Being a travel writer is a fun and adventurous job, where your time is your own to do with as you please. That’s why we get into it, after all. But most of us have either a day job or significant responsibilities beyond travel writing. With that in mind, it’s crucial to use your time […]
It can be hard to find ways to generate article topic ideas, so here’s a graphic to help you… Ways to generate article topic ideas: The biggest tip? Just go for it. Yes, you’ve heard it before…but, really, I can’t emphasize it enough. You’ve got to bite the bullet. And, the sooner the better. To […]
The twisting mountain road was barely wide enough to let two hotel shuttle vans pass as we climbed to our lodging high above Gero. Unlike the monochrome town below, this ryokan (traditional Japanese lodging) was a work of architectural art that blended in with the dense jade-green forest. The trip to Japan in 2017 included […]
When I started my travel writing journey, I envisioned comped hotel stays, free attractions, and free wine tasting. All of those perks and more have come to pass. But it wasn’t until my third year as a travel writer that I ventured into the realm of free concerts. My love of live music goes way […]
When I started my travel writing career, I was excited to cover travel, food, and wine. Little did I know that some of the most popular articles I would write would be about my previous careers and current hobbies. My first indication that published works outside of the usual travel stories could be in my […]
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 […]
Imagine warm sun-splashed beaches, world-class vineyards in Tuscany, vibrant cities bursting with culture, or snowy slopes just waiting for your skis to glide through the powder. These are examples of days in my travel writer’s life. But it all had to start somewhere… At the 2015 Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Denver, three eager newbies […]
Back in the 1990s, I was spoiled with luxury. You see, I was a real estate investor, and I got hooked on going to places like New Zealand, Europe, Central America, and South America looking for—and sometimes buying—investment real estate. But then the real estate bubble popped and skimmed the cream off the top of […]
Recently, my wife and I were guests of a country inn located in Leola, Pennsylvania. We dined at the inn’s five-star restaurant and stayed in a luxury suite, all on the house. Staying in boutique hotels and sipping fine wine may be your motivation for becoming a travel writer. Heck, that’s why I decided to […]
As I sit in a comfy chair that faces a picture window framing a pyramid-shaped mountain and a calm lake, two loons break the silence. They paddle up to my little slice of Alaskan lakefront and serenade me for 10 minutes before moving on. Every summer I travel to Alaska for fishing—that’s when the fishing […]
