In late June, I attended the Travel Blogger Exchange (TBEX) conference in New York City. I had the chance to meet and mingle with hundreds of other travel bloggers, in addition to travel PR folks. It was a great motivator, and I came away with new ideas and inspiration. It was also a ball to meet so many of the travel bloggers (especially Gary Arndt!) who, up until then, I had only interacted with online.
I was livid that there was no free WiFi at the venue (technical problem or something), was bothered that so many of the bloggers formed and stuck in tight cliques, and felt like there was too much emphasis on partying. But it was only the organizer’s second year, so I should give them a little slack. It was a fun event, and I have faith that next year’s will go more smoothly. Here are a few of the photos of myself and other travel bloggers from that weekend! The first four were taken by TravelBlogExchange.com (they are not too flattering of me!), and the other three are from my camera.
Me with Alyson of Hop and Jaunt:
- Me with Jessica Parker (left) and Melanie of Travels with Two (center):
Me talking to Jeanine Barone of J The Travel Authority:
Me with Jackie Swift and Caroline Eubanks of Caroline in the City
Me with Nomadic Matt: 
Me with Stephanie Yoder of Twenty-Something Travel:
Me with Christina McFaul of Journey 360 Degrees and Natalie Taylor:
