3 Benefits of Combining Disciplines
Offering photos and video to editors alongside your articles adds wealth to your writer’s life. It is easy to do and has the added bonus of enriching your travel experiences. Looking at a place through a camera lens sharpens your focus. Looking at it through video makes you more aware of the surroundings and what’s…
How I Got My First Published Article
As an information technology project manager, I am a “road warrior.” Most weeks Monday through Friday, I travel to client sites. My travel to 42 states and 41 countries has been an adventure. I knew several years ago that I don’t want to give up this lifestyle when I retire. I needed to figure out…
How to Increase Your Chances of a Hotel Comp
Who wouldn’t want to stay in hotels for free and write about it? In my four years of travel writing, I’ve managed to have 100 hotel feature articles published on two websites, and one magazine. Most of those hotel stays were comps, many of which I found by contacting the hotel directly. Some of the…
4 Proven Tips to Make Sure You Are Always Editor-Ready
For years I confidently wrote letters, reports, proposals, technical articles, and manuals. After I retired from the corporate world, I started my travel writer’s journey. I plodded along sending queries and stories, all created in Microsoft Word. I was sure my work was above par when it came to spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Then one…
How To Write Catchy Headlines For Articles–Our Complete Guide
How to write catchy headlines part 1: Best practices to make your headlines stand out and grab a reader’s attention As a travel writer, one of the best things you can do for your stories – and for your own career, since this helps you get a “yes” from editors, too – is to write…
Using Social Media to Find Publications
Opportunities to find homes for your articles in great publications are almost everywhere. Flying in a plane, riding in a train or sitting in your doctor’s office. They are there in print. But, don’t forget social media. All magazines advertise, have social media accounts and want to be discovered to increase their readership. As writers…
Taking That Travel Writing Leap Pays Off
You probably already know that the perks of travel writing are real. The exotic travel…gourmet food…luxury accommodations…unforgettable adventures…special treatment. You may be sold on all of it and yet still be hesitant. I know because that’s how I was. Even after I sold my first article. Even after I got paid to travel and then…
3 Ways to Boost Success as a Travel Writer
By Jennifer Stevens in Colorado Springs, CO It’s easier than you probably imagine to successfully break into travel writing. You don’t need natural literary flair, an English degree, or years of writing experience. Successful travel writers come from all walks of life and all sorts of backgrounds—the folks I’ve taught started out as accountants, teachers,…
How I Landed Two Travel Writing Assignments and a Dream Vacation
By Theresa St. John in Saratoga Springs, New York They say that retail jobs have a shelf life, and I can tell you that, after 22 years, mine had long passed the expiration date. I kept reaching for this elusive dream of being a travel writer, never really thinking I could actually start living it. In 2013, I…
We Swapped Our Corporate Jobs for a Life of Adventure
It was daunting, when my husband Duncan and I fired our corporate life for a life of travel. Family and friends said we had lost our minds Our eldest son inspired us to go live our dreams and get out of our crazy corporate world. He had set off on a year of travel, a late…