Tagged: travel-writing

Book Passage 2026: Learn How to Be a Travel Writer or Photographer

Whenever people ask me what my favorite destinations are, I have to fudge the answer. The truth is I'd rather go somewhere new than revisit a place, and every destination is as unique…

How to Become a Travel Writer—and a Better Traveler: Pauline Frommer's Favorite Event Is Back

Here's a little secret that those of us in travel media know: You have deeper, richer travel experiences when you hit the road with a goal. Just knowing that I need to come back from a…

Pauline Frommer: I'm Often Asked How to Become a Travel Writer, And I Suggest This Event

(Note: This post was updated June 3, 2023)Every year, I give about a dozen speeches on travel across North America. When I sign books afterwards, a familiar scenario inevitably will…

A Life-Changing Conference for Would-Be Travel Writers and Photographers

Over the course of the year, I give about a dozen speeches on travel across North America. Inevitably, when I sign books afterwards, a familiar scenario will play out. I’ll hand back…

Singapore: 9 Offbeat Port Activities

Offbeat Singapore might sound like an oxymoron considering its rep as a buttoned-down, rule-obsessed city state, but there's actually a quirkier side. If your ship calls on Singapore…

'No Waivers, No Favors' Reaches New Highs (and Lows)

The specific promotions described in this article have now passed, but it remains online so that the resources named will be of future use to travelers.The check-in time at the…

Want To Be a Travel Writer? Here's One Way to Get Started

There's still space for students at our own Bob Fisher's Travel Writing Workshop up the river from New York City this September. No, it won't be in Sing Sing Prison, which is also up…

How to Get a Jump-Start on Travel Writing and Photography

Beaches, watermelon, tan-lines ... writer's conferences?!? Yes, summer is probably the busiest season of the year for would-be scribblers. And for aspiring travel talent, there's no…

Travel Writing 101: What is Good Travel Writing?

As I mentioned in part three of this series, Red Smith, a famed sportswriter a few decades back, said, "Writing is easy, you just sit down at the typewriter and open a vein." (For…

Travel Writing 101: Becoming an Expert

Getting published should be easy, I often think, telling my students "you just need to entertain your readers, who are, firstly, your editor and, secondly, the editor's readers." It…