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About Travel Notes
Here's a brief guide to Travel Notes, the award-winning blog, including a few tips on how to read the blog and a list of frequently asked questions.
News is delineated by a headline followed by a short paragraph summarizing the story. Some of the content is also boldfaced for quick reading.
Backgrounders are one-sentence links posted below news items. There are two kinds of backgrounders. The ones preceded by a "•" are articles directly related to the news item and were recently published. Those noted with a "•" may have been posted earlier and are featured in order to offer perspective on a given event.
Analysis is in italics.
Attribution and posting time are noted at the end of each item. The source is the publication or broadcast in which the news item first appeared. The time stamp is the actual time the item posted on the blog. If there is an update, it will also be noted. All times are EDT.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Travel Notes? It's a summary of the day's most important travel news and commentary, updated five days a week.
Who publishes it? Christopher Elliott, a travel journalist and commentator.
Where do you find your news? Travel Notes is powered by NewsTrove, which helps us cull travel news from the Web. We use a Bloglines newsreader with customized RSS news feeds.
How is Travel Notes different from other blogs? Travel Notes puts the events of the day into perspective by offering analysis and perspective you won't find anywhere else.
But that describes a lot of blogs. What, specifically, sets Travel Notes apart? 1) It's written with the traveler (not just the air traveler) in mind. 2) It isn't beholden to an advertiser. 3) It's concise.
When does Travel Notes post? Normally,
it is updated early in the morning (usually between 5:30 a.m. and 6:30
a.m.) every weekday and throughout the day as news breaks.
What do you publish? Any news
relevant to travelers. Whether you travel by air, bus, car, ship or train.
Anything is fair game. Suggestions on relevant items are always appreciated.
You can e-mail them to me.
Where do you get your news from? All kinds of places. But my most important sources are readers, which is why I encourage you to send me your ideas.
Is any of the material on Travel Notes edited? No. This is a solo effort, so what you see — typos and all — are the responsibility of this site's publisher.
What if I see something that's wrong? Please report any broken links or factual inaccuracies immediately. They'll be fixed as soon as possible.
