Press
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Features & Guest Posts
- Check out my article on boozing through Scottish whisky distilleries over on Matador Nights.
- Belly up to some classic Edinburgh watering holes. Thanks go to Aldo Singer, who can also help you with air tickets.
- Hit the brakes and get my take on slow travel over on Suzy Guese’s site.
- Venture into Portugal’s rainforest(?!), Peneda-GerĂªs National Park, over on Go Backpacking.
- Check out my untemplating story, Modern Alchemy, on Untemplater.
- Read about how I planned my trips around the world at AirTreks.
- I contributed my most valuable lesson learned from travel at Velvet Escape.
- Get the scoop on a solo traveler’s hierarchy of needs over on SoloFriendly.
- I contributed my 8th Wonder of the World to the Traveling Canucks‘ round-up.
- I made it into the pages of Madison Magazine! March’s issue profiles my career-break story and travel plans.
- My long haul to Salta is detailed on pages of World Nomad‘s Off the Beaten Path blog.
- The second part of my journey to Salta, La Mascara, was published by World Nomad’s Off the Beaten Path blog.
- The third part of my journey around Salta, Twists in the Road to Cafayate, was published by World Nomad’s Off the Beaten Path blog.
- I contributed a tidbit about what I wish I knew before I started traveling to Ryan Goes Abroad.
- I appear in Tours4Fun‘s Blueprint about favorite travel gear in which I talk about the Tom Bihn Smart Alec.
- PocketVillage’s Travel Radio Summer 2011 includes my song recommendation – Eluvium’s Prelude for Time Feelers.
- Easy to Visit’s Top 10 Packing Articles includes my post about packing for Argentina.
- I contributed a tip to staying healthy while traveling to Sick on the Road.
- Forbes independently profiled Traveling Savage with the article A Savage Walk Through Scotland’s Peaty Laphroaig Distillery.
- I wrote about the simple, pop-culture-influenced origin of my love for Scotland over at Holiday Scotland.
Bios & Interviews
- Get my story from the interview by the awesome Nomadic Chick.
- There’s a nice Traveling Savage feature over on TravelBlogSites.
- The traveling duo at Never Ending Voyage included me in the Next Generation of Travel Bloggers.
- I’m one of eight featured in Matador Network‘s photo essay on travelers ditching the cubicle to follow their dreams.
- The kind folks over at STA Travelbuzz highlighted Traveling Savage for their Travel Tuesday segment.
- GO! Overseas interviewed me and covered all kinds of Traveling Savage ground.
- Matt Long of LandLopers tossed some tough interview questions my way.
- Global Basecamps interviewed me as part of their Best in Travel Blogs series.
- Andy Hayes interviewed me for his site, Sharing Travel Experiences.
- Brendan Van Son of Brendan’s Adventures featured Traveling Savage as the inaugural Blog Exposure.
- Budget Your Trip profiled Traveling Savage and my savings plan.
- I’m featured in the e-book, How To Be An Adventurer, by Jodi Sagorin of If You Never Did You Should.
- Briefcase to Backpack profiled my radical career break.
- Rolf Potts’ Vagablogging site featured me as a vagabonding case study.
- Go, See, Write put together an hilarious interview with me including mostly off-the-wall questions.
- I’m #9 in As We Travel’s 25 most inspiring travel bloggers of 2010.
- Where Is Jenny? includes my take on how to overcome fear and my defining moment among 27 incredible travelers and writers.
- Hike Bike Travel got my take on where I’d go for two weeks if money was no obstacle.
- Off Track Planet wrote a piece about me as their featured Travel Dork.
- I was nominated as one of the world’s hottest travel blogging hunks on 1000 Fights. And I later won the coveted title of hottest travel blogger!
- TravelSiteCritic reviewed Traveling Savage back in July.
- Flip Nomad interviewed me as part of his Meet the Nomads series.
- I’m a Broke-Ass of the Week over on Broke-Ass Stuart’s Goddamn Website.
- FindMeetGo featured me as one of their Bloggers of the Moment.
- Gecko’s Adventures interviewed me for their Travel Chat series.
- Dangerous Business interviewed me as part of her Thursday Traveler series.
- Ordinary Traveler’s Around the World Interview series makes a stop in Scotland when they interview me.
- I’m mentioned in Fox News‘ coverage of Meet, Plan, Go 2011.
- National RV Parks interviewed me for my take on Scotland.
Blog Recognition
- 101 Holidays Best Travel Blogs of the Week: December 8, 2011
- Adventurous Kate’s Travel Blogs: Best of the Week (July 11-17, 2010)
- Almost Fearless‘ Best of 2010: 100 Inspired Travel Blogs
- As We Travel’s Best Travel Blogs: March 8 – March 12, 2010
- As We Travel’s Best Travel Blogs: March 29 – April 2, 2010
- As We Travel’s Best Travel Blogs: May 2 – May 7, 2010
- Brooklyn Nomad’s Travel Blog Rewind: June 7, 2010
- Butterfly Diary included Traveling Savage in her list of travel bloggers she’s thankful for.
- Candice Does the World toasts to me and some other great travel bloggers, May 13, 2010
- CollegeScholarships.org listed Traveling Savage as #10 in the Top 150 Travel Blogs for Students.
- A Dangerous Business’ Best Blogs of the Week: December 21, 2010
- Do It While You’re Young (DIWYY)’s inaugural Wednesday Wanderlust: May 26, 2010
- EasyJet Holidays Blogger of the Month: March 2012
- Finding the Universe put Traveling Savage on their list of travel bloggers who write about other travel bloggers.
- Gap Year Escape featured Traveling Savage as one of 25 travel blogs you should know: April 27, 2010
- GloboTreks Good Reads for the Month of August 2010
- GloboTreks Good Reads for the Month of October 2010
- GO! Overseas includes Traveling Savage in their Top 10 travel blogs
- Got Saga’s top 10 most inspiring travel blogs of 2010
- Grounded Traveler’s Writer’s Block: August 9, 2010
- Grounded Traveler’s Sleepy Kitten: October 20, 2010
- Grounded Traveler’s Peeing in Winter: January 26, 2011
- Hotel.info highlights my take on Glasgow’s Necropolis
- Islay Blog collects a bunch of my posts about Islay
- LandLopers Picks of the Week 4
- LandLopers Picks of the Week: December 24, 2010
- LandLopers Picks of the Week: March 11, 2011
- LandLopers Picks of the Week: November 11, 2011
- LLWorldTour includes me in her list of career breakers for Meet, Plan, Go!
- The Maiden Voyage’s Gen Y Travel Blog Carnival: 2nd Edition
- The Maiden Voyage’s Gen Y Travel Blog Carnival: 4th Edition
- The Maiden Voyage’s Gen Y Travel Blog Carnival: 5th Edition
- Misadventures with Andi’s Saturday Six #29
- Misadventures with Andi’s Saturday Six #31
- Misadventures with Andi’s Saturday Six #34
- Misadventures with Andi’s Saturday Six #42
- Misadventures with Andi’s Saturday Six #46
- Misadventures with Andi’s Saturday Six #47
- Misadventures with Andi’s Saturday Six #47 pt. 2
- Misadventures with Andi’s Saturday Six #50
- Misadventures with Andi’s Saturday Six #64
- Never Ending Voyage included Traveling Savage in their next generation of travel bloggers, May 13, 2010
- Off Track Planet’s 9 Most Successful Travel Bloggers of 2010
- Online Degrees includes Traveling Savage in their list of the Top 100 Travel Blogs
- Ordinary Traveler’s Weekly Round-Up: October 18, 2010
- The Planet D’s Highlights of Travel Stories Around the Web: November 12, 2011
- Runaway Juno’s Subscription Saturday: May 5th, 2011
- Single Occupancy’s Weekend Intelligence: December 11-12, 2010
- SoloFriendly’s Shiny Travel Objects: January 31, 2010
- SoloFriendly’s Shiny Travel Objects: March 28, 2010
- SoloFriendly’s Shiny Travel Objects: April 18, 2010
- SoloFriendly’s Shiny Travel Objects: December 3, 2010
- Spunky Girl Monologues’ Blog Crawl Monday Part 7
- Suzy Guese’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of April 26, 2010
- Suzy Guese’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of May 31, 2010
- Suzy Guese’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of August 8, 2010
- Tourdust’s Best of Travel on the Web for June 2011 – Best Photo
- Traveling Canuck’s Travel Blog Community – What We’ve Been Reading: August 8, 2010
- Traveling Ted kindly lists me in his bloggers he subscribes to list.
- Travelpology’s This Week in Travel: September 12 – September 18
- TravMonkey’s analysis lists Traveling Savage in the top 100 travel sites according to Google.
- Twenty-Something Travel’s April Update and Links: April 27, 2010
- Washington Flyer’s Best Travel Blogs of 2011 includes Traveling Savage.
- Wild About Travel’s Weekly Top 7 #1
- yTravelBlog’s Best Travel Blog Posts for Week of July 19, 2010
- yTravelBlog’s Best Travel Blog Posts for Week of July 25, 2010
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A hunter, oft-stubbled and bleary-eyed, driven by an insatiable hunger for exploration and experience - and perhaps a chance to thin the herd of caffeinated and alcoholic beverages. From the highlands and islands to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the Borders, I explore Scotland with a pen in hand and a fire in the belly (which could be partly from the whisky).
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