Travel Diary - Use Your Travel Experiences In Your Online Writing. Create A Winning travel writing article from photo journals and blogs.Travel writing can be a fun and lucrative way to earn from writing online by using your own own travel diary as an example - and there are many sites hiring freelance writers and bloggers or publishing their articles. However, when considering writing a winning travel writing article, there are some dos and dont's as I discovered when writing my travel review 'London Fun For Free Or For Less.' I submitted my Budget London travel diary article on returning from a week's vacation with the kids, and it is presently rated at number 6 in Travel, although rankings can dip up or down. In writing my travel diary article, I discovered which apects visitors really seek. here are my Do's and Don'ts. Travel Writing Tips - The Don'ts1. Don't search for a random destination to write about and submit. Unless you have personally visited, you will be relying heavily on already-published material, either books or online, and will have to cite heavily or risk plagiarism. Citing one or two sources is fine, but more than that affects writing fluency and reading enjoyment.2. Don't respond to calls for travel writing articles on certain destinations unless you have vacationed there yourself. The above disadvantages apply. If, on the other hand, a call for submissions corresponds with a vacation destination you have experience of - go right ahead. Your personal take, if accompanied by helpful informative content, could make the article a winner. 3. Don't recommend accommodation, resources, restaurants, entertainments, travel organisations etc. that you didn't use. Relying on another person's review can mislead visitors. Different reviewers have different expectations,standards and criteria. Learn To Write Great Travel Writing Content - Download My Free SBI Masterclass Book
Travel Writing Tips - The Do's Of The Travel Diary1. Do take your travel diary notebook and camera with you on days out and visits further afield. Images which you find commonplace and mundane (such as buses, traffic, street entertainment or ethnic food you enjoyed for lunch!) can prove a source of endless fascination for visitors from overseas and can spice up your travel writing with unique or humorous content.2. Do make notes - even from day one of planning your trip. For example, specify which transportation options, travel companies, destinations did you consider. Cite the ones you rejected and the reasons why - also how various options weighed in when compared with others. Leave space at the end of your travel log to add your evaluation of those early choices. Visitors contemplating taking expensive trips can learn from your mistakes! 3. Do upload your photos to an image hosting service - they are a valuable resource - many image suppliers are starting to be very picky how their images are used. It's quicker anyway, not to have to bother with credits and links, by using your own. 4. Do make sure to take some photos without you in them! You may want a less personal, more objective feel to your article and arrive home only to find that every picture of that landmark you wanted to recommend has Aunty Mavis eating ann ice cream in it! 5. Keep notes of all the accommodation, establishments, agencies and organisations you used with dates, seasons and times. Mention even the negative reactions. Say whether you would revisit and whether you would recommend them and why. Some establishments may even want to advertise on your finished article! LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE WORLD YOU'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND - BUT WORRIED ABOUT YOUR ENGLISH FLUENCY AND WRITING SKILLS? DON'T BE ! YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT THE POPULARITY OF WRITERS ON SOME OF THE WEB 2.0 SITES - EVEN THOSE WHOSE ENGLISH IS LESS THAN PERFECT. YOUR CONTENT IS KING SO LET YOUR PERSONALITY AND INSIDE KNOWLEDGE SHINE THROUGH. .
RAVE REVIEWS FOR L. PEAT O'NEIL'S 'SEE THE WORLD SELL THE STORY' TRAVEL WRITING BOOK FROM WASHINGTON POST JOURNALISTExample - My London Fun For Free Or For Less Travel Article.Visitors who comment on my Budget London article or who contact me usually give reasons why they enjoyed my travel article so much. Some say it is warmly personal, some value the money-saving genuine tips very highly, some can instantly realise the relevance and value of the content and many can recognise the voice of the true traveller, experienced in excellent local knowledge of a targetd niche destination.All I did was to document in minute detail our genuine day-to-day experiences and share them with those who may be making significant financial decisions 'blind' from the other side of the world. You can do the same. Who knows, a prize-winning article may even win the cost of another vacation! Stop by Trafalgar Square and leave me your message below. London Fun For Free Or For Less - Travel Writing article Inspired Writing Research Bio Turning Your Travel Articles Into An Affiliate Marketing Business
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