Perceptive Travel

I’ve had two conversations in two weeks about how great Bulgaria is, with other people who have visited. One was a fellow travel writer who has had serious trouble getting editors to take a story about the place. It’s not trendy, not a hotspot, not a place where luxury hotel chains are scampering to open …

A lot of travel bloggers really don’t need to ever do a year-end summary because they’ve already told you about everything they ate for lunch in each destination and every monument they snapped a photo of. I try to be more evergreen than that, telling stories that are reasonably timeless and giving advice that is …

I launched Perceptive Travel webzine in 2006 and the blog soon after. It’s won a slew of “best travel writing” awards and gotten stories into travel writing anthologies. Each month the webzine publishes interesting narratives from wandering authors as well as reviews of new travel books and world music albums. In the first month of …

We published a lot of terrific material over at Perceptive Travel in 2012 and added a dozen more travel writing awards to the virtual shelf. We affirmed that we are home to the best travel stories from book authors on the move. We kicked off the year by celebrating our 5th birthday. I was so happy …

The year of 2011 was a fun and varied one for us over at Perceptive Travel, with lots of great narrative stories from book authors on the move. We kicked things off with stories from Wyoming, New York City, and Bhutan, with a unique slant on these destinations. So go check out the tales from …