By Mark | Published:
June 23, 2009
In need of travel inspiration? We’ve recently happened across a great blog at opentravel.com which is full of travel ideas an inspiration, particularly this post:
Unreal landscapes on our very much real Earth are like gates to different worlds. These places blow our minds and cross the limits of our imagination.
Click to see some amazing [...]
By Mark | Published:
June 9, 2009
MapVivo is now available in Italiano & Español (in additional to English, Polish and German) as a continuation of our efforts to span the globe with travel experiences.
As before, MapVivo will automatically show you content in your chosen language, plus any languages that you speak with our smart language filtering.
(dont forget to update your MapVivo [...]
By Mark | Published:
June 8, 2009
Want to know what it would be like to walk across China?
Last month we blogged about Christoph Rehage and his incredible journey across China – 4,600 kilometres on foot.
As well as creating a video of the trip, which according to The Times may be the best travel video of 2009, Chris has blogged the [...]
By Mark | Published:
June 5, 2009
Since launching our Inspiring Travel Journals Competition with our friends at Roundtheworldflights we’ve had some exciting bids for the $1,000 prize.
We’re looking for journals which capture the raw, unplugged essence of the travel experience rather than lucid prose. So far we’ve not been disappointed - many of the entrants pass our critical test - does [...]
By Mark | Published:
June 5, 2009
We like being inspired by tales of travel, and this morning I was pleasantly inspired by a MapVivo trip in an unusual way:
Your Travel life doesn’t end when you have Children
MapVivo user Hannah takes Matthew (7) and Jamie (4) on an 11 week world adventure to India, Mauritius, Thailand, Vietnam, and South Africa.
We think that’s [...]
By Mark | Published:
May 27, 2009
Well, maybe not the absolute worst, but a catalogue of experiences around the world which explain why a taxi is always my last resort for getting from A to B, and why I’d rather walk, take public transport or a bike just about anywhere.
Disclaimer: Many taxi drivers are polite, courteous, professional and very honest. It’s [...]
Posted in Life of Travel | Tagged bangkok, cairo, china, india, london, moscow, new york, paris, rome, taxis, warsaw, zurich |
By Mark | Published:
May 26, 2009
In case it’s not in your mailbox, here it is!
In this Month’s edition:
Win $1,000 in our competition, featured journeys and travelers, our web-tips, news from the team and more.
By Mark | Published:
May 21, 2009
Help support your favourite on-line travel site (hopefully that’s us, right?) by voting for MapVivo in this year’s TravelMole Web Awards.
MapVivo has already been nominated, so all you need to do is visit our nomination page and give us your rating. Any comments and feedback left there are also much appreciated.
Voting closes on June 10th. [...]
By Mark | Published:
May 18, 2009
Got the traveling bug and want to see more of the world?
MapVivo is excited to announce our first Travel Journal competition together with roundtheworldflights.com and Bradt Travel Guides.
Entry is simple: To enter our competition, sign-up via our competition entry page, then go ahead and create your MapVivo travel journal. On June 15th we’ll take the [...]
By Mark | Published:
May 16, 2009
The Times Online reports today that hotels in Mexico are offering free holidays to people who catch swine flu:
Hotels in Mexico are offering free holidays to tourists who catch swine flu in their resorts in a bid to restore confidence in the destination.
The initiative, which involves three hotel chains, is being led by Real [...]