Lori Allen
Lori Allen is the Director of Great Escape Publishing, which publishes nearly thirty home-study programs, including
The Ultimate Travel Writer's Program,
Turn Your Pictures into Cash,
Importing Fortunes and Leading Tours for Fun & Profit.
Lori is also the Editor of
The Right Way to Travel, which features articles geared to help writers and photographers improve their skill, sell their work, and earn an income through travel.
Over the past twelve years, Lori Allen has worked personally with more than 3,000 budding travel writers and photographers to help them meet those same goals - to hone their writing and photography skills and to better market themselves to prospective clients and editors.
Biggest confession:
I just pretend to be a perfect packer. In reality, I actually violate all my own rules for packing. I always overpack. I always forget to pack headache medicine (and I get a headache on nearly every trip). And I have no idea how to judge temperatures. If the weather report says 70 degrees, I don't know if that means shorts or pants, long sleeve or short. In the end I usually pack both and wear only a third of what I bring.
And since I'm already giving up my travel flaws, I should also mention that I get insanely motion sick when I travel and I never take anything for it. You'd think I'd carry Dramamine or Bonine with me wherever I go (even a short taxi ride makes me dizzy). But no, I never remember it. I guess the saving grace is that if I ever get sick, I've got enough clothes in my bag to change.
Now that you’ve reflected on what’s to come in 2011… maybe made some wishes and a few resolutions… it’s time to show the world the New You. This month’s Photo Challenge theme is called New Year, New You because we want pictures of you — who you are, who you think you are, who you […]
Yesterday I sent you a quick tip about buying duplicate power cords and batteries and keeping them in your travel suitcase. Holiday tip #10, however, is about keeping all those cords organized. Do you ever get lost behind your desk? I do. Ever get on the phone with your cable company and have the guy […]
These days a travel-size toothpaste will cost you just about the same as a full tube. So Holiday Travel Tip #5 is for those who don’t want to waste money on tiny tubes and those who can’t get their favorite brand in travel size. Here’s how to create your own travel-size toothpaste… If you look […]
Yesterday we announced our 2010 Grand Prize Photo Challenge Winner. Congratulations again to Miles Morgan! He won this year’s $2,000 Grand Prize. Did you enter? You should know that photo contests, if you’re not careful, can be tricky. Some (not ours) make you give up all the rights to your photograph just to enter. It’s […]
Do you need a photo studio to take and sell stock photos? Readers have been emailing this question to me a lot over the past two days, since half of the photos from our two Ultimate Stock Photo Workshop attendee successes were taken in our workshop studio shoots. But the answer is no — you […]
Mouthwash is a surprisingly versatile travel tool. I take a small bottle of the stuff with me wherever I go. Here are just a few things it can do: TRAVEL USES FOR MOUTHWASH ** Antiseptic — You can use it to disinfect small cuts and scrapes. Pour a little mouthwash over the cut and let […]
Say you’re traveling like a male elephant (that is to say, you’re traveling alone), and you meet a special someone along the way. You make plans to meet up for dinner. You get all gussied up, but alas, travel has taken a toll on your shoes — they’re scuffed, worn, and not presentable at all. […]
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