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  • 1 August 2013
  • 9:04pm
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We have a winner!

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We wanted to hear about your travels, and boy did you deliver. There was a fantastic response to our Australia and New Zealand travel survey. We wanted the scoop on your past adventures, future travel plans, and how you use LonelyPlanet.com to make it all happen. No surprise that you came back with an incredible…

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  • 27 July 2013
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Meet a traveller: Bernadette Jedlinski, 100 countries (and counting)

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Bernie loves getting to know people when she travels, but enjoys meeting the local wildlife too. Image c/o Bernie Robinson.

It’s our global community of travellers that makes Lonely Planet awesome, and we never tire of hearing about your travel adventures. So when we saw this photo of Bernadette Jedlinski’s incredible collection of Lonely Planet guides, submitted to our Facebook album, we had to hear more. Bernadette works for an airline and lives in Brisbane,…

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Responsible travel with Lonely Planet & TOMS

Rana Freedman Lonely Planet author

We’re very excited to announce that we’ve partnered with TOMS around travel, sustainability and Lonely Planet’s 40th anniversary! Lonely Planet and TOMS share in the belief that travelers can make a positive impact all across the planet. ‘Sustainable’ and ‘responsible’ have been part of our vocabulary since Lonely Planet was founded 40 years ago. Those…

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Seven of the most treasured travel souvenirs (as voted by you)

Jessica Crouch Lonely Planet author

Hong Kong, couple, kissing, city lights, harbour

Tired of snowdomes and T-shirts? Have a few too many fridge magnets? In an entirely non-scientific survey, we asked Lonely Planet fans on Facebook to tell us about their most treasured travel souvenirs. It turns out that the best keepsakes are often the things that pesos and pounds can’t buy… 1. A partner ‘Hong Kong…

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  • 22 June 2013
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Lonely Planet’s travel fails: mistakes, mishaps and embarrassment on the road

Anita Isalska Lonely Planet author

At Lonely Planet, we know travel – but that doesn’t mean we always get it right. We asked Lonely Planet staff and authors about mistakes they’ve made on the road, and they shared embarrassing encounters, transport disasters and some highly regrettable kebabs. Here are some of Lonely Planet’s best (and most cringe-worthy) travel fails. Fogged…

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  • 26 February 2013
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Lonely Planet Traveller’s Choice: the top destinations of 2013, part 3

Mark Broadhead Lonely Planet author

Maldvies. Beach. Deck chair. Sea.

We asked our fans on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Thorn Tree to tell us where they have travelled and to rate those destinations by 16 criteria (for example, which was the best ‘Value for money’ destination). More than 3000 people responded, and the results are now in. In this post we look at the popular…

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  • 26 February 2013
  • 12:07pm
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Lonely Planet Traveller’s Choice: the top destinations of 2013, part 2

Mark Broadhead Lonely Planet author

Cambodia.

It’s no easy task deciding on your favourite countries to travel to. We asked our fans on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Thorn Tree to tell us where they have travelled and then we asked them to rate those destinations by 16 criteria (for example, which was the best ‘Value for money’ destination). More than 3000…

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  • 26 February 2013
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Lonely Planet Traveller’s Choice: the top destinations of 2013, part 1

Mark Broadhead Lonely Planet author

At Lonely Planet, debates are constantly raging over our favourite countries for food, our best-value travel finds and our number one destinations overall. These debates culminate in our annual Best in Travel selections, but we wanted to throw that question to a wider crowd by asking our fans on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Thorn Tree…

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  • 23 February 2013
  • 4:50am
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Twitter Beaches competition: the winning picture

Javier Panero Lonely Planet author

Pichilemu beach

Last month we asked you to send us your best shots of beaches around the world via Twitter. We collated all your entries in our Beaches Photo Competition page and asked you to vote for your favourites to create a shortlist of entries from which our jury would select two runner ups and a winner.…

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  • 8 February 2013
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Are you ever too old to stay in a hostel?

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This is a guest post from Colm Hanratty, Editor at Hostelworld.com. Over a decade ago at the ripe old age of 22, I did something for the first time that would change my life forever – I stayed in a hostel. The hostel was in Byron Bay on the east coast of Australia and I…

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