2007 Photograph of the Year Contest

Time to dig out your best travel shot from 2007 and win some goodies. PhotographyCorner.com is running their 2007 Photograph of the Year contest and they have some serious prizes up for grabs.

Dopplr now open for all travellers

Many of you will already have heard of Dopplr, the online service that allows you to share your travel plans with other travellers.

Turn your travel photos into Christmas cards with VectorMagic

Would you like to personalise your Christmas cards, but like me you’re no good with glue and glitter? VectorMagic will convert your photos into pretty vector artwork perfect for Christmas cards.

Stuff your rucksack

Hands up if you’ve ever found yourself visiting a school on your travels and wished that you’d brought them some books or other teaching materials, if only you’d known what they needed.

Inspiration for your travel photographs

If you’re planning to go out with your camera this weekend, have a look at outdoor-photos.com for inspiration.

FreeRice – a life-saving vocabulary game?

English vocabulary buffs (and us mere mortals) can now turn their knowledge into rice donations to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), according to a new online game FreeRice.com.

Global Travel Trends 2007

Travelling with Pets, Slow Travel, Halal Tourism, Diaspora Tourism and (sigh) Debaucherism Tourism are the main trends that the travel industry should be catering for according to The Global Trends 2007 Report.

What is your Traveller IQ?

How well do you know the world?

Play the fun “Traveler IQ Challenge” here at The Travel Cooler.

Wi-Fi your travel photos from camera to web

The geek in me has just found another thing to add to my Christmas list – the Eye-Fi Card.

The people you meet when travelling

It hardly ever happens to me, but the few times it has happened, it has been in the most unlikely places, which usually freaks me out something chronic! Bumping into people you know when travelling, does it happen to you?