Tips for Beginning Travel Writers

Travel writing is a dynamic, coveted job in the writing world. There are worse jobs than being paid to have new experiences and share them with others. Bobbie Christmas, editor and owner of Zebra Communications, shares her experience with travel writing. “Remember that you’re not writing a brochure,” says Christmas. While brochures are vaguely descriptive, travel articles draw people into personal experiences. Brochures speak in sweeping generalities that rarely tell stories. People read travel...