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24 Hours In Any City In The World
The perfect, meticulously-searched guide to Any City In The World for people who, for some bizarre reason, have only allocated 24 hours to explore it. 06.00: Assuming your flight landed at one minute past
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Travel writer tips: Don’t waste an email
Why putting pitches in an email that an editor has to read can be more successful than a bombardment of separate pitch emails. Show me an editor that doesn’t bemoan the size and unmanageability
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Is this the death of articles about the death of guide books?
I still have my first article about the death of guide books. It sits fondly on my bookshelf – I can’t quite bear to part with it. So many memories are attached, so many
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Selling out on social media: Travel writers and Twitter
“Really wish I was back at @MyJunketHotel! So beautiful! #CityXfreebie13” “Ready to board the @JunketAirways flight to CityX! Great to see @JunketHack and @FreebieBlagger here. #AirlineJunketCityX” “Another evening, another fabulous three course dinner in
Read More »Formula for becoming a millionaire travel writer
Do you want to become rich from your travel writing? Well, here’s how to do it… Snag a commission from a well-known publication to write a top ten list (say, top ten haunted hotels
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Do the Amazon KDP Select free giveaway promotions really work?
David Whitley gave his book away for free for five days. Did the sales afterwards make the promotional gamble worth it? Vanity publishing In August 2012, I put my first toes into the despair
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The 65 greatest cities of contrasts
Every traveller wants to go to a great city of contrasts. But which is the greatest city of contrasts? Grumpy Traveller asked the global media to help find out. The holiday planning conversation is
Read More »Travel brochure translations: What they really mean
Romantic restaurant? Boutique hotel? Compact double room? Here’s what these travel brochure terms – and more – REALLY mean. Travel brochures, in theory, are written in English. But they’re often so packed full with
Read More »Is it possible to make a full time living from travel blogging?
With travel bloggers getting book deals, is it possible to earn a good living from travel blogging alone? David Whitley asked a few of the industry’s biggest names. Like many travellers, Torre DeRoche started
Read More »Blogging whilst travelling: Is it a good idea?
Is spending time on the computer a productive use of time whilst on the road? When friends (or people that I once met and mystifyingly haven’t blocked on Facebook yet), go off travelling, there
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