release their travel applications, so here is a list of the new Facebook travel applications.

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