This year’s Travel Rants Blog-a-thon has ended!! Thank you to everyone who participated. The winners will be announced soon.

I have pleasure announcing my first challenge the ‘Travel Rants Blog-a-thon’ which I hope will persuade more people to blog and share stories about their travels and unearth future travel writers.

I want everyone whose interested, to write a blog post that will be featured on the Travel Rants Blog [at the end of the competition] and the favourite blog post chosen by our expert panel of judges will win €200 worth of Amazon vouchers donated by sponsors SA-Venues.com

Update: Lonely planet have kindly donated two lonely planet guides to the runner-up and Strider Expeditions have kindly donated 2 t-shirts to third place.

You don’t have to own a blog; the challenge is open to anyone.

Rules:

• Your blog post most be no more than 350 words
• The blog post must be useful for travellers and travel consumers
• The blog post must be unique [we’ll be checking!!]
• You can include links to other travel sites [but not your own!]
• The deadline is midday [GMT] on the 31 May 2007
• The Judges decision is final

Please email you blog posts to editor@travel-rants.com before the deadline.

Notice for Travel Companies / Bloggers

Promote my ‘Travel Rants Blog-a-thon’ challenge on your website or blog and include a link to the sponsors SA-Venues.com and I’ll add your site or blog on to this Challenge page, which will be linked from the homepage.

PLUS the Travel website or Blog that promotes the ‘Travel Rants Blog-a-Thon’ in the most unique way as chosen by the judges will win a brand spanking new iPod shuffle, donated by me!

More Information

Unfortunately, staff of SA Venues or Travel Rants will not be allowed to enter the challenge. Judges will be announced near to the end of the challenge to ensure no kidnappings or bungs take place

Challenge Partners:

With Special thanks:

Argentina’s Travel
The Global Traveller
Europe A La Carte Blog
Bob Meets World
That Canadian Girl
Blogher Network
Select World Travel
Vermont Travel Notes
Travellerspoint
TourCMS
MyBlog
Travelgator
North Cyprus property for sale
Blissful Travel blog
Rolf Pott’s Vagablogging
Paris Apartments
Travel Blog Zone
Written Road
Write to Travel
Rent holiday homes
Travel jetPacks