archives: Matador Community
Editors’ Roundup: Matador 2008 Year in Review
Earlier this month we asked everyone on the editorial staff what their picks were for the best of 2008, both personally and at Matador. As expected it [...]
7 Memorable Matador Stories that Went Popular on Digg in 2008
44 Matador articles graced the Front Page of Digg in 2008. Here's a look back at 7 of our favorites. [...]
Aspiring Travel Writer Alert: Win a Trip to India!
Our friends over at World Nomads just announced the opening of their 2009 contest for aspiring travel writers. If you include yourself among the le [...]
Matador Wins Consumer Award at Travel-Rants.com!
Pardon the shameless self-promotion, but we’re thrilled to announce that over at Travel-Rants.com the Matador Network has just received the Cons [...]
Matador Participates in Passports with Purpose & YOU Can Win!
If you’re at all connected in the travel blogging community, it’s likely that you already know about Passports with Purpose. Just in ca [...]
Trespassers Welcome!
Matador members are always rolling out cool projects at home and abroad. Today, long-time Matador member Olivia Hambrett launches the online magazin [...]
Wise Words from Working Writers
Matador’s own Tim Patterson popped up in an interview on Written Road this week — you can read it here — and the discussion (with a [...]
C’mon & take a free ride… to Indonesia!
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Matador members are incredible people. They travel not just to see the world, but to take in what [...]
Matador Endorses Barack Obama For President
In our official endorsement of Barack Obama, we define the values of our community, and explain how Barack Obama’s policies align with our visi [...]
Picks of the Week: New Orleans
Photo by Eva Holland I’ve just arrived back in New Orleans for a second visit, after catching a serious case of the smittens for the city when [...]
If You Can’t Make It & Shake It…
Last week, we announced Matador’s upcoming party, which is less than a month away. We hope you’ll be able to make it, but if not, pleas [...]
What’s your favorite travel gadget?
A Matador member’s home in Baja Do you have a favorite travel gadget or must-have piece of travel gear? Maybe it’s a perfect pack or a t [...]
Calling All Party People!
The Matador Team is throwing a party and you’re invited! When: Saturday, August 16th 9 PM to 2 AM Where: 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, Ca [...]
Matador Community Spotlight: Members on the Web, Part 2
In the first part of our occasional series spotlighting the interests and projects of Matador members, we introduced you to 7 people living, travelin [...]
Ingrid Betancourt: LIBRE!!
I couldn’t have been happier to come home last night to the news from journalist and Colombia-based Matador member Richard McColl that Ingrid Be [...]
So You Think You’re Well-Traveled?
Matador member Lola Akinmade–herself a carrier of a well-inked passport leafed with multiple visas–sent in a tip about the website Most [...]
Bye-bye backpacker, hello flashpacker?
Guest Editorial by Matador member Matt Kepnes Somewhere before my bus broke down in Australia, I was called a flashpacker. Despite being on the road [...]
Freebie of the Week: The Snake Charmer
Back when they were in college, my parents’ idea of a cool Saturday night date was hunting for snakes in the Florida swampland. Perhaps that’s [...]
Community Spotlight: Matador Members Online
Another one of the perks of the Pulse editing job is surfing through the Matador network and meeting really interesting travelers who aren’t s [...]
Member Spotlight: Not Your Average Summer Vacation
Ahh… June. Time for the annual family vacation! The average experience of spending quality time with the family is generally equal parts fun and f [...]
Visual Guidebook: Triporia.com
I recently posted an entry about TripFilms, which I dubbed the traveler’s version of YouTube. Afterwards, I received an e-mail from Matador mem [...]
“Ya’ll come see us now, ya hear?”
The South: It ain’t all ’bout beer ‘n’ guns. Pulse co-editor Eva Holland recently returned from a month-long road trip aroun [...]
What We Hate About Travel… & Love to Complain About
Matador members love travel, and because they’re on the road, in the skies, and on the seas so much, they have a lot to say about how the trave [...]
Pulse Picks of the Week: Know Your Host(elier)
The Matador community is full of people with interesting businesses, and it’s not surprising that a handful of members are travel industry entr [...]
Cameras for Community Change
Many people carry cameras to capture images of the people and places they encounter while traveling, but what happens when the people who are usually [...]
Picks of the Week: Cheap Europe Round-Up!
Photo by Eva Holland Ahhh, Europe. Sometimes I think I could spend the rest of my life lounging on a bench in a Venetian campo, or wandering the co [...]
Top 10 Ways to Use Matador
The Matador Team brings you our 10 favorite ways to use Matador every day. Warning: you might get addicted. [...]
