Travel writing courses and resources
For new and early-career travel writers
Ditch the 9-to-5 and get paid to travel the world
There’s a lot of secrecy about how the travel media works. Travel writers jet off around the globe writing stories about their experiences, but who actually pays for these trips and how do writers persuade editors to commission them in the first place?
Maybe you’ve already sent pitches to editors and got nothing but silence back. Or perhaps you’re just dipping your toe into the idea of travel writing. You might be concerned that without a journalism degree or writing qualifications, becoming a professional writer is impossible.
Wherever you are on your travel writing journey, Travel Writing 101 will arm you with the knowledge you need to build a successful career as a travel writer.
For more experienced travel writers
Are you fed up with guessing what editors want?
Most travel writers don’t struggle because they lack ideas, but because they don’t know where those ideas belong or how to shape them so editors say yes.
The Travel Pitching Index is a database analysing the content published by 37 of the world’s top travel publications.
You’ll have access to:
Publication insights for 37 top international travel publications
Easy-to-understand publication overviews
Detailed publication breakdowns showing sections open to freelancers and the types of stories published within them
Quick-reference guide to current rates
Editor mastheads and email formats for 37 publications
Quarterly updates as the media landscape changes
Ever wanted to see the other pitches landing in editors’ inboxes?
Now you can! The Travel Writer's Pitch Pack contains 18 commissioned travel pitches from seven award-winning writers across the travel industry, plus links to the resulting pieces. These pitches are exclusive to the Pitch Pack.
You'll learn:
How to structure a successful pitch
The types of juicy details that editors want to know before they commission a story
Whether there's a limit to how long a pitch should be
Let us polish three of your travel pitches into commission-ready stories
Struggling to write the perfect pitch for a story idea? Or pitching ideas but only getting crickets back? Purchase the Pitch Clinic and get three of your pitches workshopped by Lottie and Steph.
You'll receive feedback on your pitches, with tweaks and amendments that will make your pitch stand out better in an editor’s inbox. We'll also recommend outlets we think would be a great fit for your pitch.
There are two different Pitch Clinic options:
Written feedback (you'll receive written feedback on three pitches): £60
Written feedback and a 20-minute video call (you'll receive written feedback on three pitches plus a 20-minute feedback call with either Lottie or Steph): £99