My Life of Travel is a free web-based travel blogging site that is also designed to be a useful travel research tool. On mylifeoftravel.com, users can keep a record of their trips, by integrating unlimited photos, an interactive Google map, YouTube videos, and of course text. Photo uploads are automatically compressed by the built-in upload too, to save time when traveling. The interactive map is also created automatically, based on a user’s journal entries. You can add contacts to your account and notify selected contacts when you update your travel journal, or specify what each contact can view. My Life of Travel can also be a useful research tool for travelers, and includes a private messaging system so you can contact someone for advice or to seek out a travel buddy. There is also a public travel calendar for those seeking travel companions. There is a powerful search engine that let’s you check the level of content in an entry before you bother clicking through to it.