Tips and Advice To Start a Travel Blog – For Travel Enthusiasts

If you are an avid traveller you may want to share your travel experiences through a travel blog.  Travel blog is a popular medium of sharing your stories, travel experiences, pictures of various locations you visited and much more.

However we advise people to start a travel blog only if they are passionate about travelling and have already travelled to many different locations. If you have something interesting to share your blog may become famous quite quickly.

Due to the immense popularity of travel blogs, and because of the stories of how famous travel bloggers get paid to travel to exotic places, some people want to start their own travel blog with that intention – they think they will also be paid by others to visit locations and write about them.

If that is your intention do remember that travel blogging is a crowded field, and as much as the idea of getting paid to travel the world looks amazing, it is not so easy as it looks. You may only get such offers when your travel blog has become famous and has got a large readership, which may take immense amount of time and hard work initially. Running a successful travel requires hard work and time commitment. Then you also need to have some interesting experiences, stories and tips to share so that people will visit your blog.

 

Getting Started:

However if you are already a traveller, travel blog may be an exciting option for you. Before you start you need to decide few things.

• Define your Travel Niche [e.g.: ancient landmarks/ Family vacations/Traditional Cuisine/ Cultural Events]
• Brand Name or Blog Name [Name must be simple, short, unique, and should define your niche]
• Sign up for hosting [Register on hosting server to enjoy computing power to store, process, modify and to make the site run better]
• Create a website [Keep it simple to navigate and understand to attract audience]

 

Creating Content: 

To create content that is unique and have a quality, a travel blogger should have good knowledge and preferably first hand experience of the locations you are covering.

• Read books [ related to travelling as well as blogging]
• Be innovative [ create content which is unique and attractive and present in such a way that hasn’t been done before like e.g., short video’s, funny travel stories, creating stories through series of posts to attract audience]
• Invest in your website [Investing a little bit of money can go a long way]
• Be specific towards your niche [Be laser focused on your topic as it helps to establish yourself as an expert in a particular subject]

 

Growing The Blog:

• Network with other travel bloggers
• Comment and post on other travel websites
• Be active on social media sharing your travel blog posts
• Keep yourself updated about the travel industry.

 

Monetize Your Blog:

Since you are working hard on your blog, you may want to earn some nice money through it. Below are some ways to monetize the blog

• Paid sponsorship
• Promoting related products or services through your blog
• Affiliate commissions
• Freelance writing assignments
• Building partnership with local companies

 

Be Mindful of Few Challenges:

There are some challenges which you need to be ready for:.

• Professional travel bloggers don’t have a fixed salary
• It’s not like a regular office with workmates
• Physical and Mental pressure for writing content
• Negative Views of People on social media [Haters/trolls]
• Time Consuming
• Tough Competition

 

Having a passion for writing and travel will prove helpful in order to overcome the above challenges. If you have the passion then you may not need to worry about the sheer number of travel blogs out there, you too can make a mark for yourself if you persist. Since travelling is something you love and enjoy, you may find it relatively easy to reach your blogging goal sooner or later.