I remember the day I decided to start a travel blog. I was in my early twenties and had started to grow weary of my 9-to-5 advertising job and the endless sea of Excel spreadsheets that made up my work day. I had also just started traveling on my own. It was a rather… [Read More]
My Horror Story with Bluehost and Why You Should Switch to DreamHost
It happened this time, last week. I woke up early and sat down to work on The Pin the Map Project when suddenly I was greeted with a white screen and error message that read: “Database Server Issue” where my homepage should have been. Admittedly, I am not a tech savvy person and even less… [Read More]
What Happens When You’ve Outgrown Your Blog
As I sit here staring at the blaring screen of my laptop, I realize that—for the first time—I am confronting the truth that has been hovering over me the past few months: I’ve outgrown my blog. It’s a scary realization when I think of the years, money and effort I’ve poured into this tiny corner of… [Read More]
Travel Bloggers to Have on Your Radar in 2018
When it comes to the art of travel blogging, it takes a passion for photography, a knack for story-telling and a love of globetrotting to bring an otherwise dull website to life. The following people continue to blaze the trail of what it means to be a travel blogger and make a name for… [Read More]
Why Press Trips Aren’t Everything
The holy grail of travel blogging is often considered a press trip (that and paid gigs, but that’s an entirely different topic altogether). I remember my early days of travel blogging and my green-faced envy at bloggers who had reached the point where they had back-to-back press trips lined up. I longed to reach… [Read More]
All About Blogger Burnout and How to Spot It
In the past year, I’ve spotted a few posts here and there from bloggers who had hit a patch of blogger burnout. I was surprised to read about blogger burnout from people whose meteoric rise to blogging fame has inspired my own work for years (here’s looking at you, World of Wanderlust). How could… [Read More]
How the ‘Instagram Mafia’ is Screwing You Out of Likes
What is behind an Instagram photo? It’s a question that is often debated over as people constantly seek to uncover the ridiculous lengths people go to for social media fame. Recently, I came across a post written by blogger, Sara Melotti, that exposes the tricks that, what she calls, the Instagram Mafia use on Instagram to get… [Read More]
What I Miss About Being a Full Time Travel Blogger (and What I Don’t)
Recently, I was a speaker at The New York Times Travel Show here in Manhattan. Whenever these large travel shows/conferences roll into town, I inevitably get to catch up with old friends, blogging compadres, fellow journalists and writers I admire. In the past, I have attended The New York Times Travel Show as… [Read More]
Resources for Aspiring Travel Bloggers and Journalists
This past weekend I spoke at The New York Times Travel Show during the ‘Meet the Experts’ session. What this basically means, is I had a table with a nifty name tag and my topic (tips on ditching the ‘9 to 5’ to pursue blogging or travel writing) and people would stop by for… [Read More]
