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The Travel Writing & Photography Retreat is June 18-21 and the Marketing Master Class for Travel Writers is June 23-25. And on the “free” day between workshops, June 22nd, the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is providing an exciting complimentary press trip for our participants.

Do you want to join us?

Here’s what you need to know: We’re running Early Bird Specials from now through February 14th. Each individual workshop is $200 off the regular price for the next seven days.

If you sign up for both workshops - The Complete Package - you'll receive a whopping discount of $1000 off the regular price. No, that’s not a typo, it's a 33% discount when you register for both workshops. If you’re serious about travel writing, this is the best investment you can make to learn everything you need to know about mastering the art & craft of travel writing, travel photography, using your assignments to get complimentary travel perks, successfully selling your stories, and much more. Get additional details here

Whether you join us for one workshop or both workshops, we promise a fun, friendly environment full of useful information, engaging activities and new friends. And to top it all off — we’ll be exploring the beautiful, historic city of Charleston.

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Editorial: The Dilemma Of Complimentary Travel

That’s a massive industry!

There’s virtually an unlimited supply of destinations and attractions around the globe. And along with these come a multitude of opportunities for travel writers. 

At some stage most published travel writers will receive offers of travel assistance, aka “complimentary travel” or “comps”.

These complimentary travel perks cover everything from airfare to hotel and resort accommodations, and meals. Travel comps often include private guides, spa treatments, and free entry into museums and tourist attractions and special events. 

On a press trip or FAM Tour, the sponsoring Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) might cover all the above expenses. In other cases, a lesser combination of these expenses is covered. I’ve been on 100+ press trips of various stripes that ranged from having all expenses covered to just a few. 

Press trips are an exciting part of travel writing, but they come with some ethical issues. My article, Should Travel Writers Take the Freebies and Run? is about the most common ethical issues for accepting comped travel.

This Week's Featured Post

Guide To Successful Press Trip Invitations


“How do I get invitations to press trips? You get a lot of invitations. How do you do it?”



I even hear this question from experienced writers when I tell them that I receive several press trip invitations each month and turn most of them down. It’s not possible to accept all the invitations because my calendar is already booked or I’m just not interested in the destination.



So, this article is about how to stop dreaming and take steps to get press trip invitations and complimentary travel. I’ve listed out five things I've found key to making it happen.

READ THE ARTICLE

Upcoming Posts

PitchTravelWrite.com Success Stories

Candi Licence: Another PitchTravelWrite Success Story

“I fell into travel writing by accident. My husband and I retired at the end of 2013, sold most of our stuff, stored our precious things like art and family heirlooms, and began traveling full time.

We’d go to places we always wanted to see, stay for 3 months and then move onto our next adventure. I started a blog to let people know where we were and what we were doing, and I got feedback from people I trusted that they loved my writing. Writing about our adventures was intoxicating and getting complimented was exhilarating.

Fast forward 3 years, and I attended a travel writing workshop to see if it was possible for me to become a travel writer. I drafted an article during the workshop, and it got a great reception from participants and an Editor who was coaching aspiring writers throughout the event. I left the workshop fired up, with stars in my eyes.

Once home, tried to sell the article and learned my first hard lesson. Always pitch first! It’s hard for beginners to place a completed article.

The second lesson I learned is that you can’t submit queries to one editor at a time — it’s a complete waste of time. I’d wait a month, get no response and then send my query out to the next editor with the same result. I was spinning my wheels and getting nowhere.

I was frustrated. I thought I had the talent to be a good writer but didn’t know how to break into the field. That’s when I saw Roy Stevenson’s Marketing Master Class for Travel Writers. I signed up, took the workshop, and it changed everything for me.”

Read Candi's Travel Writing Success Story

Pitch Travel Write: Most Requested Links About the Business of Travel Writing

Some people approach travel writing as a hobby—and that’s fine. But, if you want to earn income from your travel writing, you need to think of it as a business. And it helps to know a few business basics specific to travel writing.

Here are 21 of our posts about the business of travel writing

Inspirational Travel Quote

RESOURCES FOR TRAVEL WRITERS

Featured Bundle : Beginner's 3-Pack

Here's what's included:

The Complete Guide to Query Letters 
Everything you need to know about query letters - and 20 examples you can start using immediately.

125 Websites That Want to Publish Your Travel Stories
 A list of 125+ quality travel websites where you can quickly collect some bylines - without all the struggle of finding websites who want your stories.

100 Print Magazines That Want to Publish Your Travel Articles  
A list of 100 print magazines that will save you hours of time researching and creating lists yourself. They give you a foundation of sales leads you can use and build upon.

When you buy the bundle you get 10% off the price of individual books. And this month you can get an addition $5 off when you use discount code f5b

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Note: Don't forget to use promo code f5b at checkout to get your $5 discount during the month of February.

Group Coaching Mastermind Community

If you missed out on the opportunity to join this session, you can get on the waiting list for the next session starting soon in 2022:

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Did You Know . . .

Your next opportunity to attend these classes be in Charleston, South Carolina, June 2022. There are still a few open seats in these workshops, so sign up while we have space.

Our travel writing & marketing workshops are highly informative and a blast, socially.

Travel Writing and Photography Retreat

Marketing Master Class for Travel Writers

The Complete Package (both workshops and a BIG discount)

You can access the list of the top ten travel writing workshops from Travel Writers Exchange at the link below: Travel Writers Exchange workshop list: #1 Marketing Master Class

ONLINE Travel Writing & Marketing Master Class

Who's it for?

• If you’re a novice travel writer, or you haven’t had much luck selling your articles to print magazines, this Online Travel Writing & Marketing Workshop is for you.
• If you weren’t able to travel to our Live Master Class, here’s the opportunity to attend anyway - without any travel costs and at a substantially reduced cost!
• If you work a full-time job and can’t get time off to attend the live class – you can still attend on your own schedule after working hours.
• If you’ve wanted to attend our Live Marketing Master Class but can’t get your schedule to fit with the dates it’s offered – here’s your opportunity to attend at your own convenience.

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