I always wanted to make videos—documentaries, travel videos, friends-and-family short productions, you name it. After three months of training in documentary filmmaking in 2015, I got the opportunity to work as a filming assistant for a German tour operator. My colleague and I filmed travel destinations through Europe, France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. Every day […]
Working as a freelance travel writer requires you to maintain a high level of motivation and to be inventive in finding new ways to get your work published. Especially in the beginning, writing opportunities may not fall right into your lap. Just remember how lucky you are to have created this job you love for […]
With airplane fares cheaper than ever in history, most of the population can travel. So if you contact a travel magazine to sell them a story about the place you are visiting without a specific angle they will most probably reply: “No, thank you” (or not at all). They get hundreds of general queries like […]
Getting started selling travel videos is often the most difficult part for a videographer. Really, you need to land that first contract to gain real experience and confidence. I’ve found that offering short videos for social media – Facebook, Linked In, You Tube – is a great first step. Typically these videos are only one […]
