Talking Travel Writing
Talking Travel Writing, Lottie Gross, Steph Dyson, Helen OchyraDemystifying the travel media
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How do you get into travel copywriting?
Lottie explores the various methods of finding a way into this lucrative industry
I hate this question. I have been doing travel copywriting for at least a decade, but how I got into it, I couldn’t tell you. It wasn’t intentional, and it c...
Why should travel writers do copywriting?
There’s a snobbery around travel copywriting. Much like there’s snobbery around service journalism (like listicles or simple destination guides and tips articles). It’s not ‘real travel writing’. It’s not cool.
This comment from last week’...
What the heck is travel copywriting?
A little like travel writing, travel copywriting is something of a mysterious beast. It’s an industry without an obvious way in, and even among us — travel writers and editors — it can seem like a confusing and closed-off sector.
I’ve been...
Correction: we got it wrong, sorry
Yesterday we sent an email about our next Residential Travel Writing Course, taking place in November, but the payment plan details were incorrect where it suggested 1 July and 1 September for additional instalments. See below for an update...
Travel writing residential course 2026
Our hugely successful travel writing course is coming to the Cotswolds this November, and if you book it before 10 July we’ll throw in three months’ access to our Travel Pitching Index (worth £59.99) to help you kickstart your career.
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The newsletter that demystifies the travel media, tackling all the essential topics to help travel writers thrive in this uncertain world. Run by Lottie Gross and Steph Dyson, two pro travel writers with over two decades' combined experience.
Freelance journalist and editor specialising in travel writing. Bylines in The Telegraph, The Times, i, Independent, Nat Geo Traveller, BBC Radio 4 & more...
Travel journalist with bylines in National Geographic Traveller, CNN, Lonely Planet, The Independent and more. Founder of WorldlyAdventurer.com, a Latin America-focussed sustainable adventure travel website with one million readers+ per year.
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