I’m excited to partner with family ecotourism experts Greenloons on a fun new Facebook campaign beginning today, March 4, 2014.
Each month, for the next six months, the Greenloons Facebook page will offer one of my photographs as a free, downloadable screensaver. Additionally, you’ll discover the story behind each photograph and learn more about the part of the world where it was taken.
I invite you to join the fun. It’s free and easy. Click here to get started today
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
What do you do if you possess an unquenchable curiosity? What if your deepest desire was to discover a story no one wanted told? If you’re Judith Fein, you become a journalist, you ask a lot of questions and you never, ever, stop searching for answers.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
My niece, Madeleine, has worn a lot of labels in her twenty-one years. Friend. Niece. Daughter. Student. Hockey player. But for the last five weeks she’s been known as the red-headed foreign girl who’s creating computer code for an electronic braille tool at the Mathru School for the Blind in Bangalore, India.
Technology development is ostensibly the reason why Madeleine, a cognative and computer science major, is spending ten weeks this summer in India. It turns out however, that as one of eight Carnegie Mellon University innovative Student Technology ExPerience (iSTEP) interns, she’s learning much more than how to write code.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
We’re celebrating traveling alone over at our sister site, YourLifeIsAtrip.com, with a new collection of very very short stories. Packing a pithy punch, this unique short-form collection of solo travel tales, told with humor, passion and 25 words or less, will leave you laughing, crying, wishing you were there, or glad that you weren’t.
Travel along with YourLifeIsATrip.com writers on their solo explorations in this brief collection of very very short stories. Sometimes it’s crazy, funny, scary, surprising, meaningful, or disastrous, but never more than 25 words.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
Wildlife, whales and wonder make Mexico’s Sea of Cortés an ideal location for a photography expedition.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
WE WIN, YOU WIN!
EllenBarone.com Readers Eligible to Win a Trip for TWO on the Austin-Lehman Adventure of Your Choice.
Award-winning tour operator Austin-Lehman Adventures, the active travel company setting adventure tours standards in The Americas, Europe, Africa and beyond, recently named EllenBarone.com one of its Top 10 Travel Blogs. Winners were selected based on blog readability, unique content, honesty, integrity, accompanying content such as video and photos, useful links and posting frequency.
As recognition for excellence, EllenBarone.com readers have the opportunity to win a trip for two on any Austin-Lehman Adventure of their choice*! Options include cycling tours, hiking trips, multi-sport adventures, family adventures and rafting trips (82 different itineraries spanning 28 countries worldwide). *Terms and conditions apply.
The promotion will run through 11:59PM, May 19, 2011, with winners announced the next day (May 20, 2011) on Austin-Lehman Adventures‚ blog.
Enter to Win at: http://www.austinlehman.com/blog-giveaway-pages-508.php.
“These bloggers are truly the best in the blogosphere, providing beautifully written travel posts that highlight their expert knowledge, undeniable passion, cultural insight and unique, personal experiences,” said Dan Austin, founder and owner. “Each blog provides the most fascinating, up-to-date content on travel tips, destinations, active travel, family adventures and the everyday life of a traveler. These blogs are imaginative, fun, original and poignant; reaching to the heart of what traveling is all about: discovery, adventure and finding yourself.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
For eight days, from June 5 - 12, 2011, join me and The Wayfarers for a photo-themed walking vacation across the dramatic open spaces of Dartmoor and Exmoor in the South West of England. Together we’ll walk meadow-paths and narrow lanes, crossing rivers and passing through thatched hamlets, stopping for hearty pub lunches and a traditional Devon Cream Tea, meeting the locals and enjoying first-class accommodations.
I’ll be on the trail to answer your questions and offer practical advice on how to return home with memorable vacation photographs that will have your friends and family feeling like they went along for the fun!
For walk highlights, pricing and other trip details, visit www.TheWayfarers.com.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
Does the pace of technology feel overwhelming? Don’t know beans about Facebook, Twitter, or Linked-in? Discover how to market yourself, your products and services by making the most of easy, low-cost Internet tools. Learn how to leave a trail of digital bread crumbs and build your brand online in an easy-to-understand format.
If you’re ready to dip a toe into New Media, join me from 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday February 26, 2011, and learn how to build your online brand.
I’m thrilled to be bringing what I’ve discovered (and enjoy!) about social media and online marketing to the new Sanctuary on the River: Inspired Living Center in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
In this fun and interactive one-day seminar, I’ll be sharing how to:
FIND the online resources to build a platform for your business.
FREE up time by synchronizing your communication streams.
UNSTICK your fear of technology.
ENERGIZE yourself to do the platform building, marketing, and sales parts of getting your message out.
DRIVE traffic to your Web site.
SELL your products and services.
This workshop is intended for small business owners, writers, photographers, artists, entrepreneurs, and anyone curious about web sites, Internet marketing and other online promotional tools. Do you know someone who would enjoy this class? TELL A FRIEND!
Saturday February 26, 2011. 10 AM to 4 PM. $105.00 per person. Optional gourmet box lunch; $7. Sanctuary on the River, 207 Eagle Drive, Ruidoso, New Mexico. For information and registration call 575-630-1111 or visit www.SanctuaryOnTheRiver.com.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
Introducing the Newest Member of the EllenBarone.com travel family: ‘SkyMama’ Stacey Marcus.
ELLENBARONE.COM INTRODUCES NEW SKYMAMA TRAVEL BLOG:
SkyMama, Stacey MarcusWith humor and insight on how to go global with (and without) teenage daughters, a golf-addicted husband and her beloved bichon, travel and lifestyle writer, Stacey Marcus, brings her travel tips on a galaxy of places to enjoy, with or without your family, to EllenBarone.com.
THE BACKSTORY:
Once upon a time Stacey blew on a dandelion and wished she would meet the man of her dreams, get married and raise a family. Lucky for her the magic worked and she was blessed with all the above. She adores her family but like most candid women, sometimes she wishes she could just fly away and relish in the wonder of her own identity perfumed with the scent of her own ideas and interests.
Thus was the genesis of SkyMama, a magic carpet to travel out of the everyday world into new places where the sky truly is the limit.
I first met Stacey a few years ago during a visit to Los Cabos. I loved her humor, graciousness and intelligence immediately and couldn’t be more thrilled to host her tips, insights and travels at EllenBarone.com.
Check back often and watch SkyMama grow!
Bon voyage,
Ellen
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
Pack up your hiking boots, your appetite for world-renowned cuisine, your sense of adventure and your camera and join me in New Mexico.
For six-days in September, I will join a walk in New Mexico with The Wayfarers, the premier walking vacation company since 1984 and personal favorite. From September 12 - 17, 2010, we’ll be walking through some of the most inspiring landscapes on the planet during this magical walk through Georgia O’Keefe country.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
I’m a huge fan of the Internet. I’ve fallen head over heels in cyber love with information a click away, instant access to global news and world perspectives, blogs on everything from zen living to nomadic wandering delivered daily to my inbox thanks to RSS - really simple syndication- feeds.
For the past decade, passion alone has fueled this website. In place of business plans and growth stragegies, I’ve followed the joy of sharing. I love little more than posting my favorite travel experiences, budget-friendly steals + deals, news from companies I believe in, and gear and gadgets that help me - and you - travel smarter, easier and more often. No SEO seminars. No IT team. No PR firm. No marketing department. Just ME, having a lot of fun and YOU reading what I have to say.
So, imagine my pleasure this morning when on a whim I googled the words ‘travel advice vacation tips’ and discovered EllenBarone.com #2, sandwiched between two favorites - Away.com and Kayak.com - both HUGE players in the world of travel BTW. My smile spread when I noticed my hero, Condé Nast Traveler’s global blogger, Wendy Perrin, two entries down. AMAZING!
Thank you, Google, for making my day and getting my passion for travel ‘out there’!
I’m more excited than ever to keep ‘playing’ with this beautiful invention, the Internet.
See ya surfing soon,
Ellen
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Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
For the past year, a vague sense of restlessness has been brewing in the Barone household.
This will not surprise those who know Hank and me. Nor is the itch to wander an unfamiliar one.
Nearly two decades ago we eloped during a 3-month vacation. In 1996 we packed up the Subaru and didn’t return home for more than a year. Fourteen months later, we moved 2,000-miles across the country to begin a new life. And, for the past decade we’ve divided our time between homes in Old and New Mexico.
So, while the decision to wander - again - might not be breaking news to outsiders, it did, at least for me, feel a bit like a bolt from the blue. As if I suddenly emerged from the rabbit hole with blinking eyes in the blinding light of a new world.
Perhaps it’s because life has been rather comfortable these past few years, ticking along at a creative clip, supported by good friends in an amazingly beautiful part of the world. So, why trade it for the unknown?
Oddly enough, it’s precisely the unknown that has us sitting up nights tossing ideas back and forth, too excited to sleep.
“What about an around-the-world cruise?” I find myself blurting out at 3AM.
“Uruguay sounds nice,” Hank says, nose buried in a South American guidebook over our morning cuppa.
“I wonder if the Four Seasons Bora Bora needs an in-house blogger,” I say, in full schemin’ and dreamin’ mode.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
As 2009 unfolds into 2010, I wish you wonderful new experiences, fulfilling creative pursuits and more good than you can imagine!
I plan to begin the new year as I would any journey. To breathe in the fullness of life, observe with joy and greet the new with open arms.
Join me for the adventure!
Bon Voyage,
Ellen
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
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Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
Whether it’s down the street or across the globe, what gastronomic discovery is it that you just can’t stop talking about, and are urging others to try too? I invite you to SHARE IT IN THE NEW TRAVEL TASTES COMMUNITY FORUM AT ELLENBARONE.COM
Tell us about your tastes, travels, inspirations or the trends you see. Share memories, meet up for a meal, tap the insider know-how of travelers who discover the world food first. Be blunt, be honest, be generous. Best of all, join the discussion! SHARING IS EASY. Simply click the CREATE NEW POST button provided at http://ellenbarone.com/travel-tastes
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
I’m thrilled to announce a new partnership with Real Girls Media, Inc. popular online community, DivineCaroline.com, where women come together to express themselves, find answers and share life through storytelling.
As part of the agreement, DivineCaroline.com will stream weekly RSS feeds fromEllenBarone.com to the DivineCaroline.com Travel category. The weekly streams include EllenBarone.com travel steals + deals, trips + tips, gadget girl reviews, photo-of-the-month, travel podcasts, and much more.
Featuring nine different content areas where members publish their stories, chat in forums, write reviews and more, DivineCaroline.com is a community for women managing several aspects of their life.
I love the site and think you will too. Become a member and join the fun. Click here to get started today.
I look forward to getting to know you as we embark on this journey together!
Ellen
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
Adventure.travel partners with The Wild Pair (a.k.a. travel journalists Ellen Barone and Judith Fein)
You can now read travel tips and articles by The Wild Pair at adventure.travel, an online hub of physical, cultural and nature-based adventure travel and consumer guide to finding high quality, trusted Adventure Travel tour operators from around the globe.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
As 2009 swings into gear, I find myself excited for what comes next. Where will my globe-trotting dreams lead? What fulfilling creative project will land on my desktop. What new, or existing, client will bring passion and vision to the new year? Who will I meet and learn from? It’s sure to be a journey full of extraordinary experiences!
To say that life is a trip is an understatement. Each of us brings our own point of view, our past experiences, and our unique expectations to the adventure. There is no one way to do life. That’s why, with a new year, Wild Pair partner Judith Fein and I have decided to launch a new venture: YourLifeIsATrip.com. Your life IS a trip and our goal is to help you maximize the experience. Whatever you do, we want to help you do it the best way possible. You CAN be a traveler, rather than a tourist, in your own life.YourLifeIsATrip.com is dedicated to you and your stories: inspirational, fun, and everything in between. So rev up your writing engines and send us your stories! Plus, come back often for exclusive audio and video clips, photo slideshows and expanded coverage. Your Life Is A Trip, and we hope to be part of it!
Going forward, EllenBarone.com continues to be one-stop-shopping for travel advice, vacation tips, gadget reviews and much more, with new features being added constantly. So visit often. And remember, if you have a favorite travel provider, book, organization or gear and gadget recommendation, please let me know —- I’d love to hear from you!
Best wishes for health, happiness, prosperity and all that you wish for in 2009!
Bon Voyage,
Ellen
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
In January I hosted a photo-theme cruise on Mexico’s Sea of Cortés aboard American Safari Cruises’ 22-guest luxury yacht, Safari Quest. Now you can view the adventure and my photographs in this YouTube video slideshow!
A video slideshow from Mexico’s Sea of Cortes.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".