Many thanks to all the efforts of Nomadic Samuel who runs this list.
Here is how it works:
“Welcome to the top 100 travel blogs (single author, couples and family sites) as ranked by Alexa, SEMRush, Domain Authority & Page Authority indicators. This list was compiled tracking hundreds of independent travel sites. The top travel sites that made this list are ranked according to Alexa (25%), SEMRush (25%), Domain Authority (25%) and Page Authority (25%) indicators in an attempt to highlight some of the best travel blogs. In total, four different metrics are used in the equation from three different independent sources.
My list is done entirely by ranking numbers and does not involve my personal opinion in any way, shape or form.
The list specifically measures the external link profile of sites using Domain Authority & Page Authority along with Alexa and SEMRush to determine sites levels of traffic, popularity and results in the search engines.”
Lisa Niver Rajna and George Rajna are the collective creative genius behind We Said Go Travel global travel community site. As co-authors of Traveling in Sin they’re also accomplished writers and speakers with extensive around the world travel experience. Given their versatility in skill-set and passion for travel it’s no surprise they have one of the most accomplished travel blogs around today. (Ranking #79 December 2013, #97 September 2013)
Lisa Ellen Niver is an award-winning travel expert who has explored 102 countries and six continents. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, she worked on cruise ships for seven years and backpacked for three years in Asia. She is the founder of the website WeSaidGoTravel which is read in 235 countries and was named #3 on Rise Global’s top 1,000 Travel Blogs. Niver is represented by Chip MacGregor of MacGregor Literary, Inc. Look for her memoir in Fall 2023 from Post Hill Press/Simon and Schuster.
With more than 150,000 followers across social media, she has hosted Facebook Live for USA Today 10best, is verified on Twitter and listed on IMDb, and is the Social Media Manager for the Los Angeles Press Club.
You can find Lisa Niver talking travel on broadcast television at KTLA TV Los Angeles, Satellite Media Tours, The Jet Set TV and Orbitz travel webisodes as well as her YouTube channel, where her WeSaidGoTravel videos have over 1.7 million views.
As a journalist, Niver has interviewed Deepak Chopra, Olympic medalists, and numerous bestselling authors and been invited to both the Oscars and the United Nations. She has been a judge for the Gracie Awards for the Alliance of Women in Media, and has run 15 travel competitions on her website, publishing over 2,500 writers and photographers from 75 countries.
For her print and digital stories as well as her television segments, she has been awarded three Southern California Journalism Awards and two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards and been a finalist twenty times.
Niver has published more than 2000 articles, in more than three dozen magazines and journals
including National Geographic, Wired, Teen Vogue, HuffPost Personal, POPSUGAR, Ms. Magazine, Luxury Magazine, Smithsonian, Sierra Club, Saturday Evening Post, AARP, AAA Explorer Magazine, American Airways, Delta Sky, enRoute (Air Canada), Hemispheres, Jewish Journal, Myanmar Times, BuzzFeed, Robb Report, Scuba Diver Life, Ski Utah, Trivago, Undomesticated, USA Today, TODAY, Wharton Magazine, and Yahoo.
Awards
National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards
2021 Winner: Book Critic: Ms. Magazine “Untamed: Brave Means Living From the Inside Out”
2019 Winner: Soft News Feature for Film/TV: KTLA TV “Oscars Countdown to Gold with Lisa Niver”
2019 Finalist for: Soft News, Business/Music/Tech/Art
Southern California Journalism Awards
2022 Finalist: Book Criticism
2021 Winner: Technology Reporting
2021 Finalist: Book Criticism
2020 Winner: Print Magazine Feature: Hemispheres Magazine, “Painter by the Numbers, Rembrandt”
2020 Finalist: Online Journalist of the Year, Activism Journalism, Educational Reporting, Broadcast Lifestyle Feature
2019 Finalist: Broadcast Television Lifestyle Segment for “Ogden Ski Getaway”
2018 Finalist: Science/Technology Reporting, Travel Reporting, Personality Profile
2017 Winner: Print Column “A Journey to Freedom over Three Passovers”
Social Media Presence
YouTube Channel: We Said Go Travel (1.7 million views)
Short form video:TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts
Twitter: lisaniver (90,000 followers)
Instagram: lisaniver (24,000 followers)
Pinterest: We Said Go Travel (20,000 followers and over 70,000 monthly views)
Facebook: lisa.niver (5,000 followers); We Said Go Travel (3,000 followers)
LinkedIn: lisaellenniver (9000 contacts)
3 responses to “Nomadic Samuel: #79 Top 100 Travel Blog List”
Wow, what an accomplishment, Congratulations!! I’m confident that ranking will continue to improve. Your blog truly inspires me.
We Said Go Travel is on the Top 100 Travel Blog List at #79! In September 2013, we were first added to the list by Nomadic Samuel at place #97. See it yourself: CLICK HERE!
“Welcome to the top 100 travel blogs (single author, couples and family sites) as ranked by Alexa, SEMRush, Domain Authority & Page Authority indicators. This list was compiled tracking hundreds of independent travel sites. The top travel sites that made this list are ranked according to Alexa (25%), SEMRush (25%), Domain Authority (25%) and Page Authority (25%) indicators in an attempt to highlight some of the best travel blogs. In total, four different metrics are used in the equation from three different independent sources.
Wow, what an accomplishment, Congratulations!! I’m confident that ranking will continue to improve. Your blog truly inspires me.
Daidri, Thank you so much! I am so happy to hear from you and receive your compliments! Happy EVERYTHING! Lisa
Congrats on being included!