Followwhen i wrote my prior TBEX post travel blogging heroes & lola’s TBEX stage fright i didn’t have a plan to write a follow-up post BUT the whole TBEX mystery man got so many of you
talking…
guessing…
wondering…
so who is it?!
AND it actually got me thinking too…
does the ‘TRAVEL BLOG GOD’ title really belong to any one person to join forces with or win the favor of or even dethrone? YES, i DID call Nomadic Matt, Johnny Jet & Everything-Everywhere’s Gary Arndt the TRAVEL BLOG GOD TRIFECTA…
they may well deserve this as Nomadic Matt has his over 16,000 Facebook fans! Johnny Jet has over 24,000 Twitter followers! Everything-Everywhere has over 18,000 blog readers! those are some impressive stats. and these guys don’t play around – they have been published tons of places too.
BUT, while i think there are many pioneers & examples to learn from, i came to the conclusion that there’s not just one travel blogging hero. there’s a whole JUSTICE LEAGUE of them & room for more all the time. let’s face it, even lola fits into a category all her own.
to me, here’s the real heroic feat. us as travel writers continuing to provide our readers something interesting and new? it’s our challenge to produce quality yet compelling content! i’ve found several new writers out there that deserve the HERO status!
what do you think makes a travel blogging hero?
PS – the answer to the ‘mystery’ person IS buried in here 🙂 and to THE TRIFECTA – it was fun poking around your blogs. YOU do ROCK!!
ahahah you totally got me with this 😉 thank you for making the travel community a much brighter and fun place to be a part of! Surely wouldn’t be half as much fun without you!
you are the best, Mrs. O! i appreciate your kind words…makes my day! 🙂
Oh, Lola, you are such a TEASE!
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I agree with Francesca! Does this mean we still have to guess?! 😉
yes, Ms. World Wanderer, yes!
i know, Francesca, i know! 😉
If I didn’t already know who the mystery man is, I’d be ready to kill you right now. I think you’re right. I don’t believe the title belongs to any one person. There are different strokes for different folks, and just as you said, there’s even a place for sassy Lola. We all want to be successful and we can look to others who have solidified their statuses before us, but I plan on making my own path rather than following in the footsteps of others. Will I be the next Johnny Jet, Nomadic Matt, or Gary Arndt? I sure hope not, although I’d love to achieve their level of success. However, I’d like to do it in my own way.
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Leah, I couldn’t agree with you more! What makes people successful is being different 🙂
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there is NO DOUBT in my mind that you will be crowned Miss Travel Blogging Universe, Leah! 😉
Hilarious! I have to agree with Leah, if I didn’t know… Go take on the world, Lola!! Someday, a newbie will write a blog entry about the goddess-on-earth that she or he would like to meet…
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Raul – I LOVE YOU! on this day when the newbie will be writing this story of me as the goddess-on-earth…are pigs flying?!?! haha 😉
Love this series Lauren – the mystery continues, keep it up!! And yes you’re right, the travel community is the best!
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it has been such a great experience being surrounded by people who share the passion of traveling yet we are all still so different. i LOVE it!
I don’t believe in heroes and gods. We are all human and have flaws. I do believe in gyros though.
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you are too funny, Ted. whatever can you mean – we all have flaws? i don’t see it…i have NONE. hahahaha – JK 🙂
I absolutely love this!
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it IS cute, right. who are you – Alex? i think maybe Wonder Woman!!
You’re driving me nuts with this. I’ve been asking around trying to get answers out of people. I know it isn’t me but still curious 🙂
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you can ask away but those who know have been sworn to secrecy. i think you can figure it out. the answers are in both posts. 😉
I already tried Leah but that didn’t work. I am going after Raul next. However, I think I know who it is now (not that I am going to tell you) 🙂
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HAHA Jeremy! you will never know for sure…it will remain a mystery because, well, i like to be mysterious! 😉
I just paid $12.95 to log in to Wi-Fi on my flight to SFO just to find out the answer…you owe me $12.95!:)
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this is my ABSOLUTE favorite comment about this yet! i will buy you an expensive specialty cocktail when we see each other and we’ll call it even! 🙂
Bahaha DJ is hilarious! You are killing us over here. When will the mystery be solved?! 😉
it will never be solved!!! we are all the travel blogging super heroes 😉
hmmm…. Lola, a tease…is that why she wears the boa?
stay adventurous, Craig
Craig, you have had me pegged from day one! i’m just a big ole tease! 😉
OK WELL, we agree that we’re all travel blogging superstars in our own right, but this doesn’t mean we don’t NEED to know who it is!
you gotta deduce it from both posts. lola isn’t giving it up 😉
You’re still my ultimate hero Lauren, and nothing will change that 🙂
oh John! i think you’re my new crush now. so you like heroes that wear hotpink feathers & use flirting as their ultimate weapon? hahaha 🙂
I love ti how you stirred all this excitement on Twitter. So Lola! 🙂
gotta keep it exciting, Pola. otherwise, life would just be too dull! xo
Bahahaha, DJ. But seriously.. what a tease! I will honestly say, we were lucky enough to meet up with Gary for drinks in Hong Kong and I’ll tell yah, star struck was an understatement. LOL. Wouldn’t mind stalking you the rest of the TRIFECTA. 😉
ok GQ do you mean the Nomadic Matt, Johnny Jet, Gary Arndt TRIFECTA? i’m sure they’d love to meet the two of you but i don’t know if they need any more stalkers. i, on the other hand, welcome any & all new fans to stalk away. lola likes attention 😉