Are you on Instagram? All of our Instagram followers got a sneak peek inside our Costa Rica Travel Writing Expedition last month. If you’re on Instagram, go here to follow us for more sneak peeks and photos from our pros. It’s a great way to stay on top of what’s selling, what our experts and […]
My husband, Jim, and I didn’t start out with the plan of working together. Nor did it ever enter our heads that we could be treated like A-listers on FAM trips together. Initially, it was my dream to pursue travel writing alongside our travels. But that changed when we went to New Orleans in 2016. […]
One of the greatest advantages of being a travel writer is of no surprise—the travel (often for free) and its associated perks. I just returned from a memorable long weekend in Southern California’s Wine Country. Because I was writing for multiple publications, all with a decidedly different angle—luxury vacation rental, wine, food and coffee—I […]
Six complimentary nights at wonderful hotels in Baden Baden, Munich, Venice, and Rome. A perfect day touring a family winery and enjoying a traditional Tuscan lunch with delicious local wines. Swimming, eating, drinking and sleeping overnight at a magical agriturismo (farmhouse resort) overlooking the medieval city of San Gimignano, Italy. A private tour of Old […]
Press trips, ah, the holy grail of travel writing. Haven’t we all coveted opportunities to be wined and dined, not only in places a mere drive away, but also in exotic locations that take a boat, plane, train, or combination of all three, to get there? Until I attended Great Escape Publishing’s Ultimate Money-Making Photography […]
For information on Great Escape Publishing’s upcoming live events, visit https://greatescapepublishing.com/events/. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” — Pablo Picasso Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry, talks to us about the impact of attending a Great Escape Publishing live event. Jody’s been listening to recordings from last year’s Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop and ran across a […]
These days, we pretty much all have a great camera in our pockets. Whether it’s an iPhone, Android, Galaxy or other cell phone, they all come with better cameras than the original full-size digital camera I bought nearly 15 years ago. But, just because the cameras are good doesn’t mean you’ll end up with good […]
You might be a foodie if you calculate the length of a trip based on the number of meals you want to have in great restaurants… If you devour cookbooks with as much concentration as a best-selling thriller… If your favorite store in the mall stocks kitchen gadgets and pretty dishes… If you peruse a […]
Early in my travel writing career, I was given the opportunity to write a column under the title of National Chocolate Examiner. At the time, I had no idea how that column would blend with my travel writing, but I wanted to build up my bylines, so I agreed to take it on. It wasn’t […]
My fishing was interrupted by my sister and brother shouting a loud, “Whoa, look.” I did, just in time to see a school bus-sized humpback whale fall from the sky and hit the water with the largest splash I’d ever seen. He was just one of several whales we saw that day under the gaze […]
