Media
Can’t get enough? Here are some other places around the Internet you can find me.
Guest Blogging
Check out my guest blog posts on other sites:
- Top 10 Tips: Wellington on a Budget at Travel With a Mate.
- Best New Zealand Activities for Thrill-Seekers at Travel With a Mate.
- 24 Hours in Juneau, Alaska at One Travel.
- Missing New Zealand at Twenty-Something Travel.
- When a Travel Blogger is Stuck at Home at Adventurous Kate.
- Tips for your first time… in New Zealand at Finding the Universe.
- A Guide to Packing for Travel to New Zealand at Kumuka Blog.
- 6 Ways to be a More Adventurous Traveler at Maiden Voyage.
- Do Good Thursday: Discover ProjectExplorer.org at A Pair of Panties and Boxers.
- How Rotten Food Lead to Self-Reliance at Spunky Girl Monologues.
- Planning For Hawaii on a Budget — Oahu at Go Backpacking.
- What to Do in New Zealand at C’est Christine.
- 6 Dumb Reasons People Don’t Travel at Gap Year Escape.
- 5 Things to Do in Wellington to Make You Feel Like a Local at Live Travel Blog.
- Welcome to Arrowtown: A Photo Essay at Average Traveller.
- Hiking New Zealand’s Queen Charlotte Track at Vaughn Rivett’s blog.
- Traveling Solo to Somber Places at Solo Friendly.
- Six practical tips for you first time in Wellington at Indie Travel Podcast.
- Ultimate Female Travel Packing List for New Zealand (in Winter) at Her Packing List.
- Yes, You Can Travel on a Student Budget at Hack College.
- Sustainable Tourism: What is It, and Why Should We Care? at LandLopers.
- What to Do in Wellington, New Zealand at y Travel Blog.
Would you like me to be a guest blogger on your site? Or would you like to guest blog on mine? Let me know!
Travel Generation
I’m going to be blogging every now and then for TravelGeneration.com. Here are some of the things I’m writing over there:
- Top 5 Spots in Wellington, NZ for Nature Lovers
- 5 Free Things to Do in Wellington, NZ, for the History Buff
- Things You Should Know Before Traveling to China for the First Time
- Blog4NZ South Island Adventure — An Overview
- 5 Popular Things to Do in Dublin
- Resilient Christchurch
- 5 Must-See Natural Sites in Northern Arizona
- Three Touristy Spots Still Worth a Visit
- Embracing the Kitsch in Amarillo
- Feel the Magic at Reynishverfi Beach, Iceland
Boots n All
I recently did some posts for Boots n All’s WhyGo New Zealand site. Here they all are:
- Itinerary for 7 Days on the North Island
- Itinerary for 7 Days on the South Island
- Itinerary for 10 Days in New Zealand
- Itinerary for 3 Days in Auckland
- Top 7 Beaches in New Zealand
- Nude Beaches in New Zealand
- What to Eat in NZ: Famous New Zealand Foods
Listed
A Dangerous Business has been featured in the following lists of top blogs:
- Top 100 Independent Travel Websites
- 40 Flightsters You Should Know About
- 100 Most Influential Travel Bloggers
- 10 Hot Travel Blogs to Watch in 2011
- 121 Travel Blogs (and Travel Bloggers) Worth Reading
- 36 Travel Blogs to Follow and the Benefits
- Washington Flyer’s Best Travel Blogs of 2011
- The 10 Must-Read Travel Bloggers for 2012
- Favorite Travel Blogs and Bloggers From 2011
- Top 100 Travel Bloggers
I’m also a featured blogger on Raveable.
Recommended
- By Jade Craven
Other Mentions
Posts
- Ireland story featured on Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of June 7, 2010 at Suzy Guese and the 1st edition of The Gen Y Travel Blog Carnival at Maiden Voyage.
- June 8 What in the World mentioned in The Week Overseas — Friday, June 11 at Go! Overseas.
- Alaskan cruise blog posts featured at Plan It Alaska.
- “Making a Case for Cruises” featured in the 2nd edition of The Gen Y Travel Blog Carnival at Maiden Voyage.
- Thursday Traveler interview mentioned in Travel Blogs: Best of the Week (July 18-24, 2010) at Adventurous Kate.
- Zorbing photo essay featured in Travel Blogs: Best of the Week (August 1-7, 2010) at Adventurous Kate.
- “Eat Pray Love” review included in Best Travel Blog Posts for the Week of Aug. 16 at y Travel Blog.
- “5 Roads Less Traveled in NZ” featured in Where I Want to go This Week in Travel — August 29, 2010 at Solo Female Traveler and Five great reads on New Zealand at Finding the Universe.
- “Hakas, rucks and scrums, oh my! Attending a NZ rugby match” featured in The Last Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of Sept. 6, 2010 at Suzy Guese.
- “When a Travel Blogger is Stuck at Home” guest post featured in The Psychology of Travel at Budget Travel Intentions, and inspired Taking Amanda’s Challenge at Travelated. (Pretty excited about that one!)
- “How to Deal with Travel-Wary Parents” featured in This Week in Travel at TraveloCafe.
- “Climbing the Steepest Street in the World” featured in Thursday’s Travel Links at EuroTrip Tips.
- “Is Anybody Out There? Hang in There, Travel Bloggers” featured in Travel Blog Posts We Enjoyed This Week at y Travel Blog, in Links of the Week at Grounded Traveler, in Biweekly Round-Up of Favorite Blog Posts at Ordinary Traveler, and in Favorite Travel Blog Posts of 2010 From Their Creators at Suzy Guese.
- “Why I’m a Weenie When It Comes to Solo Travel” featured in the Gen Y Travel Blog Carnival — 6th Edition at Oh Hey World, and in Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of January 3, 2011 at Suzy Guese.
- “9 Money-Saving Tips For Travelers From Travelers” featured in Travel Community Roundup for Jan. 20 at Budget Your Trip and in Announcing Frugal February at Don’t Ever Look Back.
- “5 Places I Want to Visit that Mom and Dad Don’t Know About” featured in the Gen Y Travel Blog Carnival — 7th Edition at Beers and Beans.
- “Why You Should Get Lost While Traveling” listed in Itchy Feet Friday: 4th March 2011 at Itchy Feet Chronicles.
- Two of my posts featured in Saturday Six #56 at Misadventures With Andi.
- “If I Were a Funny Travel Writer” featured in The Friday Five: March 11, 2011 at Aaron’s Worldwide Adventures.
- “Milford Sound: Eighth Wonder of the World?” mentioned in Let’s Go To New Zealand at Traveler Ahoy.
- “My 5 Favorite Views in New Zealand” featured in Are you ready to Blog4NZ? at Asian Correspondent and Friday Five for 2.25.11 at Kirsten Alana.
- “New Zealand is Calling — Will You Answer?” listed in Blog 4 NZ at Total Travel Bug.
- “The Maori Legend of Lake Wakatipu” listed in LandLopers Picks of the Week (April 2) at LandLopers.
- “Wandering in Chicago — Why You Should Stray From the Path” featured in Weekend Round-Up: Best of the Travel Blogs (and Websites) at Choosy Nomad.
- “Travel Guide: Pearl Harbor” featured in Friday Five for 4.15.11 at Kirsten Alana.
- “Christchurch — A ‘Munted’ City” featured in Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of May 30, 2011 at Suzy Guese and Land Lopers Picks of the Week (June 17) at Land Lopers.
- “Adventure on New Zealand’s Franz Josef Glacier” mentioned in World First Weekly Wander: 13 June 2011 at World First.
- “Traveling in My Backyard: An Ohio Weekend Itinerary” featured in Midwest travel links for June 2011 at Midwest Guest.
- “Doubtful Sound – Milford Sound’s Underrated Little Brother” mentioned in Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of July 18, 2011 at Suzy Guese.
- “Life Is Short. Travel Now.” post featured in Weekend travel reading (July 29, 2011) at Budget Travel Adventures and in Friday’s Recommended Reads — July 28th at Aussie on the Road.
- “A Day in Yellow Springs — Ohio’s Hippie Enclave” listed in Midwest travel links for July 2011 at Midwest Guest.
- My Las Vegas road trip post listed in Friday’s Recommended Reads — August 19th at Aussie on the Road.
- My Colorado road trip post featured in Best of the Rest at Landing Standing.
- “‘Dark’ Travel as a Way to Pay Tribute” featured in The Triptastic 10: Recommended Reading Right Now at Chicky Bus.
- “New Zealand Smackdown” listed in Friday’s Recommended Reads — September 23rd at Aussie on the Road, and Stumble Bug Sunday (Sept. 25, 2011) at Bitten By the Travel Bug.
- My “Fall Photo Tour of Chicago” featured in Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of October 10, 2011 at Suzy Guese.
- “5 Things My 86-Year-Old Grandmother Taught Me About Travel” listed in 101 Ultimate Backpacker Resources at Happy Time Blog.
- “The Scariest Thing I Have Ever Done” featured in October in Review at L’appel du Vide.
- A photo/video essay of mine about Cuba Street in Wellington listed in LandLopers Picks of the Week (Oct. 21) at LandLopers.
- My review of travel photo gear listed in Weekend Travel Reading (Oct. 22) at Budget Travel Adventures.
- My post on impulsive travel featured in Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of October 31, 2011 at Suzy Guese and no travel required (Nov. 2) at The Lazy Travelers.
- A post about the ghosts of Savannah listed in Best of the Rest (Weekly Links Ending 10/30/2011) at Landing Standing.
- My 3 Best Sandwiches post mentioned in National Sandwich Day at Misadventures With Andi.
- “You Can Live a ‘Normal’ Life and Travel, Too” featured in November Links at Quriky Travel Guy.
- My “Traveler vs. Tourist Debate” post included in Picks of the Week (Dec. 16) at LandLopers.
- Vegas tips post mentioned in Recommended Reads – Jan. 7 at Aussie on the Road.
- “5 Things to Love About Ottawa” featured in The Rader (Jan. 9) at National Geographic Intelligent Travel.
- My “Night in Prison” post featured in Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of January 23, 2012 at Suzy Guese.
- “Common Travel Fears” post listed in What’s new ’round the web: week of 03/02/12 at Wanderplex.
- My Queenstown to Christchurch photo essay mentioned in Why We Travel: Colors at All Colores.
- “The Sights of Iceland’s South Shore” featured in LandLopers Picks of the Week (April 13) at LandLopers.
- “The Horses of Iceland” listed in Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of April 16, 2012 at Suzy Guese.
- “Postcards From New Zealand” mentioned in Wanderlust in Words: Travel Writing Picks of The Week (May
at The Shooting Star.
Site Shout-outs
- A Dangerous Business listed in Travel blogs to keep an eye on in 2011 at The Travelling Editor.
- Interview with me listed in Friday Five for 12.17.10 at Kirsten Alana.
- Lessons I learned from travel featured in The World Is An Open Book — Start Reading! at Ordinary Traveler.
- A Dangerous Business featured in #FollowFriday Five: Travel Blogging Community (Jan. 6) at Traveling Canucks.
- My site listed as one of 10 Hot Travel Blogs to Watch in 2011 at Johnny Vagabond.
- My travel tips/plans featured in Travel Tip For Travelers From Travelers (Part 2) at Travelocafe.
- My site featured in Read This Blog at Caroline in the City.
- A Dangerous Business listed in #FollowFriday 25Mar2011 at One Giant Step.
- My tips on travel blogging featured in Travel blogging tips from the experts at Finding the Universe.
- My site and some of my posts from my Blog4NZ trip featured in Bits and Pieces at Travel Designed.
- A travel tip of mine featured in Travel Stuff Learned From TBEX Bloggers at Journeywoman.
- A Dangerous Business listed in 36 Travel Blogs to Follow and the Benefits at y Travel Blog.
- My site listed in Top 10 Must Read Blogs at Aussie on the Road.
- My New Zealand travel tips: Around the World Interview Visits New Zealand at Ordinary Traveler.
- I was interviewed for an article on Yahoo! Finance Canada, titled How One Travel Blogger Funds Her Adventures.
- A travel health tip of mine featured in 32 Travel Health Tips from 32 Travel Bloggers at Sick on the Road.
- My site and bucket list mentioned in Life Lists: Having the Courage to Dream at In Pursuit of Happiness.
- I’m listed in Ten Laugh Out Loud Travel Bloggers: Part Two at The Glove Box Blog.
- ADB is listed in Armchair travel: Top 10 travel blogs we love at She Knows Travel.
Photos
- Cottesloe Beach photo featured in Amazing Australia: 10 Great Images at Why Go Australia, and Sydney Harbor photo featured in Amazing Australia: 10 MORE Great Images at the same site.
- Milford Sound photo featured at Art of Backpacking.
- Wellington photo featured in The Best of New Zealand: From Paradise to Mount Doom at Travelogged.
- Nugget Point photo featured at Art of Backpacking.
- Circular Quay photo featured in Best of Australia by Travelers Around the World at Vagabond Quest.
- Kapiti Island photo featured in Share the Kapiti Love at C’est Christine.
- Lake Hawea photo featured as a Friday Travel Photo at Backpacking Matt.
- Lake Tekapo/Church of the Good Shepherd photos featured as Friday Postcard: Lake Tekapo at Twenty-Something Travel.
- A photo of me in my kick-ass Carmen Sandiego costume featured in Matadorians show us their best Halloween costumes at Matador Life.
Videos
- Pike Place Market video featured in Pike Place Market Busker at Street Player Central.
Published
I’ve had three travel pieces published in the Findlay Courier newspaper: A story about “Lord of the Rings” locations to visit in New Zealand, tips on how to make the most of an Alaskan cruise, and my behind-the-scenes look at Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends.











Hey Amanda,
I’m writing an article for the Christchruch Press – Sounds the Same – What’s the difference between Doubtful and Milford Sound. I’d really like to quote you ‘it was all ours for the day; we weren’t sharing it with anybody else’ although I need to know your surname to do this…..
Is it ok? I’ll send you a full PDF if Ken decides to publish it.
Cheers,
SB aka Blondini006
Absolutely! I will send you an e-mail (using the one you left when leaving this comment).