Travel Writing
Nomads and vagabonds There are, approximately, 40,768 bloggers out there whose ‘unique’ selling point is that they are constantly on the road. NomadicVagabondKevin and his cohorts have jacked in their jobs, and now spend their time travelling from one place to the next, seeing as much of our wonderful world as possible. This is, it [...]
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One question that I regularly get asked is: “How do I travel around the world and get paid for it?” Well, the obvious answer is: “Start a travel blog!” It’s an idea that’s so simple, it’s a wonder so few other people are doing it. Just buy a domain name, install WordPress and start writing [...]
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I like a good guide book. I like something I can read on the plane, on the bus or wandering around the streets without having to worry about it being stolen, damaged, forced to shut down during take-off or the cause of horrendous roaming fees. But not all guide books are the same. A lot [...]
Much ado about Naples On Wednesday morning, I was putting together an article about York. I’d just written that Laterooms.com is a decent place to look for deals on B&Bs when Rotterdam-based travel writer Shaney Hudson said something rather interesting on Twitter. Shaney had spotted a sizable chunk of her article on Naples quoted in [...]
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You know those rubbish episodes of The Simpsons where they can’t be bothered to write anything new, and just string a few highlight clips together? Well, this is the Grumpy Traveller equivalent. I’m going into hiding until the New Year – but here are a few of my favourite 2010 posts that you may have [...]
The following is a vague approximation of what I said when I was asked to speak at Travel Blog Camp 2010, to a room full of bloggers, journalists, editors, PRs and travel company owners. At least I think it’s what I said – what actually came out of my mouth may have been a stream-of [...]
Continue reading about What blogging and tweeting has done for me
What follows is, roughly, what I said in my presentation at Travel Blog Camp in London earlier this week. Other aspects of the speech – ‘What blogging and tweeting has done for me’ and ‘What journalists, bloggers and marketers can learn from each other’ can be found on separate pages. Monetising Grumpy Traveller I’ve tried [...]
What follows is, roughly, what I said in my presentation at Travel Blog Camp 2010 in London earlier this week. Other aspects of the speech – ‘What blogging and tweeting has done for me’ and ‘Models for monetising blogs’ can be found on separate pages. Outdated labels I’m a firm believer in the need to [...]
Continue reading about What journalists, bloggers and marketers can learn from each other
Travel in newspapers and magazines Despite theoretically making a living by writing for them, I rarely read travel magazines and newspaper travel sections. With the odd noble exception, I find that they just don’t interest me. And there are two possible explanations for this – 1) I’m weird and they just don’t speak to me [...]
Continue reading about What is wrong with travel writing – in microcosm
That sound you just heard was me hefting my considerable weight onto an already creaking bandwagon. But following on from Ewen Bell‘s magnificent video explanation of how to become a travel writer, I thought I’d give a few marketing tips in a visual format as well… I feel that I ought to, at this point, [...]