I’ve been a travel blogger professionally since 2010. I’m often asked what that’s like, how to become a travel blogger, how I started my own travel blog, how we got our travel blogs to where they are today and how we make money as travel bloggers. After all, we travel for a living. It’s the dream, right? Of course, like any dream, it takes a lot of hard work, frustration, … [Read more...]
Travel blogging tips from the experts: Green Global Travel
In today’s travel blogging tips interview (the 27th in the series!), I’m shining a spotlight on a green corner of the travel blogging world – namely the lovely Bret and Mary, the blogging couple behind Green Global Travel. Set up nearly two years ago, these guys are on a mission to save the world, one story at a time. Their site features a heady mix of green … [Read more...]
Travel blogging tips from the experts: Leave your daily hell
In today’s travel blogging tips article I’m delighted to be able to share with you the thoughts of Robert Schrader, the creative talent behind Leave Your Daily Hell. Robert believes that travel should be something that everyone is able to experience, regardless of income, and his site focuses on how folk can travel more for less. Robert also manages to generate … [Read more...]
Celebrating two years of blogging! (and some things I’ve learnt on the way)
Cheers! My blog has just turned two, which as far as I can tell, means it’s about ready to walk and talk on its own. Kindergarten is probably just around the corner. To mark the occasion, I’ve written this shamelessly self congratulatory post (the 331st post of the site!), to celebrate the fact that my blog and I have successfully orbited a giant nuclear furnace … [Read more...]
Travel blogging tips from the experts: Travel yourself
In today’s travel blogging tips interview I’ve been able to grab hold of Cailin O’Neil, the writing and video talent behind no less than three travel blogs covering her life, her travel stories and food. There was me thinking one site was hard enough to run! Cailin is the first person I’ve interviewed in this series to focus heavily on video as part of … [Read more...]
Travel blogging tips from the experts: Hecktic Travels
Today I am delighted to be interviewing an awesome travel blogging couple, Pete and Dalene Heck of Hecktic Travels. See what they did there? Pete and Dalene came up with the plan of travelling the world way back in 2007, but it wasn’t until they managed to sell their house (and everything else!) in 2009 that they finally hit the road. They have a very leisurely approach … [Read more...]
Travel blogging tips from the experts: Nomadic Samuel
In today’s travel blogging tips article, I’m delighted to be featuring Samuel Jeffrey, better known as the man behind Nomadic Samuel, as well as the happy smiling faces of Smiling Faces Travel Photos. Samuel burst onto the travel blogging scene with a tremendous bang last July, getting the sort of positive start that most folk dream of. Today he talks about how he … [Read more...]
Travel blogging tips from the experts: Happiness Plunge
Today’s interview in my travel blogging tips series is with the happy man behind the happy site Happiness Plunge: Adam Pervez. Adam has been travelling since January 2011, with a slightly different approach to many long term travellers, which he explains in the interview. His key message, which rings very true with me, is the importance of being happy, and following your … [Read more...]