Trips to Take in the U.S. for $1,000 or Less
With our Leading Tours for Fun and Profit Program, we include a guide called Weird and Wacky Hotels of the World. Today, take a look at these weird and wacky places to go in and around the U.S. for $1,000 or less. Click here to read more.
Steenie Harvey’s Top Picks: Trips to Take for $1,000 or Less
Freelance travel writer Steenie Harvey has been all around the world. So I asked her where she’d want to go on a limited budget and she sent me the below four destinations you can explore for $1,000 or less…
Eat It So Your Readers Don’t Have To
In Chicago, Steenie told a funny story about some of the different foods she’s tried around the world. It makes for good cocktail conversation, that’s for sure. But these things have also earned her a nice check. “Eat it so your readers don’t have to,” she said. “And editors will pay you for it.” See her article below about travel stories based on odd foods and torturous pilgrimages…
Another Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop Success Story
When reader Shelley Huskey attended our Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Chicago last month, she was attracted to the idea of setting her own hours, doing something that sounded more like fun than work. Shelley had never tried to write a travel article before. But after attending the workshop, she submitted the piece she worked on in class to a local paper, and they accepted it for publication just four days later. You'll find her story here...
Check out these videos from our readers...
Attendees at our live event in Chicago learned everything from how to craft stories that sell… to how to land free vacations and discounts at hotels, restaurants and resorts around the world. They heard from seven different editors what it takes to break into their glossy pages and a half-dozen travel writers on how to [...]
Get Paid to Travel: $3,000 for Travel Stories
Reader Roy Stevenson attended our Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop back in 2007 and, since then, has been published over 550 times across a wide-range of publications. Below is his advice for turning a typical $140 travel assignment into $3,000. Click here to read more...

