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Our travel plans this autumn include a trip to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in October/November. We’ve been reading about this gorgeous colonial town that is, apparently, an expat haven. We’re looking forward to exploring the town, enjoying the architecture and exploring art museums.

Early next year we’ll spend a couple of months in New Zealand, catching up with my brother, two sisters and a sizable tribe of nieces and nephews and their offspring. We’ll also play tourist in various parts of the North Island. It will be summer in New Zealand and we’ll be escaping the winter weather in the U.S.

Here’s some step-by-step advice on planning your travel writing for the next few years.

Plan Your Travel for the Next Five Years

1. Decide where you want to go in the next five years & prepare a bucket list of your top ten dream destinations. Don’t limit your travel dreams. Write down the top ten destinations you want to visit.

Here are some ideas for stories that sell

Research Your Planned Travel Articles

2. Write down the tourist attractions and possible story ideas for each destination. Take notes on possible cities, hotels, resorts, tours, activities, must see sites, and DMOs to approach for travel assistance.

Here's a good way to summarize your research and target potential articles

3. Look for story material in your back burner files & photo archives

Here's a travel story idea trouble-shooting guide

Contact the Destination Marketing Organizations

4. Reach out to the DMO media reps at these destinations and let them know you’re considering a trip in the future. Introduce yourself, your travel writing portfolio, and the attractions you’d like to visit. Don’t be tempted to fabricate assignments to get free travel assistance from the media reps. Get the assignments first, closer to your dates of travel — then ask for assistance.

Here are some tips about how to get invited on press trips

Sales and Marketing: Build Your Magazine Distribution Lists

5. Build your Travel magazine list from scratch, if you don’t have one. Here's how to build your magazine distribution lists

Next month I’ll have sales & marketing advice on how to round up travel assignments to qualify you for complimentary travel assistance with your DMO media reps.

500 Print Magazines - Current Customers

Also, if you find any links that aren't working or any magazines that are no longer published, please let us know so we can get the word out to everyone.

For those of you who have all 10 issues, make sure you've downloaded the latest Revisions list. We've also included an alphabetical listing of all 500+ magazines to use as a cross-reference for your convenience.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you about which magazines you’ve pitched successfully and what stories you've sold to the magazines on these lists.

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Planning Your Overseas Travel Writing Itinerary

As a travel writer, this means you get to research and write more stories - and get paid more in the long run. Here’s how I plan my overseas travel itineraries. Try this for your next international trip to maximize your travel experience:

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Pitch Travel Write: Most Requested Links About Query Letters

Well-written query letters convince magazine editors that you have exciting travel stories their readers will absolutely love. All freelancers must learn the basics of writing good query letters.


Here is PitchTravelWrite's Query Letter Resources with one dozen of our best articles on writing effective query letters:

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Our aim is to provide you with practical, nitty gritty information to help you gain entry into the travel writing realm and all the enjoyment that comes with it. 

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This listing helps match up travel journalists with magazine editors who are looking for specific stories.

Here’s the link to the download: PRontheGo Pitching Guide

Our website was selected for the 2024 Writer’s Digest Magazine’s “101 Best Websites For Writers” in the June issue. We’ve previously been chosen for Writer’s Digest Magazine’s 101 Best Websites For Writers in 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. WD doesn’t bestow these awards lightly. We’re the only travel writing website on the lists!

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