AboutNorman L. Rose Expertise Any questions related to technology and the travel industry. This includes online travel trends, changes in travel distribution practices, emerging technology to manage corporate travel, corporate self-bookings tools, expense management systems and data warehouse initiatives.
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Question Writing, travelling and how to live off of it.
How many people here are currently travel writing as a way to make income while travelling? Have you found this to be relatively easy work to find (in Asia, in particular)? If so, how did you go about landing a job?
I, personally have a Journalism background and have worked in both freelance/newsroom set-ups and for a magazine (as a writer/editor). I'm currently teaching English in Asia.
My question is, what are my chances of finding p/t travel writing work via the net?
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I'd also be interested in hearing from people who have discovered other writing-related ways of generating income (via the net) during their travels.
Answer KG,
Guide book publishers have traditionally hired free lance writers for input into specific destinations. I would start with them (Lonely Planet, Fodors, Frommers, Rough Guides) With the growth of Blogs, many frequent travelers are creating their own travelogs. I would suggest you start by creating you own travel blog and then leverage your content to try to land a job with one of the destination guides.
