When I started writing the Travel Rants back in April 2005 I never imagined that I would receive any media attention, but surprisingly, the blog has been featured in a number of publications including the Guardian and Travel Weekly.

Travolution Awards 2008

Shortlisted for Best Travel Blog in the 2nd Travolution Awards. Up against some tough competion

View the categories and shortlists

Voted best travel consumer Blog

“Darren Cronian has single-handedly set the benchmark to which other consumer-focussed blogs should aspire. Controversial, relevant, thorough and, perhaps most tellingly, much better than something mainstream media organisations are trying to achieve.”

View a full list of the winners

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Sunday Express

Featured in the newspaper and online on a feature regarding the price of holidays for families. I’m quoted in saying that travel companies need to forget about supply and demand and help families cut holiday costs.

You can read the article and my quotes in the Sunday Express

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Peformancing Blog Awards 2007

Travel Rants came runner-up ahead of Gadling and Gridskipper in the 1st Performancing Blog Awards.

View the winners and runners-up

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Daily Express

Featured in the newspaper and online on a feature about researching your holiday on the internet. The blog was featured amongst three other travel websites

You can read the article and my quotes in the Daily Express

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The Independent

I was quoted in the newspaper and online on the issue of the price of holidays during the school holiday.

You can read the article and my quotes on Travel Independent

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Splash FM

My first mention on the radio thanks to Splash FM! The Travel Rants blog was mentioned on the morning show as ‘Website of the Day!’

See the blog on 28 February 2007

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Travel Guardian

Travel Rants was featured as a top 50 essential travel site!!

“Editor Darren Cronian began this travel blog after what he describes as a ‘nightmare booking experience with a high-street travel agency’. Thousands of people visit each week, swapping stories about disastrous holidays.”

Visit here to read the other top 50 sites

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Travel Weekly - Travel Professionals Website

“A highly personable, consumer travel blog run by Darren Cronian, from Leeds, West Yorkshire. It covers topics as diverse as bonding, airport security issues and destination tips”

Visit Travel Weekly to read the article in full or view the digital copy of the magazine, which is available here

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Web User - the UK’s fastest selling internet magazine.

“It’s not the best-looking or easiest to navigate site out there, but Travel Rants has some great content for anyone nipping abroad.”

Thanks to the Web User team for taking the time to review Travel Rants. Since the review I have had the blog completely redesigned, and I hope the blog is easier to navigate around.

To read the full review visit:
http://www.webuser.co.uk/sites/site_review.php?rev_id=2894

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Blog of the Week on Metro.co.uk

Thanks to Metro.co.uk for the award of ‘Blog of the week’ featuring our article on Easter Island. The quote from Metro.co.uk is “Seeing as it is Easter this weekend, we offer you a great travel blog - featuring Easter Island!”

http://www.metro.co.uk/yourmetro