Tag: Technology
Pulling the Plug: PDA-Free Holidays
by Eva Holland | 07.21.08 | 2:43 PM ET
No, I’m not talking about the “get a room” variety of PDA. According to the Globe and Mail’s Marsha Lederman, an increasing number of hotels and resorts are offering BlackBerry-free zones, and even packages where hotel staff will ensure that guests don’t make or take any calls and emails—for their own good, of course.
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Yahoo! BuzzIs the Internet Ruining Travel?
by Eva Holland | 06.06.08 | 12:19 PM ET
Photo by dro!d via Flickr (Creative Commons)
Several high-profile British travel writers think so. In the Times of London, they weigh in on the proliferation of internet cafes, mass emails home and the rise of blogging from the road. Says Wanderlust editor Lyn Hughes: “I like to remember when ‘poste restante’ was the only way of getting in touch. It was so much more exciting then.”
The Traveling Paperback: ‘Currency in the Land of the Transients’
by Eva Holland | 02.08.08 | 9:13 AM ET
Over at Brave New Traveler, Rachel Friedman wonders about the impact of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader on the traditional paper book—and most importantly, on the traveling paperback. I’ve been tuning out the e-book debate for several years now, but this story caught my attention thanks to its loving reminiscences about that essential backpacking rite: the hostel book swap.
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