Travel blogging inspiration

In contrast to most of my career in magazine publishing where I was in a corporate office, these days I write and edit at home. As an admittedly very social person, that venue switch was initially tough to get used to. Now that I’m in the groove of working at home, I fill up on outside inspiration whenever I can. Recently, I went to the Travel Bloggers Unite conference in Innsbruck, Austria. And I had a blast.

TBU did such a fantastic job of recharging my creative energies and gave me some new writing goals. Plus I met so many great bloggers, learned so much and had a fabulous time. The Innsbruck location was perfect too.

A few highlights were Ken Kaminesky‘s photo walk around Innsbruck where he generously shared his shooting tips. A panel discussion on blog trips provided good food for thought from Melvin of Travel dudes, Jools from Trains on the brain and Isabelle of Isabelle's travel guide.

Ruth Haffenden of Four bgb gave great advice on how to pitch to PR and put together a press kit. Danny and Mike of Caliber Interactive provided the lowdown on SEO and your blog with great humor. In a similar vein, Janice of Solo traveler and Keith of Velvet escape talked about monetizing your blog. And Andy of Sharing travel experiences had on-target advice for creating an email newsletter.

I was also inspired by so many of my fellow travel bloggers, including but not limited to
the Travelettes, Budget traveller Kash, Kirsten of Aviators and a camera, Abigail of Inside the travel lab, Lily of Explore for a year and Debbie of European travelista.

If – like me – you’re a big fan of travel, these bloggers all do an amazing job of exploring the world and describing it. Check them out for a little adventure inspiration.

Tagged as: An American traveller, Stadtturm, Travel Bloggers Unite, Travel blogging, travel writing