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How to start a travel blog in 2025: ideas and suggestions

AlexBrylov Starting a travel blog this year can be an exciting and rewarding journey, allowing you to share your adventures, inspire others, and even generate income. With evolving digital trends and increasing opportunities in the travel niche, this is the perfect time to launch your blog. Here’s a step-by-step guide, along with content ideas and suggestions to help you succeed. read post

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A tribute to my friend, the late travel media icon Arthur Frommer

The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with…

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Free access to Encyclopaedia Britannica for journalists

My editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica has asked me to extend this offer to all my journalist colleagues. You are invited to enjoy free access to all its factchecked resources, and if you do link to a Britannica story in your articles, none of the content linked to will be paywalled. Your readers in turn will have full and free access to Britannica's content. To get your free, personal subscription, just go to britannica.com/journalists and enter the code: EXPERT-CONTENT.

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What do you wear to Seven Magic Mountains?

Seven Magic Mountains is an art installation located in the Nevada desert, and the weather can be quite hot and dry. Therefore, it is recommended to wear comfortable and breathable clothing, such as shorts, t-shirts, and sandals or sneakers. You may also want to bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun. It's also a good idea to bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated. While there is no strict dress code, it's important to dress appropriately for the weather and…

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Shari Hartford October 8, 2011 at 7:26am

Susan (and others)...it pains me as a writer and editor to try to find free editorial. Believe me, this is not a deliberate ploy on the part of the magazine to pull something over on freelancers. Rather, we simply don't have the money as a start-up to pay. Pure and simple. But we will one day and as soon as we can we will be establishing a professional fee schedule for freelance submissions. Until then we hope there are writers who need print clips from a beautiful magazine or who want to travel and need assignment letters. Shari Hartford
Susan Frost October 8, 2011 at 5:23am

Downtown Magazine NYC!! Another new publication that doesn't pay writers! Is there any end to this trend? How many doctors, lawyers and accountants offer their services for free? Maybe we should remove the word "free" from freelance and this would remove the tendency for new publications to expect free writing and free photography for publications. The real problem is that the publications can get enough writers and photographers to submit articles without pay. I'm as guilty as the next person. I swore I would never submit articles and photos without payment. Now, I find that if I need a "guarantee" of publication for the destination that I am covering, I need to pitch to the online magazines. I'll get off my soapbox now.
Sally Hammond October 8, 2011 at 3:10am

Almost!
Judy Wells October 8, 2011 at 3:00am

No hangers on but no money either which is why I'd like someone wealthy too. Being a writer has its benefits but they don't pay the mortgage and as a pal declares, "I don't want to be a nurse or a purse."
Nancy M. Dickinson October 8, 2011 at 12:01am

Well, this just got interesting... LOL
Allan Lynch October 8, 2011 at 12:00am

Judy, age isn't an issue for me. Just your net worth and if there are any potential heirs or hangers-on (like family).
Judy Wells October 7, 2011 at 11:49pm

Allan, Too bad because I've reached the aspiration marriage bit, too, but then one of us is bound to be too old for the other!
Shari Hartford October 7, 2011 at 10:22pm

I am the editorial director for a new upscale lifestyle magazine for the Downtown NYC community. Our travel pages are in the infancy stage. Right now, I am looking for a 400-500 word piece on an exotic locale for the Winter issue. At this time we cannot pay for editorial but writer will receive a byline on the piece and a pic and bio on our contributors page. If you have any ideas, please send them to sharih@downtownmagazinenyc.com.
Allan Lynch October 7, 2011 at 9:41pm

Thanks, but gawd another 19 years!?! Hopefully I'll meet someone with money - I'm into aspiration marriage. And at this stage of life I'm open to any sex so long as the bank balance is healthy enough.

Just realized I have another magazine that I am also hovering at the 100 assignment point. But I've only had three editors there.
Northeast News October 7, 2011 at 9:28pm

Allan, I just read your post. That you have managed to get along with so many editors and publishers is a singular achievement. The United Nations (or so it's called) could use your skills. Here's to the next 19 years!