I’ve learnt a lot about the travel industry this year, and it kicked off in style when the Guardian mentioned Travel Rants as an ‘essential travel website’ in February, along with WikiTravel and Trip Advisor. It’s great to get a little bit of recognition for your hard work.

During the year I’ve been quoted in a number of newspapers, and the blog was mentioned in a Genesys World Travel Market presentation, along with Facebook, which I was pretty chuffed about. I’m also a published author [sort of hehe] with an article in the Tips from the T-List book which I received through the post this week.

I was interviewed by the BBC News 24 and Radio 4 on travel consumer issues, which was pretty scary but a great experience for me. Thankfully they didn’t want me to appear on television because that would simply be too frightening for viewers.

Whilst there have been ups, there’s also been downs. I made a public apology for publishing an article without getting the full facts – this is a big lesson for any blogger, and probably put me off blogging for all of ten minutes.

So what will next year bring, who knows, but it’ll be a rollercoaster ride.

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