Some of my favorite travel magazines and publications
When I shared our tentative travel plans for 2013, I said I’d share some of my planning process.
Today I received some fun snail mail: the latest issue of Travel+Leisure and a travel planning package from the State of Texas.
I love travel magazines! Right now I only subscribe to Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Travel+Leisure and Kansas! Magazine but I have at one time or another also subscribed to:
- Caribbean Travel & Life
- Condé Nast Traveler
- Florida Travel+Life
- International Living
- Islands
- National Geographic Traveler
- Probably others but that’s all I can remember for now.
I also love reading the in-flight magazines when I fly. I get ideas on where I want to go from these magazines, but I also enjoy learning about places I might never go. And the photography is a great way to escape for an afternoon or to get ideas for my travel photos.
Most of my travel research is online once I’ve picked a location (I’ll share more about my favorite sites for research in a future post), but I do still like to check out state travel guides of the print variety. Kinda like holding the newspaper in my hands … I just like to be able to sit on the couch (or at the pool during the summer) and flip the pages.
What are your favorite travel magazines?
Melinda
Writer. Photographer. Lover of travel. Believer that all who wander are not lost. #Mizzou grad living in Wichita, Kansas.
10 Comments
Missy
I seriously thought I was the only one who enjoyed travel mags anymore!
Missy recently posted…5 Celebrity Kitchens I’m Loving Right Now!
Melinda
You’re not alone Missy! Any that you subscribe to that I didn’t mention here?
Quailman
It’s not a magazine, but I love the Sunday Travel section of the New York Times. We got a book for Christmas from Deb’s son of all the 36 Hour features they’ve done. Fantastic. Deb gets the Viking River Cruise catalog – does that count?
Melinda
Yes travel catalogs count! Read the itineraries and it’s like you’ve gone on the trip. Sorta. Kinda. Not really. :)
But they are great for dreaming and giving ideas on where to go and what to do!
I should borrow the NY Times book from you, I love the 36-hour series. I follow NY Times travel and USA Today travel on twitter but don’t subscribe to either even though I like both.
Quailman
I forgot – Bree Ann gave me Marci Penner’s Kansas travel guide when I moved here and it is the best. Every state should have one.
Quailman
I just noticed that my comments were posted Jan 12 instead of Jan 11. It’s six hours ahead of reality. Is that my machine or yours?
Melinda
It’s mine — haven’t figured out how to correct it yet.
Melinda
I finally got the time stamp thing figured out! Although, I kinda liked being six hours ahead of reality!
Rhonda
The hotel I told you about on the Big Island is in American Airlines magazine this month, reminded me why I loved it!
Melinda
Cool! I love it when properties where I’ve stayed or restaurants where I’ve eaten are in travel mags!