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The Beauty of Travel Evelyn Hannon is living proof that behind every great woman lies her
backpack. Hannon, 60, is the founding editor and publisher of Journeywoman.com,
the most popular travel resource for women on the Internet. The Toronto
resident is also one of the world's leading experts in travel, a savvy
entrepreneur and a mentor for millions of women travelers around the world.
Woman of the World Travelling alone? Solo survivor Evelyn Hannon shows
you how....It's women helping other women. Web watch Toronto-based writer Evelyn Hannon confronted fears of journeying solo
by buying a backpack and a plane ticket to Europe and soliciting tips
from fellow female travellers. Nearly 20 years later, that advice is a
key part of the Web's most comprehensive travel resource for women --
Journeywoman.com Fit.net Your travel book gave you the best jade markets in Taiwan, but do you
know where to look for a sports bra while you're there? The pages at journeywoman.com
are packed with travel tips, plus on-the-road love stories. Travel Section "Female travellers stop first at Journeywoman.com" You go, girl Faster than a speeding byte. more powerful than a Pentium
Processor, able to leap Website popularity charts at a single bound --
look, up there on the screen. It's JOURNEYWOMAN! Cool Sites "Journeywoman.com -- a comprehensive guide for the
lone female traveller" Home Business Report Evelyn Hannon's daughters once called her "digitally deficient,"
but now Internet insiders call her a guru. Women's World The best place to start [looking for women's travel advice] is the online
travel zine Journeywoman....the site is rarely self-indulgent and pleasantly
free of commercial flotsam. Smart Solutions It can be important to know whether it's OK to wear pants and which
neighbourhoods to avoid. The ezine Journeywoman shares information by
connecting women travellers from around the world. Country Sites Determined to help speed other women travellers on their
way, Evelyn Hannon runs the free Web site journeywoman.com. Person of the Year Wired Women closes out the century by acknowledging the Web women who
are creating communities, challenging the status quo and making the wired
world a better place to live. One click at a time. ....Evelyn Hannon,
a smart, generous Canadian who at 42 marched off to see the world and
came home transformed. Hannon’s journeywoman.com offers traveling women
advice, insight, community and the courage to go it alone. Short Tour of Internet Sites That Help Traveling Women See the Sights Journeywoman (http://www.journeywoman.com) is my favorite
[women's travel site] because it's so practical, fresh and real. Then,
too, I enjoy its Toronto-based editor, Evelyn Hannon, who started traveling
after getting divorced at 42 and laid the groundwork for the site with
a chain letter requesting travel tips from 100 women all over the world.
Series a spin-off from the popular website Journeywoman Northern Lights Television of Toronto and Ocean Entertainment of Halifax are combining efforts to coproduce a CDN$1.3 million, 26 x 30-minute travel series based on the award-winning website Journeywoman.com. Broadcasters are now being sought. Launched in 1996 by creator and publisher Evelyn Hannon, the site is
an on-line resource for female travelers, especially woman business travelers.
Touted widely in media outlets such as USAToday and The New York Times,
the site has picked up an array of website awards. It's a Woman's World Travel on the net: www.journeywoman.com is Mecca for women travelers. The Net hits 30! She [Evelyn Hannon of Journeywoman] built a travel industry
brand and readership that's resulted in a spin-off TV show. She outperformed
businesses with million-dollar branding budgets. Women's Travel Online - HERMAIL makes a splash Over the last three years, Hannon, a North American expert in the field
of women and travel has been steadily adding to the amount of women-centered
travel information available on the internet. She believes that the best
source of information comes from the average woman who lives in the destination
that the female traveller is planning to visit. Who knows better where
the safe areas are, which hotels would be suitable, what to wear, where
to find a female doctor if you're ill and where the best budget shopping
is? To that end, Hannon, who is also the consultant to the Canadian government
on women and travel, has set up two multi-award-winning websites where
women travellers can connect internationally and help each other with
personal travel advice. Hit Web site plans to morph into TV travel series Toronto's own Evelyn Hannon-- creator, founder and editor of the Journeywoman.com
Web site -- is the online leader in a niche playing to the travel industry's
hottest new market: women. Moms on Board Today, at 60, Hannon has emerged as the online leader in
a market that is suddenly recognizing the power of the adventuress. Web Site for Women on the Go While some airlines and a few other corporate services
have put up websites to appeal to female travelers, Evelyn Hannon is way
out front with Journeywoman, a Web site and electronic magazine that is
able to attract major advertisers. En Route Journeywoman is a website aimed at women travellers. This site is a source
of great travel advice and some hilarious articles, and well worth a browse.
Flying Solo ... The number of visitors to www.journeywoman.com has quadrupled since its
launch two years ago...www.HERmail.net, a protected e-mail service is
another channel for female travelers to share travel know-how. Girl power Prevails on the Net I try not to be gender-specific when reviewing sites, but you know, every
now and then you come across something that is just too good to pass up.
So, men of the world, excuse me but this is Ladies’ Day....If you’re a
woman alone in the big, bad travel world, no matter what your age this
(Journeywoman) is a fun and informational site to visit. Finding Pleasure Island on the World Wide Web Funny, informative and irreverent, Journeywoman offers great advice for
women travelling solo, in groups, pregnant, etc. Lots of great information
which men will find useful as well. Virtually Travelling From a women’s perspective, don’t miss Journeywoman’s website. This extensive
site contains travel stories, tips, and advice designed to make your journeys
both safe and enjoyable... Now we’re getting somewhere Hannon, a Toronto native, started Journeywoman as a print magazine about
five years ago, with the notion that because women are traveling more,
we needed more information aimed at females about the places we might
be visiting. Excellent E-zine Hannon’s publication has won a suitcase of awards since going online
two years ago...Even if you never plan to leave home, Journeywoman is
fun to visit. Voyager en solo? Et pourquoi pas? Toutes les femmes ne font cependant pas preuve de la meme assurance,
et c’est notamment pour celles qui sont tiraillees entre leurs craintes
et leur gout de de l’aventure qu’Evelyn Hannon, journalist ontarienne,
diffuse sur le Web une multitude d’informations destinees aux voyageuses
solos.... Planet Amazon Review At Journeywoman you'll find a treasure trove of information for the resourceful
female adventurer and explorer of new terrains. Find yourself in a stench-filled
bathroom? If you've read Journeywoman you'd know that dabbing a little
mentholated lip balm under your nose can save you from tumbling into the
bowl in a fit of nausea. Wish your suitcases were lighter at the end of
a long trip? A Journeywoman throws away her clothes as she goes - old
t-shirts stop clogging up her closet at home and she doesn't have to carry
as much when on the road. Filled with tips and light-hearted common sense,
Journeywoman is the place to go when on the go. A new-age network for women Starting Dec. 1, look for free E-mail at Herspace, care
of an online women's travel magazine called Journeywoman. Journeywoman
will connect women travelers with volunteer guides who can show them around
a city. And the E-mail, of course, will be accessible anywhere that has
a Web connection. Good Sites An on-line quarterly e-zine just for women travellers, "Journeywoman"
is slick, sleek and jam-packed with information. Among the features of
this inspiring website is a list of female-friendly city sites, helpful
advice on what to wear, tales of romantic conquests from faraway places,
shopping and a classifieds section advertising trips especially for women.
Another useful feature is the Woman to Woman Networking Cyberboard, where
you can ask advice of other female travellers. Good advice for the woman traveller Get some guidance from your guidebook and there are books and internet
sites dedicated to woman travellers, such as ... the Internet magazine
Journeywoman, located at www.journeywoman.com. Magazine's still around but now only on the Net To serve everyone, Hannon thought the best bet was to go directly to
the Internet and she says the response was "like an explosion." The magazine
which had from 6,000 to 10,000 readers annually, has now attracted about
115,000 visitors to the site in a year and a half. The Internet and Travel Travel magazines -- Examples include Journeywoman aimed at women travellers.
Besides the better-known young women's sites, there are niche zines
worth noting, including: The travel-focused Journeywoman...
IF GLOBE-TROTTING was once mainly a male pastime, Journeywoman proves
times have changed. Though femsites can seem trite, this one, where women
describe canoeing through Honduran rain forests and ranging solo across
Turkey, has a sense of adventure. The site's bulletin board approach,
though uneven, is packed with reader tips and accounts of past journeys
that should encourage timid travelers. And searching for such gems is
half the fun.
Journeywoman has earned 8 points out of 10 in our travel guide listing.
This site for women travelling alone is nice and it's humourous. At Journeywoman
you can find tips, experiences, reports and obvious subjects like shopping
and love on holiday. Everything presented with a twinkle in one's eye.
Journeywoman is a must-see site.... Filled with practical, creative,
and invaluable tips from other female travelers...
...visiting this site and signing up for the monthly newsletter gave
a feeling of belonging to an exciting new club and I shall certainly be
keeping a regular eye on the Journeywoman network from now on.
As the editor of Journeywoman Online former Montrealer, Evelyn Hannon
has established a unique Internet magazine site especially for women who
like to travel.... Journeywoman has been publicized in more than 100 guidebooks,
newspapers, books and magazines around the world.
... Journeywoman is an excellent magazine with good feature writing
and award winning graphics all designed with "gal-travelers" in mind...
A definite bookmark for travelers with ovaries.
...the Star checked out a few of the better-known sites, to see what
they have to offer: Journeywoman (www.journeywoman.com) Women are
different from men, of course, and therefore have different travel needs.
The Journeywoman site gives you female-friendly advice, online classifieds
catering to women's travel needs and an opportunity to subscribe free
to an online women's travel newsletter.
Journeywoman--This online travel 'zine offers articles on gal-friendly
cities, travel tips and tales, and a great classified section with information
about learning opportunities, volunteering, and outdoor vacations. Post
a question like "Where can I spend my holidays learning how to Salsa?"
on the Cyberboard, and have the answers sent to you via e-mail.
Evelyn Hannon has done it again. An excellent guide for traveling to
Holland. "Netherland Notes by women for women." Well designed. An eye
catcher. Worth reading and saving.
Women planning a trip to The Netherlands have a new Internet guide full
of information to make for safe and enjoyable travel. Found at www.journeywoman.com,
the Travellin' Woman's Guide to Holland
provides female-friendly advice on such cities as Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
A Ticket to Ride -- Journeywoman Online Magazine
It's called "Her Own Way --
Advice For The Woman Traveller" [written for Department of Foreign
Affairs by Journeywoman editor Evelyn Hannon] but male travellers may
benefit from its advice, too. |
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