The consensus on the question I posted before seems to be that it's okay to encourage travel, but that we need to encourage traveling BETTER, whether that means encouraging choosing trains over planes, taking longer trips, seeing things in a different way, etc. My question now is HOW? How do I as a content creator do that? I mean, just lecturing people about sustainability or whatever isn't going to help. I'd love some PRACTICAL ideas on how to encourage better travel. So far I'm trying - not always succeeding - to avoid writing about the places that are very popular and instead focusing on lesser-traveled places. I'm avoiding big general listicles and instead trying to write about much narrower topics. As much as possible, I'm traveling by train or bus rather than plane and that'll come through when I write about a place. Any other suggestions?

I'm working for iDrive4x4 and we are setting up our affiliate program. 💭 Our dream: Big and small travel bloggers from Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Oman and Georgia promote travel by 4x4 with rooftent, sending their readers to idrive4x4.com and earning commission once they book. I'm being overwhelmed by the amount of Affiliate Marketing Software Platforms that present themselves online. Some are really expensive, others more affordable. We need to choose one, but we are not ready to invest 1000s of euros into this. I think there is maximum of 100 euros a month and 500 euros for installation. Which affordable platform can we use that travel bloggers are also comfortable with? Examples of platforms I found are: AffiliateWP: https://affiliatewp.com/ FirstPromoter: https://firstpromoter.com/ Tradedoubler: https://grow.tradedoubler.com/ Leaddyno: https://www.leaddyno.com/pricing Awin: https://www.awin.com/ And many many more... 👉 Would love to hear from travel bloggers what they recom...

Hi, travel community, [TLDR: I am thinking about closing down my travel blog after eight years. Does anyone have any advice on closing vs selling vs transforming?] I have been a relatively active blogger for almost eight years. I started The Altruistic Traveller (https://thealtruistictraveller.com) back in 2015 from a deep curiosity about the intersection of travel and sustainability. Over the years, the blog (and podcast) has been a valuable resource for those wanting to learn about sustainable tourism. A few posts have quite high rankings in SEO (e.g. volunteer guides/sustainable eateries). I have won awards, been featured in news articles and have written hundreds of posts. Last year, I published a memoir that encapsulated many years of travel and stories that had made it to the blog. Since writing that book, I have been feeling as though perhaps it was an ode to a chapter of my life that is coming to an end. The world of blogging is fast evolving. I am not a TikToker, n...

Hi there, we’ve recently surveyed 1000+ travel bloggers and found that 32% have thought about changing their career and over half have experienced burnout! In the words of one travel content creator participating in the survey “It's a job that never ends. Finding a balance between my real-life activities and responsibilities has become a constant challenge” whilst others spoke of the “loneliness” of the career. That’s why we at Travelpayouts came up with a term for this: 'blogxiety.' It's when bloggers feel burnt out or anxious because of the challenges they face beyond content creation. 👉 What makes you anxious as a travel blogger? PS: We recognize the serious issue of blogxiety and are dedicated to addressing it to help content creators hit their targets without hurting their health. 27th of July we’re throwing our very first Travelpayouts Blogxiety Retreat (RSVP at https://special.travelpayouts.com/blogxiety).

Hi everyone, Through interviews with travel bloggers / content creators, I have tried to identify problems / inconveniences they are commonly facing when it comes to creating, sharing & maintaining content. 👇 Here's the list of the issues I have gathered: ---- 1. Time-consuming process of writing high-quality and informative content (mostly explained by the difficulty of finding the right words to express their experiences). 2. Having to constantly capture the moments in pictures / videos as you travel as well as writing down all the minute details to produce informative blog posts. This removes part of the spontaneity and pleasure of travelling. 3. Frustration about the trend towards catchy captions, bullet points information, eye candy pictures and "Top 10 things to do..." that is known as generating a higher traffic while some bloggers would prefer writing longer articles with more details and context. 4. The time-consuming process of image compression and resizing. 5. Th...