The T-List in 2009 and Beyond
It’s amazing to me how much the T-List has grown since it was launched by Mathieu Ouellet back in March of 2007. It has been about a year and half now and the most recent list was posted by Happy Hotelier in his “Happy Halloween: Happy Hotelier’s 300 T-List Travel Related Blogs Ranked according to Technorati“. Here is a recap of how much the Travel Blogger community has grown over the last year:
- March 2007 – Mathieu Ouellet creates the T-List
- July 2007 – Jens Thraenhart and I decide to team to create the Tips from the T-List book.
- Sept 2007 – 30+ bloggers contribute to the Tips from the T-List book project.
- Nov 2007 – The Tips from the T-List book is launched at Canada-e-connect in Vancouver.
- Nov 2007 – The FIRST travel blogger’s summit is held at PhoCusWright Orlando (11Bloggers participate)
- Nov – Dec 2007 – E-book versions of the T-List book are distributed at the Travolution Conference, London and Web-in-travel, Singapore.
- January 2008 – Happy Hotelier updates the T-List with Technorati rankings.
- February 2008 – Tips from the T-list site launches, starts aggregating posts from authors.
- March 2008 – The FIRST International travel blogger summit is held at ITB Berlin (20 Bloggers participate and receive full press credentials).
- March 2008 – Second print version of T-List book (ITB edition is sponsored and published at ITB Berlin.
- April 2008 – Canadian travel blogger summit held at Online Revealed in Calgary.
- April 2008 – Elliott Ng from Uptake.com sets up the T-List Twitter Feed
- August 2008 – Tips from the T-List site is recognized as an official news source by Google News.
- November 2008 – 2nd Annual Blogger Summit at PhoCusWright, Hollywood (30+ Bloggers participate). Bloggers are provided full press credentials and exclusive media access. PhoCusWright provides exclusive video and photo content for bloggers.
- November 2008 – The #phocus08 tag becomes the 6th most popular tag on Twitter.
So, here we are about a year after the T-List and the bloggers on it have become “mainstream”, thanks in part to the dedication and commitment of the travel blogging community. The Tips from the T-List site has aggregated over 2,570 posts from over 40 contributing authors. The fact that the site has been recognized as a news source by Google News has only added to the credibility of the T-List community and the work that we all do collectively.
Let’s keep the momentum going in 2009! If you would like to add your content to the Tips from the T-List site and have it syndicated through Google News, I invite you (especially if you are on the following list) to email me at stephen.a.joyce [at] gmail.com with the feed you would like to syndicate.
If I have forgotten anything in my chronology, please let me know and comment on this post. Thanks again to Happy Hotelier for putting together the following list.
** UPDATE: I am not convinced that the Technorati ranking is the best way to rank the blogs and since this is more about inclusion then elitism, I have removed the rankings and re-sorted the list alphabetically based on Blog name.
| Blog Name | Subject | Language | Country |
| A Luxury Travel Blog | Luxury Travel | En | UK |
| Absolut BCN – Blog de Barcelona | Destination | Sp | Sp |
| Adirondack Base Camp | Destination | En | US |
| ADV Italia (new) | Travel Agents | It | It |
| Afrika Tourism | Destination | En | Afr |
| Air France Mexico – Weblog | Air Travel | En | Mex |
| Albert Barra | Marketing | Sp | Sp |
| Amateur Traveler | Travel | En | US |
| Andalucia for Holidays | Destination | En | Sp |
| Apartment Therapy Kitchen | Food | Sp | Peru |
| Aquela Passagem | Destination | Port | Brasil |
| Argentina’s Travel Guide | Destination | En | Arg |
| Artist At Large | Travel | En | US |
| BA Spotting | Destination | En | Arg |
| Bajo Coste | Air Travel | En | US |
| Barmaid Blog | Waiter | En | US |
| Bart Cat Travel Blog | Destination | En | Afg |
| BedJump.com | Bed Jumping | En | Can |
| Better Living Through Travel | Hotels | En | US |
| Bird to the North | Destination | En | US |
| Bitacora de Viajes | Travel | Sp | Arg |
| Blog City Trip | Destination | Ger | CH |
| Blog De Sao Paolo | Destination | Sp | Peru |
| Blog de Viajes | Travel 2.0 | Sp | Sp |
| Blog on Travel | Travel 2.0 | En | UK |
| Blog Travello | Destination | Ger | Ger |
| Blog Trippers | Aggregator | - | - |
| Blog Untangle My Web | Marketing | En | Aus |
| blog.entornao | Travel 2.0 | Sp | - |
| Blog.rydges.com | Destination | En | US |
| Boldly Go Solo | Travel Solo | En | US |
| BootsnALL Company Blog | Travel | En | US |
| Brand Canada Blog | Marketing | En | Can |
| Brasilien | Destination | Ger | Brasil |
| Brave New Traveler | Travel | En | Can |
| Brazil Travel Blog | Destination | SP | Brasil |
| Buenos Aires Argentina Guide | Destination | En | Arg |
| Buenos Aires Daily | Photo | En | Arg |
| Buenos Aires Faded Elegance | Destination | En | Arg |
| Buenos Aires through my eyes | Destination | En | Arg |
| BuhlerWorks by Joe Buhler | Travel 2.0 | En | US |
| Bull City Muttering | Mice | En | US |
| CampingCoop.org | Travel Stories | En | US |
| Canadian Tourism | Destination | En | Can |
| Canary Nightlife | Destination | En | SP |
| Chanters Lodge | Hotelier | En | Kenia |
| Cheap Travel from Seattle | Travel | En | US |
| Chileno-Living in Santiago | Destination | Sp | Chile |
| City Guide-cc | UGC | En | - |
| Clan Destinos | Destination | Sp | Sp |
| Commercializacion Hoteles | Marketing | Sp | - |
| Cool Hotels | Hotel Reviews | En | - |
| Cool Travel Guide | Travel | En | Dub |
| Cruise Bug Chatter | Cruise | En | - |
| de viaje a Brasil | Travel | Port | Brasil |
| De Viajero.com | Destination | Port | - |
| Delicious Baby | Travel | En | US |
| Der Barcelona Blog | Destination | Ger | Sp |
| Der FVW Blog | Destination | Ger | Ger |
| Despegar | Travel 2.0 | Sp | Arg |
| Destination Essentials | Travel Agents | En | UK |
| Diane Clarkson | Marketing | En | US |
| Diario del Viajero | Travel | SP | SP |
| Dimitious Journeys | En | UK | |
| Discover the French Riviera | Destination | En | Fr |
| DondeViajar.es | Travel | Sp | SP |
| Dot Tourism Blog | Marketing | En | Can |
| E Hotelier Com | News | En | US |
| E Tourism Info | Tourism | Fr | Fr |
| Edu Williams | Travel 2.0 | En | US |
| El Blog de un Hotel | Marketing | Sp | Sp |
| Elliott | Travel | En | US |
| En Trancision | Destination | SP | AR |
| Entreprendre dans le e-Tourisme | Travel 2.0 | Fr | Fr |
| Epoca Alta | Air Travel | Port | - |
| Es Mi Peru | Destination | Sp | Peru |
| Escapadas Europa. | Destination | SP | Sp |
| Euro Cheapo Blog | Indusrry | En | En |
| Europe A La Carte Blog | Destination | En | UK |
| Europe String | Destination | En | NL |
| eurotrip | Travel | Sp | Arg |
| Explorando Peru | Destination | Sp | Peru |
| Exposed Planet | Photo | En | NL |
| Family Travel | Family Travel | EN | US |
| Farecastblog.com | Air Travel | En | US |
| Fasten Your Seatbelts | Marketing | Ger | Au |
| Flickr Scotland Group | Destination | En | UK |
| Focus Barcellona | Destination | It | Sp |
| Foodaholic | Food | En | Aus |
| Football Travel Blog | Travel | En | Uk |
| Foreign Perspectives | Destination | En | Fr |
| Fox Nomad | Travel | En | - |
| France This Way | Destination | En | Fr |
| Future Gringo | Travel | En | US |
| Gadling | Travel | En | US |
| Geeky Traveler | Gadgets | En | US |
| General Manager (Opus) | Hotelier | En | Can |
| Get a Room! | Hotels | EN | - |
| GletcherBlog | Destination | Sp | Peru |
| Globorati | Luxury Travel | En | US |
| Gourmet Station Blog | Food | En | ? |
| Gridskipper | Destination | En | US |
| Grub Street NY Mag Food | Food | En | US |
| Guardian Travel | Travel | En | UK |
| Happy Hotelier | Hotelier | En | NL |
| Hawthorne Hotel | Hotelier | En | US |
| High Culture on a Low Budget | Things to do | En | - |
| Hole in the Donut | Travel | EN | US |
| Holiday Pad 2.0 | Accomodation | En | UK |
| Home Based Travel Agent | Travel | En | US |
| Hoosta | Hotels | En | UK |
| Hostel buenos Aires | Hotel Reviews | Sp, En, Fr, Pt | Arg |
| Hot & Cool Blog | Travel | En | Aus |
| Hotel and City Blog | Destination | En | Can |
| Hotel Bathrooms Exposed | Hotel Reviews | En | Can |
| Hotel Beds | Travel | En | Can |
| Hotel Blog Esp | Marketing | Sp | Sp |
| Hotel Blogs by Guillaume | Hotel Reviews | En | UK |
| Hotel Blogs by Guillaume Thevenot | Hotel Reviews | En | UK |
| Hotel Blogs Org | Aggregator | En | US |
| Hotel hotsheet | Travel | En | US |
| Hotel I Tour | Travel 2.0 | En | Fr |
| Hotel Industry Pros | Hoteliers | En | US |
| Hotel Law Blog | Destination | Sp | Peru |
| Hotel Marketing Strategies | Marketing | En | US |
| Hotel Warrior | Hotelier | En | US |
| HotelChatter | Travel | En | Us |
| Hoteles | Hotel Reviews | SP | Sp |
| Hotelmarketing Com | Marketing | En | US |
| Hotels and City Blogs | Hotel Reviews | En | Can |
| Hotels of the Rich and Famous | Hotels | En | US |
| Hotels, Friends and more | Marketing | Sp | Sp |
| I Love Indonesia | Destination | En | Ind |
| I Travelnet | Destination | - | - |
| Ibiza a pie de foto | Photo | SP | Sp |
| Idea Hatching | Marketing | En | US |
| InflightHQ | Air Travel | En | US |
| Intelligent Travel (Nat Geo) | Travel | En | US |
| Intermundial | Travel Insurance | Sp | Sp |
| Island Life | Destination | En | US |
| Japan Probe | Destination | En | Jap |
| Jaunted | Destination | En | US |
| Jetset Away | Luxury Travel | En | US |
| Joe Nguyen | Hotelier | En | Mal |
| Juan Lopez Sobejano | Marketing | Sp | Sp |
| Ken Burgin | Marketing | En | Aus |
| Kenya Holidays Blog | Destination | En | Kenia |
| Killing Batteries | Hotel Reviews | En | Eur |
| Kirkland Weblog | Destination | En | US |
| Kulinarisch Reisen | Marketing | Ger | Au |
| La Coctelera: ZuHause – Inicio | Photo | Sp | Sp |
| La Descricion del Mundo | Travel | - | - |
| LadyBug & Co | Destination | Sp | Peru |
| Le Gourmand | Food | Ger | Ger |
| Les Explorers | Travel 2.0 | FR/En | Fr |
| Life Cruiser | Travel | En | Sw |
| Line of sight | Travel | En | Arg |
| Living in France | Destination | En | FR |
| Living with Legends (Chelsea NYC) | On Site | En | US |
| Lonely Planet | Travel Blog | Destination | En | - |
| Los viajes de Jota | Travel | Sp | - |
| Luxury Spain Travel | Luxury Travel | En | Sp |
| Luxury UK Travel | Luxury Travel | En | Sp |
| Luxury Vacations @ Suite 101 | Travel | En | - |
| m-Travel.com | Air Travel | En | US |
| MACO Caribbean Living | Destination | En | Carrib |
| Mapplr | Destination | En | NL |
| Marketing Turistico | Marketing | SP | Sp |
| Marriot on the Move | Hotel Reviews | En | US |
| Me-go: Around-the-World | World Travel | En | US |
| Megustaelturismo | Air Travel | Sp | Sp |
| Miss Expatria | Destination | En | It |
| Most beautiful Hotels | Hotel Reviews | En | - |
| Musings on Travel E-Commerce | Travel Industry/Travel 2.0 | En | UK |
| My Marrakesh | Destination | En | Mor |
| My Pueblo Bonito | Destination | En | - |
| My Travel Backpack | Backpackers | En | Can |
| Nautilia in English | Travel | En | Sp |
| Nerds Eye View | Travel | En | US |
| New York Hospitality | Hotelier | En | US |
| New York Traveler | Destination | En | US |
| New York Traveler.net | Destination | En | US |
| Newyorkology | Destination | En | US |
| Nile Cruise 4U | Cruise | En | Uk |
| Nomadic Matt | Travel | En | US |
| Nos vamos de turismo! | Destination | Sp | Arg |
| Notes From The Road | Photo | En | US |
| Ofertas de Viaje | Destination | SP | Arg |
| Online travel Review | Air Travel | En | US |
| Open TS | Database | Ger | Ger |
| Passions of a Zealot | Hotel Property | En | US |
| Perceptive Travel | Destination | - | - |
| Prepara Tu Viaje | Travel | Sp | Sp |
| Primera Clase | Air Travel | SP | SP |
| Radar On FR | Travel | Fr | Can |
| Radaron | Travel 2.0 | En | Can |
| Rambling Traveler | Travel | En | US |
| Randy’s Journal | Air Travel | En | US |
| Real Travel | Travel | En | - |
| Reise Tafel | Destination | Ger | Ger |
| Relactions blog | Travel | En | US |
| Relactions Blog | Marketing | En | It |
| Restaurant Girl | Rest. Reviews | En | US |
| Rick Seaney | Air Travel | En | US |
| Road Gladiator | Air Travel | En | US |
| Rolling Rains Report | Travel | En | US |
| Round Trip | Marketing | Ger | Ger |
| Rumboperdido | Destination | Sp | Aus |
| Select World Travel | Travel | En | UK |
| Serious Eats | Food | Sp | Peru |
| Social Diva | Destination | - | - |
| Soul Travelers 3 | Travel | En | - |
| Tango Diva Travel Blog | Solo Woman | En | US |
| The Boot | Travel 2.0 | En | Aus |
| The Cottage Lake Placid | Hotelier | En | US |
| The Cranky Flier | Air Travel | En | US |
| The Delicious Llfe | Food | En | US |
| The Hague Daily Photo Blog | Photo | En | NL |
| The Informed Traveler | Hotel Reviews | EN | US |
| The Lobby from SPG | Hotel Reviews | EN | US |
| The Lost Girls | Backpackers | En | US |
| The Materialist (Concierge) | Travel | En | US |
| The McCluskey Blog | Marketing | En | US |
| The Perrin Post | Travel | En | US |
| The Preferred Guest | Destination | En | Gr |
| The Suite Life | Hotels | En | - |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | Backpackers | En | Aus |
| The Travel & Hospitality Diaries | Hospitality | En | US |
| The Travel Cooler | Photo | En | US |
| The Travel PR Blog | Travel 2.0 | En | Uk |
| The Trippist, Amsterdam | Destination | En | NL |
| The Wine Camp Blog | Wine | En | US |
| This non-American Life | Expat | En | Ch |
| Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations | Destination | En | US |
| Tips From The T List | Aggregator | En | Can |
| Toni Mascaro Blog Barcelona | Destination | Sp | Sp |
| Tour Cochise County | Destination | En | US |
| Tourism Internet Marketing Blog 2.0 | Marketing | En | Can |
| Tourism Tecnology Trends | Technology | En | US |
| Tourism Tide | Destination | - | - |
| Tourisme et Internet | Tourism | Fr | Fr |
| Tourismus – Zukunft | Travel 2.0 | Ger | Ger |
| Touristikblog.de | Travel 2.0 | Ger | Ger |
| Trabber Noticias | Air Travel | Sp | Sp |
| Tracking Tourism | Travel Solo | Eng | UK |
| Travel Advice and Guides | Travel | En | US |
| Travel Alltop | Linksite | En | US |
| Travel and Web 2.0 | Marketing | En | US |
| Travel Babel | Travel | En | US |
| Travel Blissful | Travel | En | UK |
| Travel Blog 24 | Travel | Ger | Ger |
| Travel Blogger CH | Travel | Ger | CH |
| Travel Blogs Com | Aggregator | En | US |
| Travel Horizons | Destination | En | Aus |
| Travel LA Times | Travel | En | US |
| Travel LA Times | Travel | En | US |
| Travel Pod | Destination | En | US |
| Travel Rants | Travel | En | UK |
| Travel Technology | Hotelier | En | US |
| Travel Weekly UK Blog | Marketing | En | UK |
| Travel Wonders of the World | Travel | En | Aus |
| TravelBlog.it | Destination | It | It |
| TravelerWIRE | Hotel Reviews | En | US |
| Traveling Cari | Travel | En | US |
| Traveling Mamas | Travel | En | US |
| Travels With Two | Travel | En | US |
| Travelvice | Air Travel | En | - |
| Travolution Blog (new) | Marketing | En | UK |
| Travolution Blog (old) | Marketing | En | UK |
| Trip Advisor | Hotel Reviews | En | US |
| TripCart :: The Travel Blog | Destination | En | US |
| Tripinator | Travel 2.0 | En | US |
| Trusted Places | Destination | En | UK |
| Two Dog Zoo | Travel Stories | En | US |
| UK Airports Blog | Airports | En | UK |
| Under The Rotunda | Marketing | En | Aus |
| Upgrade Travel Better (New) | Air Travel | En | US |
| Uptake Blog | Destination | En | US |
| Vacant Ready (COM) | Hotel Reviews | En | Can |
| Vagablogging | Travel | En | US |
| Vagablond | Luxury Travel | En | US |
| Vagabondish | Travel | En | US |
| Viajar Asia. | Destination | SP | Sp |
| Viaje na Viagem | Destination | Port | Brasil |
| Viator Travel Blog | Travel | En | ?? |
| VibeAgent Blog | Hotels | En | US |
| Vinography: A Wine Blog | Wine | En | US |
| Waiter Rant | Waiter | En | US |
| Wandalust | Travel | En | UK |
| Web 2.0 Travel Tools | Travel 2.0 | En | ?? |
| Weekendhotel Weblog | Hotel Reviews | Dutch | NL |
| Well Done Fillet | Destination | Sp | Peru |
| What A Trip | Travel | En | US |
| What The Waiter Knows | Destination | En | Ire |
| Where the Hell is Matt | Travel | En | US |
| Wilhelmus | Travel | En | Can |
| Wine Goddess | Wine | En | US |
| WiWiH Blog | Aggregator | En | NL |
| World Hum | Travel | En | US |
| Your Daily Vacation | Travel | En | - |
| Zeitgeist | Marketing | En | US |
I give up on getting into this top 300 as my blog – due to a technorati bug (with having an old blog on the same domain) – stops me getting any technorati rank as most “points” get allocated to my old (and now deleted) blog
Now if you did it on RSS readers you would have a very different story…….
I agree with you Alex. I don’t think the Technorati ranking is all that important, especially since their weird adjustments. I saw my ranking fall from 60 at it’s peak to 14? I used the original list out of respect for Guido and because he put so much work into it. That said, do we even need a ranking? Do we need to know how influential the blogger is based on some arbitrary third party? It seems to me that we want to encourage people to participate and not make it a popularity contest.
To that end, I have updated the list without rankings and I’ve sorted it in order by name. Frankly I don’t know why you never made it on the list Alex, so I added you in too.
Stephen, thanks for your work, Guido has also done a great job. For me is very pleased to be on this list and be the only hostel blog in the same. Just want to make a last request, only a small detail, Hostel Buenos Aires is written in 3 languages, English, Spanish and Portuguese and sometimes I do it in French. Thanks again. Best regards from Buenos Aires. Jorge
Stephen – thanks for work here. I agree with you and Alex re Technorati. My readership keeps going up, number of comments I get go up but my Technorati ranking keeps going down.
Can I ask for minor change to the table. It lists the BOOT area as “Air Travel”. Can it be changed to “Travel Industry/Travel 2.0″. Thanks
I suggest http://flyerblogs.com
Apartments Barcelona – Interesting article to read! Why don’t you make sure, you have enough money to secure a good apartment in Barcelona?
Apartments Barcelona – Interesting article to read! Why don’t you make sure, you have enough money to secure a good apartment in Barcelona?
Apartments Barcelona – Interesting article to read! Why don’t you make sure, you have enough money to secure a good apartment in Barcelona?
Might I suggest my humble Blog about Barcelona? http://www.barcelonasights.blogspot.com – I won best blogger in europe award early 2009 (voted by the bloggers guide) and offer an alternative view on city life! Great list, though, Thanks!
David.
Might I suggest my humble Blog about Barcelona? http://www.barcelonasights.blogspot.com – I won best blogger in europe award early 2009 (voted by the bloggers guide) and offer an alternative view on city life! Great list, though, Thanks!
David.
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Thanks for the list but agree with alex and stephen. mikedillard
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