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Matadorians’ Halloween Finery Caught on Film!


You sent in photos from Germany, Canada, and points in between. Here are three of our favorites: Matador Nights co-editor Tom Gates on Halloween in B  More »

JoAnna Haugen Co-Founds Fund for Machu Picchu Porters

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The porters lead travelers back and forth along the Machu Picchu path, but have never seen this wonder of the world themselves.   More »

Blog to Follow: Taxi Gourmet


Documenting food and travel from the backseat of a taxi.  More »

Matador Member Launches Yoga & Meditation Social Network


Kungaroo is especially for travelers.  More »

Matador Intern Prepares for Honduras Volunteer Trip


Juli Huang prepares to go to Honduras.  More »

David Page Wins Lowell Thomas Award

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Why did David Page win a Lowell Thomas Award? Because he started research early... really early.   More »

Matador’s Editorial Team Welcomes Leigh Shulman

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Leigh takes the helm of Matador Life.   More »

Winner of Matador’s Twitter Contest for Free Tuition Introduces Herself

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Susan Marjanovic is totally living the Matador vision...so her win seems like perfect synchronicity.   More »

Matador Launches Its Flickr Photo Pool

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Add your photography to the Matador community's portfolio!  More »

Matador U Students Share Their Success Stories

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Just 4 weeks into the travel writing school, several students have landed travel blogging gigs.   More »

Austin Chu’s “The Recess Ends” Premieres in San Francisco

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From Matador co-founder Ross Borden: "I showed up early and still had to sneak in because the place was completely jammed...people pouring out into th  More »

From the Editor: It’s Time to Take Our Pulse

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Looking for a fare deal? You won't find it here.   More »

Matador Member Wins International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association Scholarship

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Congratulations to JoAnna Haugen!  More »

Matador Members Reach Semi-Final in Trazzler’s NYCGO Writing Contest

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And they'd love it if you'd consider voting for them!  More »

Matador Featured in WordPress Showcase

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On why it's featured in the Showcase: "Matador is made up of a number WordPress blogs that work together to provide content on a variety of travel-rel  More »

BREAKING NEWS: Matador Contributor Detained in Iran

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A Matador contributor is arrested in Iran.   More »

Middle Eastern Women Redefining Politics and Public Space

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From Tehran to Cairo, Arabic women are redefining politics and society.   More »

Roads Scholarship Winners Announced!

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The applicants were so strong that the Digital Vagabond couldn't choose just one.   More »

Nomadic Matt releases travel ebook about SEO and monetizing blogs

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"This book is designed to help those with blogs make an even bigger and better blog and make some money off of it."  More »

A New Way of Looking at the News


As the Matador Network gets a face lift, we'll continue to bring you news about travel--and we're not talking about fare deals or new airline routes.   More »

Congrats to Matador’s Solas Awards Winners!

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The winners of the third annual Solas Awards, honoring the best travel stories of the year, have been announced — and a few Matador members are  More »

Editors’ Roundup: Matador 2008 Year in Review

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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  More »

7 Memorable Matador Stories that Went Popular on Digg in 2008

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44 Matador articles graced the Front Page of Digg in 2008. Here's a look back at 7 of our favorites.  More »

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  More »

Matador Wins Consumer Award at Travel-Rants.com!

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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  More »

Matador Participates in Passports with Purpose & YOU Can Win!

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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  More »

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  More »

Wise Words from Working Writers

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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  More »

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   More »

Matador Endorses Barack Obama For President

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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  More »

Picks of the Week: New Orleans

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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  More »

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  More »

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  More »

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  More »

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  More »

Ingrid Betancourt: LIBRE!!

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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  More »

So You Think You’re Well-Traveled?

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Matador member Lola Akinmade–herself a carrier of a well-inked passport leafed with multiple visas–sent in a tip about the website Most   More »

Bye-bye backpacker, hello flashpacker?

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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   More »

Freebie of the Week: The Snake Charmer

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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   More »

Community Spotlight: Matador Members Online

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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  More »

Member Spotlight: Not Your Average Summer Vacation

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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  More »

Visual Guidebook: Triporia.com

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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  More »

“Ya’ll come see us now, ya hear?”

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The South: It ain’t all ’bout beer ‘n’ guns. Pulse co-editor Eva Holland recently returned from a month-long road trip aroun  More »

What We Hate About Travel… & Love to Complain About

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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  More »

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  More »

Cameras for Community Change

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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  More »

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  More »

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.   More »

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