The Travel Writer's Handbook: How to Write - and Sell - Your Own Travel Experiences

Veteran travel writer Jacqueline Harmon Butler shows readers how to research, write, and sell travel articles—but most importantly, she details what makes a travel article a winner.

In this seventh edition, Butler updates her bestselling handbook for the 21st century with helpful tips on the following:

Internet research

new advancements in digital photography

great mobile phone apps

blogging and social media

expanding your platform

Butler covers all the nuts and bolts of travel writing from pre-trip research to specific marketing strategies, and even includes 12 formats for travel articles with sure-fire appeal to editors and readers. She gives insightful advice on topics like:

How to target your market before you begin

How to save time by doing background research before you leave

How to write queries and get assignments in advance

How to find new angles for overworked subjects

What to take along—from video equipment to travel documents

How to set up and conduct successful interviews

How to take advantage of freebies and junkets without "selling out"

How to sell what you write—and then sell it again