The Travel Writer's Life
Five Ways to Stretch & Save Your Travel Dollars: AWAI Travel Division Staff Picks
Read on to find out five ways to save and stretch your travel dollars...
Hotel Alternatives Series - #2: Couch Surfing: Cultural Adventures and Free Stays
“Couchsurfing” generally means staying for free in a stranger’s home. You are not confined to couch stays -- many, like Annick, offer a spare room. And while it may sound like the kind of bohemian hotel alternative that attracts young, freeloading party types (which it does), there’s a lot more to it than you might imagine.
Hotel Alternatives Series - #1: Home Swap: A Low Cost Home Anywhere in the World
Why stay in a cramped tourist hotel in Italy’s Cinque Terre region for $250 a night when you could wake up to country quiet in a plush Italian villa with your own kitchen, a private pool, and the use of a shiny red Fiat... for free? If you like to have a “home base” when [...]
Holiday Tip #4 - How to Get Free Internet at Starbucks
If you have an iPhone, you already get free WiFi at participating Starbucks. If you don’t, here’s another way you can get free internet.
Travel Insider Secrets Series - How to book a killer hotel deal
“Even the haughtiest hotels, which are famously loath to cut prices in bad times for fear they will not be able to raise them in good times, are in a deal-making mood...” -- New York Times For the past 14 years, Wendy G. has worked about every stage of hospitality, from the hotel front desk, [...]
Reader Scores Published Articles and Freebies
Dear Right Way to Travel Reader, Jennifer Blair, one of your fellow readers, attended our Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop last July in San Francisco. Ninety days later, she got published (and paid for her article) in Brave New Traveler e-zine. Even better... she used her travel writer status to score free entry for herself and [...]
Reader Explains: 10 Press Trips in 2 Years
One writer explains how after taking the Ultimate Travel Writer's Workshop, she took ten press trips in two years. She discusses the best way to create your story while you travel and reveals the best ways to market your articles.
Olympic Fuel Tip #13: Are You Writing With Voice?
Learn tips on how to establish your own voice in your writing to distinguish you from other writers. Find out how to capture editor's attention from the beginning. Find out more...
Speed through the Airport
Find out how to speed through the airport. Companies are debuting travel friendly laptop covers, so you no longer have to take your computer out of the case. Find out where to get them!
How to Be a Restaurant Spy
Find out how much your favorite restaurant is increasing their prices. Learn more...
How to Buy the Right Camera
Looking for a new camera? Lori Allen shares helpful insight on how to pick the right one and explains how great pictures can help your article get published.
How to Fly for Peanuts: Choosing a Rewards Card
Lori Allen describes different credit cards Travel Reward Programs. Different cards offer various point system to earn flights or hotel stays based on what you spend. To find out which credit card works best for you and which to avoid, read on...
