Awards
2013
- Second Prize: Photography, Northern Lights Award, Canadian Tourism Commission
- Top 10 Travel Bloggers on Twitter Cision
- Top 50 Travel Blogs Cision
2012
- Gold Medal: Travel Blog, North American Travel Journalism Association
- Gold Medal: Photo Essay, North American Travel Journalism Association
- Silver Medal: Broadcast, North American Travel Journalism Association
- Silver Medal: Travel App, North American Travel Journalism Association
- Lowell Thomas Award, Bronze Medal, Photo Illustration of Travel
- SATW Central States, Travel Photographer of the Year
- SATW Central States, Travel Blog of the Year
- Top 10 Travel Experts on Twitter Thompson Reuters
2011
- Gold Medalist: Broadcast; This Week In Travel, North American Travel Journalism Association
- Silver Medalist: Travel Blog; Everything Everywhere, North American Travel Journalism Association
- Honorable Mention, SATW Muster Photo Competition, Animals
- Finalist, Best Travel Blog The Bloggie Awards
- Top 20 Most Influential Photography Bloggers ExpertPhotography.com
2010
- 25 Best Blogs Time Magazine
- Finalist, Best Travel Blog The Bloggie Awards
- Top Adventure Twitters National Geographic Adventure
2009
- Top 10 Travel Blogs National Geographic Adventure TV
- 50 great travel tweeters London Telegraph
- Travel Blog Awards Finalist: Best Image Blog Lonely Planet
- Travel Blog Awards Finalist: Best Travelogue Lonely Planet
- 8 Daily Photo Blogs That Provide Inspiration Digital Photography School
Press Mentions
- For Travel Savings in 2013, Go Retro New York Times
- Tech: Blogs that bloomed TTG Digital
- The Most Useful Travel Websites Travel Weekly
- How To Survive a Plane Crash MSN Travel
- Bad news for generalists: the niche travel blogger is in demand for 2013 World Travel Market
- Frugal Traveler, Sept. 13, 2011 New York Times
- Follow these 5 essential travel tweeters San Francisco Chronicle
- Why More Americans Don’t Travel Abroad CNN
- Thinking before we travel … typing at Starbucks … gap adventures is no more Toronto Star
- I want to go somewhere my friends haven’t already been, any ideas? Toronto Globe and Mail
- What is the Secret to Endless Vacation? MSNBC
- Despite warnings, some travel to potential danger zones CNN
- Folks with Wisconsin ties decided to take a different path in life Eau Claire Leader Telegram
- The travel gurus’ guide to 2010 UK Guardian
- They Have THAT at the Airport? Fox News
- All in a day’s adventures San Francisco Chronicle
- In brief: A round-up of today’s news BBC.com
- Tips for traveling (or not) with the iPad TUAW
Interviews
- AMA (Ask Me Anything) January 24, 2013 Reddit.com
- AUDIO: Travel Blogger Gary Arndt Talks TBEX And Blogging On Travel: American Forces Radio
- Professional Traveler Gary Arndt Interview Outside Magazine
- Forms of identification: Gary Arndt BBC
- A Conversation With Gary Arndt, Blogger and Perpetual Traveler The Atlantic
- I Heart My City: Gary’s Minneapolis National Geographic Traveler
- La vuelta al mundo en 80 posts El Mundo (Spain)
- Wanderlust. The Week (Muscat, Oman)
- La opinión de los “blogueros” cobra importancia para los destinos Radio Television Canaria (Spain)
- On a Mission: World Traveler Arrives in Bahrain Bahrain Tribune
- AUDIO: The Joy Cardin Show, Aug 15, 2011 Wisconsin Public Radio
- AUDIO: The Joy Cardin Show, July 21, 2010 Wisconsin Public Radio
- AUDIO: The Joy Cardin Show, Feb 3, 2011 Wisconsin Public Radio
- VIP Survey: Gary Arndt TripAdvisor
- VIDEO: How Gary Arndt Created One Of The Most Amazingly Popular Travel Blogs In The World The Rise To The Top
- VIDEO: How Gary Arndt Built One of the Most Popular Blogs in the Crowded Travel Niche Think Traffic
- VIDEO: 70 Countries In 3 Years: An Interview With Permanent World Traveler Gary Arndt Thrilling Heroics
- AUDIO: Gary Arndt Travels The World Three Years Straight and Becomes Time Magazine’s Top 25 Bloggers JetSetLive.tv
- An Interview With World Traveler Gary Arndt Digital Photography School
- What’s In Your Backpack Matador Network
- Everything Everywhere: Q&A with Gary Arndt Vagabonding
- A Conversation with Gary Arndt Travel Writing 2.0
- Kasvot: Eagle Scout jätti entisen elämänsä partiojohtaja.fi (Finnish)
- Chat Transcript: Gary Arndt New Media Expo
Guest Posts/Articles
- Hot Air Ballooning over Lake Tahoe Outside Magazine
- Hawaii’s Island of Lana’i Outside Magazine
- Churches of Spain Outside Magazine
- 7 Reasons why the Authentic Travel Experience is a Myth The Atlantic
- The Most Murderous Countries: Safer Than You Think The Atlantic
- A Different Hawaii: Horses, Plantations, and No Crowds The Atlantic
- Flying High Over the Large Glacier Fields of Kluane National Park The Atlantic
- Riding the White Pass & Yukon Railroad Through the Mountains The Atlantic
- 20 Things I’ve Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years Four Hour Work Week
- All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Traveling Around the World The Huffington Post
- Geographic Arbitrage: Save Money by Leaving The Country Get Rich Slowly
- Why do travel advertisers continue to avoid bloggers? Tnooz
- Why Social Media Is a Better Investment than SEO ProBlogger
Speaking Engagements
- Travel Blog Exchange 2013 (TBEX) – Toronto
- New Media Expo 2013 – Las Vegas
- Think Digital Travel Summit 2012 – Barcelona
- Future of Tourism 2012 – Halifax
- World Travel Market 2012 – London
- Travel Blog Exchange Europe 2012 – Girona, Spain
- Travel Blog Exchange 2012 (TBEX) – Colorado
- Future of Tourism 2012 – Melbourne
- Future of Tourism 2012 – London
- Canadian Media Marketplace 2012 – San Francisco
- Eye For Travel: Social Media Strategies for 2012 – San Francisco
- World Travel Market 2011 – London
- Blog World Expo 2011 – Los Angeles
- Future of Tourism 2011 – Toronto
- North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) 2011 Convention – Anaheim
- Travel Blog Exchange 2011 (TBEX) – Vancouver
- Social Media and Destinations 2011 – Valencia
- Blog World Expo 2010 – Las Vegas
- Travel Blog Exchange 2010 (TBEX) – New York City
Associations
- Society of American Travel Writers
- North American Travel Journalists Association
- International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association
- International Travel Writers Alliance
- Travelers Century Club
- Sour Toe Cocktail Club
