Travel goodies for free
The Web site Trustypony.com is on its second of eight days of give-aways (think free cool blankets and magnetized car games). The maven behind trustypony is Berit Thorkelson,who often writes for Travel about cool travel gadgets, and she is clearing her test pad of products (manufacturers are onboard with the freebies). It’s all to celebrate the site’s new comment capability. Check it out and you could wind up the proud owner of a neat travel product.




Kerri Westenberg has globe-trotted for National Geographic and other magazines. Now she zips around the region, on the lookout for travel news you can use.
Elizabeth Larsen lived in Salzburg, Austria, and has traveled throughout Europe and the Americas. She can say "diaper," "bottle" and "crib" in four languages.
Troy Melhus has heli-skied on glaciers, dived alongside Monk seals and raced for 24 hours on a mountain bike. All this, and he rarely spends more than $500 on a trip.