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Six Months from Now,
You Could Be Getting Paid
to See the World

Imagine Sliding out of Bed and Knowing Your "Work" for the Day
is to Scuba Dive along the Great Barrier Reef...
or Shop at an Open-Air Market in Madagascar…
or Attend the Opera in Vienna…

If you've ever dreamed of living the romantic life of a travel writer... getting paid to explore the globe... enjoying the curious and magical respect writers enjoy... then this is, hands down, the best place to begin your adventure.

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Five Foodie Secrets ************************************************ May 10, 2008 The Right Way to Travel ************************************************ FIVE SECRETS FOR GATHERING THE RIGHT “FOODIE FACTS” By Jennifer Stevens in Colorado Springs, CO I write long. A 2,000-word article or even a 4,000-word article? No problem. What I...

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It’s where Brian Norris started. And today not only has he had articles published overseas, but he writes a weekly column for the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin in Queensland, Australia. In the last year, Brian has traveled to -- and written about -- wilderness resorts, exclusive island getaways, and renowned tourist destinations like Whaleworld. He's experienced and written about  parasailing, jet skiing, and snorkeling. And reviewed  top-class restaurants and luxury spas.

 “AWAI's program broke down a rather overwhelming field into bite sized pieces.  After taking the program, I knew how to better organize my article and present it with a catchy query.  On top of that, I find myself referring back to the templates and eagerly opening AWAI's newsletters that arrive by email every week.” Jessica LaPoidevin, who recently sold an article to a weekly magazine in Toronto 

Tom Schueneman started here, too. Now he publishes his own online travel e-zine and has earned by-lines in a whole host of travel publications. This last summer he went on safari in Botswana -- a trip he took at a deep discount, and about which he’ll be paid to write.

When Wendy VanHatten's job as a health-care administrator was eliminated, she decided to escape the corporate world altogether and launched her new career as a travel writer here. “Recently, I had an article published in a magazine and have now sold three more to another,” she writes.

Retired television executive Duane Harm and his wife Harlene were just ordinary retirees -- bored with golf and looking for a sideline to keep them busy. Neither one had ever penned an article. But today they are successful, working travel writers… and they got their start right here.

“I need specificity- a plan with steps on how to get where I’m going.  The Travel Writing course did that for me- and showed me how to adjust my writing so it would be interesting for the reader."

Michelle Angello

In fact, they spent a whole summer traveling across the western U.S. as travel writers. All told, they visited 23 different dude ranches in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana over a three-month period, staying for free an average of three days at each ranch. The total value of their summer stays? About $55,000... and they didn’t pay anything. Not one cent.

What’s more, they wrote an article for Steamboat Magazine, a high-end coffee-table publication based in Steamboat Springs, CO that comes out twice a year. And they were paid for their work.

Click here to read Over 200 Testimonials
These People Have Used Our Programs to Change Their Lives...
You Could Be Next!

The success stories go on and on …  

If you have basic writing skills and are willing to learn a few simple secrets... then you have what it takes to become a successful travel writer.

Today, the travel writers who got their start here are out exploring the world -- from Ireland to Guatemala, Mexico to Fiji -- and earning checks for the articles they write. 

They're travel agents... financial consultants... freelance photographers... T.V. producers... stay-at-home moms... architects... carpenters… accounting professors... retired elementary-school teachers... newspaper columnists...  painters... real estate developers...  acupuncturists... nurses… band members… actresses… opera singers… and others…

Most don't have degrees in journalism or in English (some never even graduated from college)… they simply enjoy a passion for travel, have a good eye for detail, and have learned how to deliver a story in just the way an editor wants it.

You can do the same. No matter what your background.  Six months from now you could be exploring the world… and getting paid to do it. 

"The course is very informative and walks you through every step of the way.  If writing has ever been a dream of yours, this program will provide you with every little tid-bit of information you could possibly need to fulfill that dream.  The resources you will find on the website are priceless. 

"The assignment that walks you through the writing and submission of a "pretend destination" article was great.  After doing this, I figured- why not go through with the actual process and see how it goes for real!  I would not have found the courage to just email the editor without the sufficient information so clearly and specifically laid out for me.” F. LaRosse, who has an article on her motorcycle trip down the eastern seaboard scheduled for publication in the upcoming season
 

What You Really Need to Be a Travel Writer
 

Our members are proof positive that you don’t need a fancy degree or the sensibilities of Hemingway to be a successful travel writer.

Really, the requirements are few:

• You need a desire to succeed.
• You need an interest in seeing new places and meeting new people.
• You have to be opinionated.  That means you have to be able to recommend or discourage others from following in your footsteps
• You need to learn to be observant.
• You need to be willing to take notes and tell others about your trip.
• You need to promise yourself that you'll put your stories down on paper.

Learn the Tricks of the Trade the Pros Use

The cornerstone of AWAI's Travel Division is The Ultimate Travel Writer's Program where you'll learn -- as those successful members have -- every technique, every secret, everything there is to know about how to turn an idea into a publishable piece... get what you've written into print... and then get paid for it...

This comprehensive self-study guide includes everything from proven travel article templates you can model to shave hours off your writing time to advice on what to look for when you travel and how to turn everyday, dull writing into attention grabbing prose even if you've never before penned an article.

You'll work at your own pace, wherever and whenever you wish.

In a matter of months -- even weeks -- you could be exploring the world as a VIP... earning paychecks while you travel... taking your vacations as a tax write-off... and seeing your name in print...

In fact, Larry Lewis hadn’t even completed the program before he earned his first paycheck as a travel writer. “The information and examples included in your Travel Writer's course were so good that I’ve landed an assignment with an international travel magazine even before completing all the course elements,” he writes. “I largely credit the course material for putting me firmly on the path to success in travel writing.”

Click here to find out if The Ultimate Travel Writer's Program is for you and to read more about the benefits travel writers enjoy.

“I've always had passions for both travel and for writing -- but whenever I tried combining the two, I failed miserably. Since starting the Passport to Romance Course, I've had four articles accepted for publication! Quite simply, the course teaches you things that it would literally take you years to discover by trial and error. I consider it a modest investment for restoring my dream of becoming a travel writer! Thanks to AWAI for providing the seeds to grow journal entries into publishable stories”

Mike Slagle

Jump-Start Your New Life in Just 4 Days

Every year we host The Ultimate Travel Writer's Live Workshop -- in destinations as far-flung as Mexico, Chicago, Paris, Las Vegas, San Diego, and beyond. These four-day seminars are hands-on and highly-effective, taught by working travel writers and editors who reveal the secrets they've spent their careers unearthing.

Our goal? We want every attendee to leave with a publishable piece in hand. So working in small groups, we make that happen. As one member put it, the workshop is "thorough and well-organized, offering valuable, useful information learned and presented by actual working professional writers. I am somewhat astonished by their generosity in imparting their hard-earned knowledge."

Generous they are. Our presenters get rave reviews -- and the success stories these workshops produce speak volumes about just how effective they are. In a handful of days, there's no more efficient (or more enjoyable) way to transform yourself into an honest-to-goodness travel writer.

If you're longing for the freedom to travel… to live wherever you like… to work the hours you prefer -- and you're ready to start living that life right now -- then join us this year for a power-packed live program that will, quite literally, change the way you experience the world in just 4 days.

Click here to find details and more benefits about our next Ultimate Travel Writer's Workshop

“All of this thanks to the Mexican cruise workshop and your follow-ups.  The detailed assistance by our great instructors was by far the biggest help.  Without all of you and the workshop, I would still be out there foundering amongst the hit and misses.” Eunice Traske, who has been published in Trips and Journeys and is working with an editor on stories about her hometown of Anchorage.

Take the Live Action Home With You

We know… it can be hard to find the time to get away. You can't get off work, your family needs tending, the timing just isn't right…

We hear it all the time from members who are itching to jump into the travel-writer's life with both feet. They're ready to start traveling, to start earning an income writing about what they discover… but they just can't carve out the time to attend a live workshop.

Maybe you're in the same boat.

No matter. We have a solution. And it doesn’t require anything but your enthusiasm and a computer. You see, we've assembled the Ultimate Travel Writer's Workshop into a form you can take home.

We've recorded the sessions and presentations, prepared the materials, and you can benefit from this home-study program just like you would if you were sitting in the room with our presenters.

With our Workshop-At-Home Package, you gain all the wisdom our speakers deliver -- in their formal presentations and in the off-the-cuff remarks they invariably make -- yet you can take it in when your schedule permits. In the comfort of your own living room.

It's the next-best thing to actually being there on the ground. You'll get every secret, every revelation, every answer to every question, every on-target piece of advice our seasoned professionals deliver. And you get it in a format that allows you to replay it again and again, to work through the program at your own pace.

It means you get the same jump-start our live workshop provides. Our Workshop-At-Home Package sets you up for success and gives you the push you need to get out and really start living the travel-writer's life.

Just imagine if you could roll out of bed knowing that your "work" for the day involved kayaking around the most remote of the San Juan Islands… or enjoying a Broadway show… or taking a cooking class at a private home in a small hilltop town in Italy…

Click here to start your adventure now.

“I must tell you what the workshop meant to me.  It opened doors on my possibility list, making two of my favorite things- travel and writing-   a new lifestyle for me.  Since I am retired and have no baggage to haul around the world (except one suitcase and my laptop!) I am good to go...good to write!”

Diane Joy

Leave Your Money At Home
You'll Never Travel Like a Tourist Again

You can travel without paying a cent and see the world as a VIP.  That's the kind of life freelancer Steenie Harvey leads.  She writes, "For me, last month's "work" involved checking out facilities at Bad Krozingen, a quaint spa village deep in Germany's Black Forest.  And arduous work it was too... moving from my sun bed into the pool where I was pummeled with blissfully warm jets of thermal water." 

When you travel as a writer, like Steenie and other successful freelancers do, you see the world in way you never could as an ordinary tourist. But there are secrets the best travel writers rely on to land plum assignments... get their names published in prestigious magazines... and arrange travel perks...

It's exactly those secrets our programs reveal. The practical, proven-in-the-real-world guidance you need to reinvent yourself right now so that this time next year you can be traveling the world as a VIP and getting paid to write about what you discover.

You don't need a fancy degree or lots of money to be a travel writer. You don't need an expensive computer or even an extraordinary literary flair.

But you do need an enthusiasm for travel... for meeting new people... for exploring the world. And you do need a commitment to put words on paper.

Success as a travel writer -- the by-lines, the special treatment, the invitations for complimentary travel -- it isn't a matter of luck. It's a matter of being well-prepared… of knowing how the system works… of understanding what distinguishes a superior article from a mediocre one… of delivering to an editor exactly what he's looking for.

Our programs will prepare you well… and provide you every tool you need to start living the life you dream about… right now…

Take advantage of the resources you'll find here, and this time next year you could find yourself enjoying a weekend away at a flower-filled B&B… an exotic week on safari in Africa… a private tour of a new exhibit at the Louvre… and be earning a by-line and a paycheck while you're at it.

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