http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/forum/suggestions Travel Writers Exchange Forum Home » Forum: Suggestions - Recent Topics en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:01:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/search.php http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/looking-for-guest-writers-for-a-travel-blog#post-2782 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:12:59 +0000 Nikoletta 2782@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p><strong>Hello, everyone.</p> <p>Apartmentsapart blog is a company providing vacation rentals around the world and as a fun resource for our users we will provide tidbits and titillation brought to you by travelers in their own words.</p> <p>This is the kind of stuff we are looking for our blog:<br /> - Some crazy (truthful) and recent news from one of the cities such as monkeys escaped from the city zoo and rampaged through the city (links to source please)</p> <p>- A great point of interest and why it is worth seeing (no boring travel guides please, “yawn”). We are not looking for a tripadvisor clone here. We want to hear some unique reason you should see landmark X.</p> <p>- top restaurants/bars and the crazy stuff that happened to you there. Did you dance on the tables and drop your trousers? Do they do body tequila?</p> <p>- extreme sports activities available in the city and who offers them</p> <p>- a story about a famous personality (movie star/singer/porn star etc) who attended city and got into a fight with the local yobs.</p> <p>- More interesting stuff like: <em>events, resturants, parks<br /> city tours, shopping, famous buildings in cities, what to do in 24 hours, famous people form this city, travel tips, fast food, local food, sports grounds, football teams, celebrities that live in this city, cool photos of this city ( get from google images etc), racism in this city, famous, filmns made in this city, graffitti in X, dream apartments in X, luxury apartment pics in X, districts in this city, where to have breakfast in X, favourite cafes in X, coming pop concerts in X<br /> coming sports events in X, famous movies from this country, youth culture in X, airport comparison in x cities, population comparison in X,Y,Z, Political leaders in Z, Drugs in Z, Demographics/immigrants in X, Daytrips outside X, Train routes to other cities, Transportation Other countries that would train, Persecution of minrities in X, tourism nubers in 2009, 2010, 2011, Religions, Crime rates in cities, environment in X, pollution in X, Zoos in X, Communism in X, Poverty in X, Languages spoke in , Pop bands from X, Nuclear power in X, education sytems in X</em> </p> <p> :DIf you are telling a personal story of when you were in the city, please send pics of you when you were there. If you met someone famous – even better. Let’s see the pic with them!</p> <p>We have created pages for all these cities. If you loved your time in one of these then let us know!</strong> </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/interesting-travel-niche-can-it-work#post-1185 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:41:23 +0000 lolitsdan09 1185@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Hello, I'm Dan, and I was a grad this year from high school, who wants to consider studying internationally in Canada. I'm from the U.S. but want to study at Seneca College in Toronto, Ontario. </p> <p>I have a niche idea that I don't think is commonly done that I know of, and wanted to see if it's doable. Since i Want to study internationally in a foreign country, I was also wondering if I can write about it. My niche would be "International Student's college life". Technically, I'm going to a distance of a foreign country, just like traveling only I'm studying there, and my stay in for the course duration. </p> <p>Two broad Topics I feel I'd want to cover are: Life at Seneca college, which would include dorm/room life, activities/leisure reviews, studying/academics, and miscellanious events. Also, I could cover topics about Toronto, the city I'd be in, which I could talk about town events, town life, and town places. </p> <p>I do acknowledge that my target audience and readers would be slightly different than what most travel writers get. I may atract aspiring travelers, but I'm sure than a majority of my readers should be college-bound students in high school, or people aged 13-18. I know that a lot of college bound students would love to hear the realities of college, and I could focus on two things: I could easily get Canadian teens to read about my college experiences, and me being an internationa lstudent, they'd probably find me more interesting. For them, I'd have to focus on the "real" college life, rather than "distorted" college life they hear about. I know the way I present myself in my writing would effect how my readers would feel about college. </p> <p>Another I dea I could atempt, if I can do this, is get my writing published to the U.S. and write to American teens about what it's like studying in a foreign country. Maybe I'd convince a teen or two to come and study somewhere in Canada, or somewhere foreign. I don't even think I'd have to find just Americans/Canadians, if possible, I'd try to reach out to teens in overseas countries. </p> <p>I truely want to do this for the message, not just to pay off student loans faster. I am not ure if I'd even make a dime off this. I know I could easily start with a blog, I had that in mind, but I wanted to reach out to more than just the internet. Since I know teens don't always read the paper, parents could talk to their kid about this. It has a few possibilities that could try to work. So, in the event I go and study internationally to Canada, can thiswork for me at all, or would I be wasting too much time? Also, I would love to hear suggestions, and stuff like that. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/handling-rejection#post-162 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:15:29 +0000 WriterMom2 162@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I think a new topic could be "how to handle rejection." Many people freak out when they receive a rejection letter from a publisher, client, or even an employer. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/web-writing#post-401 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:55:14 +0000 Angela 401@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I receive AWAI's The Golden Thread newsletter and they have many articles on web writing. This could be applied to travel writing. If you're going to drive traffic to your website, it would help to know about writing for the web and everything that goes with it. Just a suggestion. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/another-forum-suggestion#post-113 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:17:56 +0000 Angela 113@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>How about a category for writer's block? Lately, I've been blocked. I do different things like listen to music, turn off the computer, journal, stretch, and practice deep breathing. I could use some fresh ideas. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/new-forum-suggestion#post-89 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:45:20 +0000 Marias_Mom 89@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>How about a forum category about blogging? I've been doing a family blog for a short time, so I know a little bit about it, and can try to help others, but I'd also be interested in learning more about it and maybe even some more advanced blogging tips.</p> <p>Thanks! </p>