INTERACTIVE AND EDUCATIONAL: WHERE TO PITCH FAMILY-FRIENDLY DESTINATIONS By Roberta Beach Jacobson, in Karpathos, Greece GiftedTravel.com is a brand-new webzine project in need of entertaining travel articles of 400 to 800 words. More specifically, the GiftedTravel.com editors are looking for educational destination pieces about places families would enjoy. Query editor Shannon Hurst Lane (queries@giftedtravel.com) and […]
Today: *** Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Traveler… Writer…Photographer… and Reader *** Practical Writing Prompts of the Week: Write about How Other Cultures Celebrate Holidays and Life Passages, or Your Own Family Reunions *** Reader Feedback: What to Charge for Your Article Dear Reader, Christmas shopping was particularly hard for me this year. Normally, […]
WRITE SHORT ARTICLES FOR THE MILE-HIGH MARKET By Roberta Beach Jacobson for The Right Way to Travel Denver, Colorado has a spunky monthly publication filled with freelance contributions. Started in 1993, the magazine was named after the elevation of the mile-high city itself – hence, 5280. When you’re sending a query to 5280 for a […]
A PAYING ONLINE MARKET IDEAL FOR NEW WRITERS COLLECTING CLIPS By Wendy VanHatten, for The Right Way to Travel At TouristTravel.com, you’ll find The Traveler, that site’s monthly e-letter, which has been around since 1999 and is a great online travel resource. Tom Schueneman, the owner, editor, and publisher, is also a freelance travel writer […]
THINK BEYOND CONVENTIONAL TOURISM TO WORK, STUDY, AND LIVING OVERSEAS By Roberta Beach Jacobson Transitions Abroad (TA) has been around since 1977, which was right around the time I happened to relocate abroad. So I’ve been an avid reader and contributor for years. I started my association with TA by sending short tips to the […]
Next week we’re launching our very first issue of a new travel publication we’re developing with the International Travel Writers & Photographers Alliance Members. I’ll include the link below so you can get a quick sneak peek. The Travel Post Monthly, as it’s called, essentially functions as two things: 1) an online travel magazine where […]
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Unfortunately this site no longer exists.] IDEAL FOR YOUR GREEK TRAVEL IDEAS AND PHOTOS By Roberta Beach Jacobson Editor Odysseas Psarris wants everybody to know about Greek travel! He launched a new travel e-zine in September 2006 dedicated to highlighting travel to and vacationing in Greece. The website, www.igogreece.com, has been profiled in […]
MONEY FOR NOTHING: DON’T GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO BE REPETITIVE By Steenie Harvey in Ireland $100. Is it worth getting out of bed for? Well, it might sound utterly paltry. But you shouldn’t reject low-paying markets out of hand. You see, it’s possible to sell the same story an infinite number of times. Effectively […]
HAVE A COASTAL TRAVEL IDEA OR A TALE OF THE BOATING LIFE? By Roberta Beach Jacobson, for The Right Way to Travel Living Aboard is a lifestyle magazine for people who live on their boats — or dream of doing so. Don’t be surprised if you haven’t heard of it. It started out as a newsletter published by the HomafloteAssociation. […]
WHERE TO PUBLISH MIDWESTERN EXCURSIONS… AND TRIPS BEYOND, TOO By Wendy VanHatten The AAA Living Magazine reaches 2.5 million households across the Midwest bi-monthly. The editors look for travel stories about the Midwest primarily but also accept articles on national and international destinations. Most of their articles are written by freelance writers, which is good news for […]
