Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about the staycation. Apparently, more and more people are choosing
not to take flights or road trips, and are using their vacations to stay home
and get pedicures instead. According to MSNBC, it all has something to
do with the combination of high gas prices and something called a “recession.”

I wouldn’t know about that. But until Donald Trump returns the private jet he borrowed from me last
Christmas, I’m afraid I’m stuck at home along with everyone else. Lucky for me, I’ve got WEbook to keep me entertained. My fellow WEbookers hail from all over
the globe, and they’re all here to share their stories. Who needs Paris when I’ve got “The
Real Paris?”

If Donald Trump stole your jet, too, here’s a list of
great WEbook projects that
are guaranteed to transport you somewhere other than your living room.

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Destination: New York City

Project:  New
York Undercover

Tour Guide: tahrasep

Mode of
Transportation: Non-fiction insider’s
guidebook articles. “There’s Times
Square, and then there’s New York City.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and
leave feedback.

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Destination: Africa

Project: Africa’s
Sons, Africa’s Daughters

Tour Guide: AkindeleDecker

Mode of
Transportation: Non-fiction essays,
poetry. “I see a vision for Africa. One
that involves and integrates the minds, the intellects, the theories, and
philosophies of the likes of our past intellectually enlightened storytellers.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read and leave
feedback. Only the Project Leader can
write.

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Destination: Dublin

Project:  Dirty Old Town!

Tour Guide: jamesmcshane

Mode of
Transportation: Fiction and
non-fiction stories. “New York is the
city that never sleeps. Dublin is the city that's never sober.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and
leave feedback.

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Destination: Kansas

Project:  Jake River’s Kansas

Tour Guide: jakerivers

Mode of
Transportation: Fictional short
stories. “I was a runner. From about the
time I could walk I ran everywhere and all the time. We lived out in the
country, kinda north of Wichita along the Little Arkansas River, a nice area
called Pleasant Valley.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read and leave
feedback. Only the Project Leader can
write.

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Destination: Louisiana

Project: Louisiana: Every Man a King

Tour Guide: MDWillis

Mode of
Transportation: Fiction and
non-fiction stories, poetry. “From
S'port to N'leans, from Texas to Mississippi, from past to present.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and
leave feedback.

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Destination: Ireland

Project:  Irish
Interest Stories and Poems

Tour Guide: Breagadoir

Mode of
Transportation: Fiction and
non-fiction stories, poetry. “Bringing
together stories and poems that have some connection with Ireland.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and
leave feedback.

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Destination: China

Project:  China Trip, Summer
2007

Tour Guide: jRphillip

Mode of
Transportation: Non-fiction
memoir/journal. “I got to see China as a
tourist, but I also got to see kids my own age up close and personal in their
school. I even got to go home for lunch
with them!”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read and leave
feedback. Only the Project Leader can
write.

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Destination: Michigan

Project:  Lake Superior Tales

Tour Guide: Mikel

Mode of
Transportation: Fictional short
stories. “The first Governor of
Michigan, Lewis Cass was quoted when first seeing Lake Superior in 1820, ‘There
are four Great Lakes and then there's one that's Superior.’”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read and leave
feedback. Only the Project Leader can
write.

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Destination: Las Vegas

Project:  Vegas Undercover

Tour Guide: AmyHa

Mode of
Transportation: Non-fiction insider’s
guidebook articles. “Vegas vacation
ideas that leave the dice in the dust and the cards on the table.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and
leave feedback.

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Destination: Everywhere

Project: Ex-Pat Journal

Tour Guide: Sarah

Mode of
Transportation: Non-fiction essays. “Nothing makes you appreciate home like
living somewhere else.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and
leave feedback.

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Featured
WEbook Projects

Know a great project you’d like to see written
about in the WEbook blog? Have a fantastic idea for a feature about a
particular type of writing you’ve seen a lot of on WEbook? Visit my profile and drop me a note with the subject: Featured
WEbook Project. I’ll check out your
tip, and the best of the best will live in infamy on the pages of this blog.

-- Melissa