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Post» Q&A: Why Am I Not Getting Invited on Press Trips?

Updated: Jan 27th, 2021Posted: October 25, 2010 Trisha Miller

Welcome to another installment of Ask The Editor! This month a travel blogger I know personally called and asked me why he/she (I won’t say which, I’m trying to keep this anonymous since it involves […]

Guest Blog Posts

Post» Forget Budget Travel – Learn to Travel for Free!

Posted: September 22, 2010 Shelley Seale

Are you tired of the conventional wisdom that says that you have to spend a lot of money to travel the world? Well, it’s not true. In spite of the general consensus that you have […]

First Person Experience

Post» When Good Press Trips Go Bad

Posted: August 6, 2010 JoAnna Haugen

  When we go on press trips, we hope that we’ll have fun, eat the local food, meet interesting people and pick up a story or two along the way that will knock the socks […]

Guest Blog Posts

Post» Endless Vacation vs. Responsibility to Readers

Updated: Oct 31st, 2010Posted: July 6, 2010 Susan Farewell

Years ago, I thought of writing a book called, “I left Paradise a Day Early” on the many hardships travel writers have to endure while on the road. I “shelved” the idea back then because […]

Guest Blog Posts

Post» Hosted Trips: It’s All a Matter of Principle

Posted: February 10, 2010 Maralyn Hill

Hosted Press Trips – Are you in favor or not? This topic has been tossed around for years with stands pro and con. Discussions generally run to extremes and can get quite heated. In the […]

Enhance Your Writing

Post» Take A Peek Inside A Media Trip

Updated: Jul 14th, 2009Posted: June 25, 2009 Trisha Miller

A while back I wrote about a Media Trip I went on in April, to the Park Royal Holiday Resort in Cozumel, Mexico, and I followed that up with a list of “Top 10 Do’s […]

Opportunities

Post» Travel Grants Can Be the Secret to Free Travel

Updated: Mar 16th, 2010Posted: May 6, 2009 Amandah Blackwell

Are you a new travel writer looking for travel writing jobs? Would you like free travel? There is a way that few writers know about to help them get the funds they need – funds […]

Enhance Your Writing

Post» Travel Media Trips: Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts

Updated: Feb 4th, 2021Posted: May 1, 2009 Trisha Miller

Many beginning Travel Writers and Bloggers ask us “what exactly is a ‘media trip’ (or a ‘press trip’)?” These two terms are used interchangeably, though you’ll see and hear Media Trip more frequently these days. […]

General News & Info

Post» Travel Media Trip – Cozumel Follow Up

Updated: Feb 15th, 2011Posted: April 29, 2009 Trisha Miller

This past week I spent 4 wonderful days in Cozumel, Mexico on a Travel Media Trip, as a guest at the fabulous Park Royal Resort (of course you’d already know this if you follow us […]

Getting Started

Post» Why Now is the Time to Become a Travel Writer

Updated: Mar 20th, 2010Posted: February 27, 2009 Amandah Blackwell

You may not believe the time is right to be a travel writer, but you’re wrong. You must ask yourself the following question: is there ever a right time? You either want to follow your […]

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