From free meals, fun-filled activities, and complimentary hotel rooms… to all-expenses-paid press trips. These are the perks that entice travel lovers to become travel writers. In 2015, I enjoyed delicious five-course meals in Spain, swam next to 40-foot whale sharks in Mexico, stayed in a contemporary suite overlooking the fjord in Norway, and cruised around […]
It’s that gold ring that aspiring travel writers strive for and established travel writers continue to grab: the press trip. All expenses paid, complimentary multi-course meals, invitations to wine tastings, free nights in resorts in exotic locations, tickets to exciting adventures and tours, passes to cultural events, the whole shebang all wrapped up in one […]
Oh what a year! Happy New Year to you and your family! Wherever you find yourself today… I hope that you’re staying warm, having fun, and surrounded by friends or family. From all of us at Great Escape Publishing to you… thank you for reading, writing in, sharing your comments on our Facebook page, traveling, […]
It’s the first day of a new year and the last thing I want to talk to you about today is productivity, goal setting, and resolutions. So instead, let’s talk about Saturdays. We have one coming up tomorrow. And barring anything tragic, we have one coming up every week from now until the day we […]
Honored to have shared my success story with a group of new writers at the 2015 Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Denver, I noted a prevailing question among attendees – how to find their writing “niche” and what that means. Not hard for me to understand at all. I left the 2014 workshop in San […]
Other than the fact that it’s one of Latin America’s strongest economies and an emerging hub for start-ups and outsourcing, I didn’t know a lot about Chile before landing in Santiago Airport last September. Outdoorsy friends had spoken of amazing landscapes on par with those of Argentina to the east. And I’d tasted enough Chilean […]
I’ve just celebrated my 90th press trip as a travel writer. Exhausted from my lengthy international travel in previous years, I decided that I would only travel within North America this year. So, I lined up one trip each month, all on the North American continent. Some highlights of my press trips in July and […]
What has amazed me even more than the fascinating destinations I’ve visited are the people I’ve met along the way and the unique experiences that wouldn’t have been available to me as an “ordinary” tourist. It’s the one perk (and, in my opinion, the best travel writing perk) you may not know about in the […]
Warm food on cold days. Feelings of good cheer, festive decorations, and rich traditions shared with good friends and family. What could be better than Christmas? How about Christmas spent in the lands that founded so many things we associate with Christmas? Christmas wreaths and Christmas trees. Presents and Father Christmas. Mulled wine and holiday […]
When I was a little girl my biggest dream was to fly. Not in an airplane. I mean really fly — like a bird. I would try jumping off my bed or fearfully off a roof, flapping my arms furiously in the air, certain that one time it was going to happen. Of course, it […]
