archives: Travel Writing

From a list of inspirational women travelers comes the story of who inspired Christine Garvin to take the travel plunge.   More »

Travel writing, a discipline that can be flaky, shallow and commercial, can also be a powerful form of journalism and a force for social change.   More »

Eight of the most amazing tales of survival ever written.  More »

Famous Author quiz. Who said: "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." ?  More »

How dance can lead you on the path to enlightenment.  More »

Backpacking today has more soul than most boomers believe.  More »

Online writing just can't get no love.  More »

Perhaps there is such a thing as bad publicity.  More »

Bare your soul online and you might just get pecked to death.  More »

Stuck in a travel rut? Jumpstart your lust with these inspiring travel quotes.  More »

It’s hard not to love David Farley. He’s the poster-child of a Walking Party travel writer. He eloped to Italy with fellow travel write  More »

When I left college with a degree in journalism I found myself saturated in theory, but lacking in practical and applicable knowledge. I will always  More »

The only job better than being a travel writer, is being a travel writer on your own television show. That’s the dream attained by Julia Dimon  More »

I work in the publishing industry, and I’m also an avid reader - so it’s no wonder I’ve been knee deep in Kindle speculation for the  More »

Photo by Christgr Travel writers are a weird bunch of people who tend to think too much. They travel and write to make a living (or a vague appro  More »

With a book in hand, travel becomes a two-fold adventure. Not only are you personally experiencing a new culture - you are simultaneously seeing it th  More »

It was a sunny Sunday afternoon in Corte Madera, California, at the closing ceremonies of the Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference  More »

If you’ve got a laptop and a thirst for living abroad, you might be able to make a buck with your travel writing skills, enabling you to enjoy l  More »

In August 2007, travel journalist Eva Holland attended the Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference in Corte Madera, CA. In this arti  More »

Travel is all about dialogue and interaction between characters. Too often though, beginning travel writers focus exclusively on one character (the n  More »

In real life we simultaneously process dozens of thoughts, memories, ideas and emotions. The stories that seem real and alive are stories that contai  More »

Getting your travel writing published is a game of numbers. If you submit enough work, you will find someone to publish it, eventually. It’s   More »

Over 50+ online travel magazines that are looking for your new material. As editor of this magazine, I often receive submissions that fall into the t  More »

While browsing around Youtube I came across this great video tutorial from Lee LeFever of TWINF and the previous RSS tutorial, who put this together   More »

Study these practical tips and you’ll have your travel writing published in no time. The life of a travel writer is framed with romantic notion  More »

Last week I read a concise post from Brian Clark over at Copyblogger about the effectiveness of telling a story - no matter what medium you’re u  More »

The interview is a staple of the travel journalists’ repertoire. Journalism is a creative job. Despite all the professors who told me article  More »

So you’ve started a travel blog. Fantastic. Chances are, you’ve also emailed your blog URL to your friends and family, in the hopes of  More »

This article is adapted from Mark Moxon’s website. Republished here with permission. Becoming a travel writer is pretty easy - you just need t  More »

There’s some pretty powerful propaganda out there romanticizing my profession. Whether it’s Blood Diamond’s Jennifer Connelly sco  More »

For months now, I’ve been traveling the blogophere seeking out the interesting, the obscure, the obscene from the world of travel bloggers. Go  More »

Most travel writer’s try to cover everything on their trip. Why that’s a bad idea and what you can do about it. One of the perks of worki  More »

What’s the difference between a boring travel journal and a killer one? Usually, you can tell within the first few sentences. Consider the f  More »

This week I’ve been pondering the different ways to maintain an online travel blog (or travel journal, whatever you like to call it). You basi  More »