Travel Writing is easily the most exciting and personally rewarding kind of writing you can engage in. You get to do something you love, and you get paid for it. Once you have a few regular outlets for your work you can tell owners and managers of the places you want to write about that you are there to do a story and you will find the red carpet is rolled out for you.
Kathleen Peddicord. from the travel division of Agora Inc. says: "Successful Travel Writers have it made. Once you are established as a successful travel writer you could be invited to take FREE CRUISES on the world’s most luxurious ships, hitting all of the hot spots in the Caribbean, visit Australia, New Zealand, France, England, South America, Africa, Asia and other romantic points of interest, and get paid for it.This year my two major websites (Turkey and New England) received a total of about 2.5 million visitors who generated six-figure income, up 30% from last year. I see no reason 2008 won't be even better (I'm hoping, conservatively, for a 20% increase). Travel writing has never been so good for me in every way as it is right now. Tom Brosnahan
"Travel stories about the fabulous hideaways and hidden treasures of the world are desperately needed. Travel editors today are actually having a hard time finding people to write these articles. Naturally, GOOD writing is required, as always."
The Travel Writer's Guide, by Gordon Burgett, taught me the basics of SELLING what you write before you go traveling. I have read the book all the way through about three times now, and when I take a long trip I take it along for company when I get time to rest.
And that's one more thing about writing, you can do stories on how RESTFUL an area is. Of course you need to rest there to make it truthful, right? The last time I went to do a story on Robbers Cave Oklahoma my health suddenly turned bad and I had to rest quite a bit. So, I sat down and engaged numerous people in conversations regarding where they were from, and what THEY found delightful at Robbers Cave.
Another thing, the more experience (older) you get the better you can write and the more editors know you can write well for them. Stories that once took me a month to write can now be turned out in less than a day -- and the writing is better.
It's a fact that food just tastes better when it is cooked outdoors. Now with 101 Camping & Outdoor Recipes, even campers who have never cooked anything more complicated than S'mores can make great meals and snacks over the campfire. You no longer need to sacrifice eating well just because you are not in your home kitchen.
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