Unwrapped travel

While some die-hards still keep hard-copy journals — you know, the type where you actually are required to life a pen and write in it — many people are now opting for online travel journals and blogs as a means to not only document their trip, but also to keep in touch with family and friends, upload photos and even mark on maps where they are and where they are planning to go.

There are many different tools available for online trip journals, and we use MyTripJournal to record trips by Travelfish researchers — you can see an example here. While the basic journal is free, the more comprehensive options are fee-based. If you’d rather use a free tool, consider one of the following:
TravelPod
RealTravel
TravelPost