The ultimate guide to becoming a travel writer

• Do you want to explore the world and be paid for it?
• How do you write a travel story that editors want to publish?
• Do you want to see your name in print?
• How do you create a lifestyle where you can fund your adventures
  by writing about them?

You love travelling. Maybe you’re about to embark on a big trip. Or perhaps you already have a travel diary full of experiences you’d love to share. If you want to see your trips in the travel pages when you open the newspaper this weekend, this course will show you exactly how it’s done.

In 5 weeks, you’ll learn a blueprint on how to become a travel writer. We’ve distilled what would normally take years to figure out on your own so that you can get published now.

Learn insider tips on how to travel the world - for free

You’ll also discover a step-by-step process on how to become a writer funded by resorts, tourism bodies and airlines to travel the world.

Importantly, you’ll be given templates, scripts, and insider information on what you need to know when dealing with editors, so that you don’t come across as an amateur. This is vital if you want to approach your potentially new career as a professional.

This course is presented by prolific travel writer Sue White. She travels the globe regularly – all in the name of a good story. Sue will be able to give you up-to-date answers to all your questions about the travel writing industry.

You’ll learn how to get paid for your travel stories. And who knows? You may even discover a brand new globe-trotting career!

Here's what you'll learn:

This course will cover:

• different types of travel articles and why they suit different markets
• industry lingo you need to know
• how to develop the right angle for your travel story
• how to structure your article, when it’s important to provide
  photos and other key elements such as trip notes
• how to research travel stories and find interview subjects on
  the road
• travel writing in your home town so that you can be a travel writer without ever having to get on a plane!
• your blueprint on how to become a travel writer
• a step-by-step guide to “media trips”
• travel writing ethics
• how to plan your itineraries to maximise your story placement opportunities
• travelling on your own versus an organised trip with other writers
• and MUCH more.

This course will cover the nuts and bolts of travel writing and help you write better travel articles. If you’ve already completed our Introduction to Travel Writing seminar and are serious about getting published, then you’ll get more in-depth instruction on travel writing in this course. It’s suitable for first-time writers or anyone who wants to explore the wonderful world of travel writing.

This course is also ideal if you’ve completed the Magazine and Newspaper Writing course but want more in-depth instruction on travel writing. You’ll learn completely fresh material.

Learn from the best

SUE WHITE

Freelance writer Sue White has lost count of the number of countries she’s visited for work and play. As a travel writer, she has written about everything from the Golden Temple (Amritsar, India) to Gianni Versace’s 24-carat gold toilet (Miami, USA) while indulging her own itchy feet. In the last few years, Sue has done everything from trek through the jungle in Belize for Vogue Entertaining + Travel to rock climbing for Women’s Health. She has also compressed a lifetime’s worth of adventure activities (rafting, jet-boating and learning to fly), while also visiting romantic bath-houses, indulged in spa treatments and sampled great restaurants. ...more