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First time visiting the HoliDaze? Well, the following few articles should give you a better idea of who we are and what we hope to accomplish, but if we had to sum it all up in two words it would be: travel inspiration.
Our goal here at HoliDaze is to show people the world, and in doing so, inspire others to travel as well, to get out and see the world. There is so much out there to see and do, people to meet, places to visit, excursions to take, great times to be had and unforgettable memories to be made. I know it sounds cheesy, but I always tell people that my original inspiration for traveling so much was that one song from the Disney move The Lion King. You know the one I mean, it’s called Circle Of Life and it goes “there is more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done! ...”
What we hope to do is create an ever-expanding collection of articles as well as a network active blogs and travel sites to stimulate and encourage viewers to travel outside of the box. Together with the help of social networking sites like Twitter and Tumblr we aim to highlight just how many fantastic places there are to see around the world. Are you a travel blogger? Then why not join in and tell us about your HoliDaze! All pages link back to your site and/or social pages, so its a win-win situation.
Part of my obsession with traveling is that too many of my young friends are already getting married, settling down and popping out kids. Now don’t get me wrong, I have got nothing against having a family, but more times than not once you start having kids your traveling options are severely impacted. Why not travel and then start a family? Although I have seen it done successfully, you have the will and the way to pull off being a family on the road -- and if that happens to be your family then I applaud you. (And please, give me a shout and let me know how your adventures are going -- thanks!)
Add a commentThe HoliDaze is in the process of networking together some of the best active travel blogs out there. Have you ever tried searching blogs for research on your upcoming trip? It is so hard to find active blogs that cover the area(s) you are going. We used to spend weeks doing its, wasting hours and hours... Then we realized, why not just create a central hub connecting travelers and travel blogs? Kind of a loose network of active travel blogs and expats.
And that is what we have done here! But we are still brand new, and as such always looking for guest writers. For more information on all the benefits, read below.
Do you have a travel blog or site already? Do you share our same love of traveling? Well then we would love your feedback here at the Daze! In return we will add your blog/site to our network and help drive up your traffic. And if you want to link back to us, well then that is just a win-win situation, thank you.
How does the process work? Easy as 1-2-3, and it only takes about two minutes:
- Simply register/login via Twitter, WordPress, Google, Yahoo, FourSquare, LinkedIn, or others, and post at least one article in any section(s) of your choosing. If you really want to make things simple, just copy and paste one of your favorite or most interesting blog entries -- or more if you'd like, we won't stop you. Each post will link back to your blog and social networking accounts, so just consider them free publicity, the more the merrier!
- After you have posted your first article, you can publish a link to your blog or travel site by clicking here. Make sure to select 'Travel Blogs' as the category, so that it will get promoted on the right section of the Daze. If you would like a new category added then just give us a shout. Your site will be published instantly under Our Friends' Travel Blogs, but may take an hour or two to get verified. No commercial or corporate sites are allowed, thanks for understanding!
- If you would like to have your articles and contact profile link to your Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, Flickr, or any other social networking accounts, simply contact us and provide us with the info and we will handle the rest. FYI: We do limit the number of social links per person to five.
Sounds simple, right? You'll be helping inspire and educate other travelers as well as increasing traffic to your own site. Win-win. And after all, what have you got to lose?
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Greetings, glad to have you here. The HoliDaze is a travel web site connecting fellow bloggers and backpackers while also educating and inspiring others to get out off their couch and see the world with their own eyes. It is one thing to recite something that you saw on the television news, but it is an entirely different thing to be able to say "yes, I went there and sure they had this-this-and-this correct, but they had this-and-this wrong and they totally left out this."
The primary reason behind HoliDaze was the seeming absence of a travel web site for people who want to travel and see the world but do not want be seen as tourists or do the same stereotypical thing as everyone else. 'Cultural enthusiast' is the term I use, although others may see themselves more as vagabonds, backpackers, expats, or sufferers of wanderlust.
Add a commentThis site has roots back to 2008, although at that time it was called Shibuya Daze, in honor of our favorite ward of Tokyo. As you may or may not know, I have a love of traveling but most importantly a love of Asia. While that is part of what prompted the initial travels to Japan and the Philippines, I have since come to realize that I am happier traveling than at home and thus I will be a vagabond for life.
It all began, as most good things do, one drunken evening while BBQ'ing with some friends, in what would otherwise have been a perfectly ordinary night. Looking back, no one can swear who suggested it first, but I swear to you -- no, seriously, I'm not kidding -- that it was me. Our month-long trip to Tokyo, complete with a last-minute addition of a week in the Philippines, was less than two weeks away and I still had not decided how I wanted to share our daily pics / vids / stories with my friends back home.
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