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Off Track Planet Launching a “Social Community for REAL Travelers”

March 1st, 2011 Off Track Planet will launch OTP 2.0 A Social Community for REAL F*CKING Travelers! “WOOAH there, hold on  a second you Off Track Planet hoodlums…what exactly do you mean by ‘for REAL travelers’?”  Clear and simple.  If your idea of travel is a two week vacation aboard Disney Cruise Lines, this isn’t [...]

Hostel Owners Rejoice! Special Advertising Package for a Limited Time!

OTP MAGAZINE ISSUE #1 (Released June 2010) Open publication – Free publishing – More travel

GET SOME! NYC Hostel Party: “Itchy Medicine” Hosted by HI Hostel

If you’re lucky enough to be in NYC this Friday, you’ve hit the backpacker jackpot!  Our friends over at Hosteling International (you know, that big village of a hostel that takes up an entire NYC city block), are throwing a post-Thanksgiving party.  The fourth installment of Itchy Medicine: Deja Vu, is designed to cure your [...]

FREE Copy of Off Track Planet Magazine!

Want to find out where to get drunk, party, have sex and eat in New York City, OTP style? Then you must get your hands on the first issue of our magazine. 42 pages loaded with cheap bites, good coffee spots, budget drinking holes and cool hostels. The best part? It’s FREE!  just help us [...]

Hostel Bookers Big Big Giveaway: FREE Round the World Ticket + $1,300!!

This is the big mama of all giveaways. If you’ve been itching to travel and either don’t have the cash or can’t decide where to go, Hostelbookers has something right up your alley: Round The World (RTW) tickets and 1000 euros (Approximately $1,300) in spending cash. Even Santa can’t pay up on that. How it [...]

A New Travel Magazine Launching for the Young, Horny and Broke…

There is a new travel trend on the rise far from luxury hotels and fancy dinners. Off Track Planet, dedicated to independent travel lifestyles, is releasing their first self-published magazine featuring a New York City guide to getting drunk, partying, having sex, eating and sleeping on a “backpackers” budget…OTP likes to think, “It’s the unisex [...]

The Winner of OTPs Europe by Eurail Contest is…

Oh wow, this was a real toughie here. One of the hardest decisions we have ever had to make. It was a tight race all the way to the end, but there could only be one. After many long hours of deliberation…a couple punches to the head, a black eye and bloody nose later we [...]

OTPs Europe by Eurail Contest – Win a 1st Class Global Pass + Flip HD or iPOD Nano!

We got our sticky little hands on something amazing and we are giving this bundle of awesomeness away to one, qualified and enthusiastic reader thanks to Eurail.com! Host OTPs “Europe by Eurail” and Win a 1st Class 15-Day Eurail Global Pass and your choice of a FLIP HD Camera or iPOD Nano!! Eurail (Eurail.com) is [...]

OTP South America: The Making of a Travel Guide

We are off to Bogota, Colombia this Monday to begin developing, researching and exploring material for OTP’s South America Travel Guide. For 2 months, we plan to explore the revival of Colombia, then down into Peru for Machu Picchu, up and across the Amazon River into Brazil and completely wing it from there on. We [...]

The Perfect time to go to Mexico and the last time you’ll hear about Swine Flu

Swine flu. Scary scary stuff. Something about pigs and Mexicans and sure death. You remember SARS? How people sent it through your mailbox? Yeah that SARS killed off everyone you know, right? Oh and West Nile Virus. We hope you’re current on the vaccinations because you never know when those mosquitoes might make it over [...]

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