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This has got to be the best celebrity-product pairing I have ever seen.

Jaunted is reporting that William Shatner may be the next spokesperson for Virgin America. With their tongue-in-cheek advertising and generally campy ambience, Shatner couldn’t have found a better partner.

He’s currently “negotiating” with Priceline, so there’s no telling what he’ll do with Virgin.

Watch out here he comes! *duck*

What do you think? Could Virgin POSSIBLY get a better celebrity endorsement? Methinksnot.

Which celebrity would be a better match for Virgin than Mr. Shatner?

Tell me in the TravelPod forums!

Louise Brown

TravelPod Community Manager

Today, I’m asking the TravelPod community: “Where would you like to live for the rest of your life?” If money wasn’t a problem, and you didn’t have to worry about working or anything else, where would you live out the rest of your days?

In the forums, there is quite a bit of discussion surrounding the potential for floods on small islands due to global warming. Maybe it would be better to set up shop on the top of a mountain. Perhaps you’d like to live in a small European village, or maybe a place where you can stretch your hard earned dollars the furthest.

I’m curious, let me know by posting in the TravelPod forums.

See you there!

Louise Brown

TravelPod Community Manager

Oh horror of horrors! They took down the Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios to make room for The Simpsons ride.

Was this the right choice? I really don’t think so… While The Simpsons is not a passing phase, certainly it can’t be more influential than the likes of Back to the Future trilogy!

I think this is a bold move on the part of amusement park management, what do you think!? Have your say in the TravelPod travel forums.

I will sorely miss the Back to the Future ride…if I ever go back to Universal Studios again, that is…the park will never be the same again…
Here’s the article at the LA Times

Here’s a blog post about it at Jaunted

According to a friend of journalist, Ben Groundwater, some people who call themselves backpackers are just lazy people, going around, getting stoned and drunk in various locales. In short, wasting precious time. Does this sound like you?

Groundwater hypothesizes that there are three kinds of travelers, doers, watchers and wanderers. The stereotypical “lazy” backpacker presumably fits into the “watcher” or perhaps the “wanderer” category, but definitely not the “doer” category.

Many Travelpodders can’t decide how to categorize themselves, and there is a whole sub-discussion on the definition of “doing” a place.

Where do you fit in? Join the discussion in the forums!

Louise Brown

TravelPod Community Manager

I just came across this “Backpacker’s PC” and it looks very enticing to me. I would probably buy one when/if it comes out.

The idea is that it looks like a book, and you can flip the pages, depending on what you want to do. One page is for writing, another page for recording. Another bonus is that it’s got a built in solar panel, so it can charge up anywhere, and you can blog from anywhere!

I’m very impressed.

We were flattered to find TravelPod recently included in a Top 20 list titled: The 20 most inspiring travel blogs of 2007