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The Power of Meow: How Bucketlist Bri Turned Her Travel Lifestyle Into Her Full-Time Gig

Anastasia Kampov-Polevoi — Wed, 22 May 2024 09:42:45 +0000

Meet Bucketlist Bri, the adventurous nomad, blog coach, and photographer who has been living abroad and slow traveling full-time for over ten years. Her story began after moving to France in 2013, where she harnessed her love of writing to document her travels. She has since grown her blogging hobby into a full-time endeavor—with a six-figure annual salary to boot! Read as Bri shares her secrets to making money, scaling success, and building a life around your passion.

How Love and Authenticity Can Make Your Blog Succeed: The Story of Half Half Travel

Anastasia Kampov-Polevoi — Wed, 08 May 2024 15:01:05 +0000

After a chance encounter in the Big Apple, Dan and Becca discovered their mutual passion for travel and storytelling. They soon started running their Instagram Half Half Travel and, after seeing the blog take off, created Halfhalftravel.com. Initially, Dan and Becca wrote travel guides for places they knew and loved. However, major life shifts — the pandemic, and the expansion of their family — turned their blog into a thriving (and profitable) platform where the two share personal insights and practical tips for travelers worldwide. This is their story, told by Becca.

It’s All About Niches: Lora Pope Shares How to Turn Your Love for a City Into a Profitable Blog

Anastasia Kampov-Polevoi — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:10:40 +0000

Embark on an exciting journey into the world of niche travel blogging. Lora, the creator behind Explore with Lora and Take Me to Puerto Vallarta, initially began blogging to share wanderlust-fueled adventures. However, after falling in love with a coastal Mexican city, she switched to strategic niche blogging, using SEO tactics and adept affiliate marketing to skyrocket her into a successful blogging career. Read Lora’s account of the transformative power of niche blogging and gain insight into how she went from working a job she hated to creating and traveling full-time.

Jackie of Jou Jou Travels Reveals Secrets to 5-Figure Blogging Income

Anastasia Kampov-Polevoi — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:47:34 +0000

Meet Jackie, the creator, owner, and writer of Jou Jou Travels, as well as a Travelpayouts partner. She’s sharing her unique blogging journey, including how she went from being a full-time digital analyst at big-name companies to making five figures as a travel blogger. Learn the techniques she used to propel her blog, supplement her income, and become a successful travel affiliate.

Beyond Competition: Maria’s Unique Path in Crafting the Always Pack Tissues Blog

Maria Kuznetsova — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:10:45 +0000

Maria DiCicco, the creator, owner, and writer of the Always Pack Tissues blog, as well as a Travelpayouts partner and ambassador, shared with us the story of how she began her blogging journey, her insights on measuring a blogger's success, and practical tips for working with the Viator partner program.

Wyld Tales: A Family Man’s Story of Affiliate Marketing Success

Maria Kuznetsova — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:43:08 +0000

What do Australia, Poland, and Bali have in common? These are all places that travel blogger extraordinaire Mark Wyld writes about on his many websites. We sat down with Mark to ask him about his secret to having it all as a successful blogger, service worker, husband, and parent. He wasn’t shy as he provided a transparent look into the challenges and triumphs that have moulded his travel blogging journey and made his passion for exploration into a lucrative venture—with an income that already surpasses that of his job. Learn the affiliate strategies and practical techniques Mark used to propel his blogs to financial success in the dynamic landscape of online travel storytelling.

The Story of Katie Caf: Transforming a Gap Year Into a Thriving Travel Blogging Business

Maria Kuznetsova — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:59:12 +0000

We had the pleasure of chatting with Katie, the creative force behind KatieCafTravel.com. Her decision to start a travel blog was far from ordinary. Following the end of the global lockdown in 2020, Katie embarked on a year-long adventure, supporting herself through odd freelancing jobs and living off her personal savings. Initially, her blog served as a beautifully designed documentation of her travels as well as a means to explain the gap in her resume to future employers. Little did she know that this venture would become an addictive passion and source of income within a year. Our interview with Katie delves into the growth of her blog and the challenges she encountered along the way. Discover the secrets to her success and the lessons she learned as she shares her journey with us.

Travel, Freedom, Purpose: An Exclusive Interview with Somto, the Talented Сreator of Somto Seeks

Maria Kuznetsova — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 11:44:06 +0000

We had the privilege of sitting down with Somto, the talented creator behind the blog Somto Seeks. During our illuminating conversation, she candidly shared the initial hurdles she faced throughout her journey as well as the motivations that fueled her perseverance. This interview is packed with actionable advice for both budding and established travel bloggers. Prepare to be inspired to embark on your own blogging journey, explore new horizons, and truly relish the beauty of life!

How the Creator Behind Travels & Treasures Harnessed AI to Elevate Her Travel Blogging Game

Tanya Taylor — Fri, 26 May 2023 13:28:34 +0000

Tanya Tailor is the creator behind the Travels & Treasures blog. She navigated the world of travel and blogging through trial and mistake, and, ultimately, found success. Tanya shared her inspiring story of how she started out as a stay-at-home mom with a passion for travel and experienced two failed blog attempts. She also revealed the strategies she used to grow and monetize her blog (spoiler: with the help of Travelpayouts). In addition, she shared a complete manual on how she utilizes AI tools to create content, boost her website traffic, and earn via affiliate marketing.

How to Juggle Full-Time Work and Part-Time Travel Blogging With the Help of AI — The Experience of TravelingTessie.com

Tess Arnold — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:34:47 +0000

Tess is a full-time fashion industry professional and part-time travel blogger, who created TravelingTessie.com. To combine these two passions and successfully monetize her travel blog, Tess started using AI assistants. These tools helped to revolutionize her content creation process by streamlining the workflow.

Join Tess in this post, where she unveils the secrets behind her successful blog, and find out how you too can harness the power of AI to elevate your own blogging game.

Andiamo Places: AI-Based App for Creating Travel Guides

Tom Giammarresi — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 15:43:24 +0000

Andiamo Places is an iOS, Android, and web app that operates on the powerful ChatGPT API and helps to create travel guides in a matter of minutes. Tom Giammarresi, the mastermind behind this app, delves into its technical features while highlighting how both travelers and Travelpayouts partners can benefit from Andiamo Places. Read on to discover the inner workings of this travel app.

How to Successfully Monetise a Hometown Blog — The story of Paigemindsthegap.com

Paige Watts — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:07:02 +0000

Paigemindsthegap.com started as a travel diary for Paige’s family to read while she studied abroad in England. In 2019, Paige quit her job to focus on personal writing, including the blog, and nowadays, Paige Minds The Gap is her main source of income. Paige told us about the development of her blog and the difficulties she faced along the way. In addition, she shared some expert tips and useful insights.

From Travel Journal to Thriving Blogging Business — The Story of thetravelbunny.com

Suzanne Jones — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:22:59 +0000

Suzanne, the travel enthusiast behind The Travelbunny, has successfully taken her life-long passion and turned it into a viable source of income. By combining SEO tactics with savvy affiliate marketing techniques, she has managed to build an impressive full-time income through her blog alone! Read this article to learn more information from an expert's perspective.

Turning a Love of Detailed Itineraries Into a Successful Blog — The Story of My Perfect Itinerary

Monique Giuliano — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:12:08 +0000

Monique is a passionate traveler who successfully turned her hobby into a business. In 2018, Monique started My Perfect Itinerary to help fellow travelers plan their perfect trips. Since then, she has launched My Perfect Travel Blog, a website on which people can learn how to create successful travel blogs themselves. Her hard work has paid off, as the two sites bring in around $4,500 every month! Monique shared her blogging journey and first-hand experience earning money on itineraries, courses, etc.

Why Joining WayAway Will Be the Best Decision You Make as a Travel Affiliate: Here’s My Story

Chris Davila — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:03:44 +0000

Travelpayouts partner Chris Davila joined the WayAway partner program, embedded affiliate tools on her website Girltakesmundo.com and now she is ready to share her first experience.

How to Make Money on Events and Nightlife – The Story of Ticketsibiza.co.uk

Kieran — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:22:57 +0000

Kieran applied the knowledge he gained from working at Google and YouTube to launch his event website about Ibiza. Today, Kieran also has mobile apps in addition to a website that helps tourists organize their nightlife in Ibiza. In this article, Kieran revealed how he monetizes his website and mobile applications in addition to sharing first-hand tips on how to gain more traffic.

The Journey From Copywriter to Travel Blogger – The Story of Travelbybrit.com

Brittany Sawyer — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:29:58 +0000

Brittany Sawyer quickly worked her way from being a copywriter to becoming a travel blogger by helping ordinary women dream, plan, and do extraordinary travel. In this article, Brittany shared the secrets of how to write articles that will gain organic traffic and revealed first-hand experience on how to make money from tours and activities affiliate programs.

How to Make Money on the Travelpayouts Referral Program – Pro Tips from a Partner with 1000+ Referrals

Bill Burniece — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:42:50 +0000

Attracting referrals to various companies is one of the marketing strategies used by Bill Burniece, the creator of highpayingaffiliateprograms.com. With over 10 years of experience in online marketing, Bill has attracted hundreds of thousands of clients for companies all over the world.

In this article, you will find Bill’s first-hand story, from which you will learn how to earn by promoting Travelpayouts to your audience. Bill shares practical tips on how to choose the right referral program, how to get referrals, and more.

How I Grew My Travel Blog in Three Years — The Story of Theworldtravelguy.com

David Leiter — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:47:56 +0000

When David started Theworldtravelguy.com in 2019, he didn’t expect that he would be able to earn a full-time income from his blog. Now, he travels together with his wife, writes engaging travel stories, and expects that someday, when they have kids, they’ll be able to cover their family travels as well. In this article, David shares his inspiring first-hand experience on content creation and making money through affiliate marketing.

How Travel Blogging Courses Can Jumpstart a Blog – The Story of TheLithuanianAbroad.com

Gabriele Pletaite — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:53:36 +0000

Her personal background, time living in another country, and an insatiable desire to share her travel knowledge led Gabriele to start her own travel blog. Gabriele learned firsthand that courses and coaching are shortcuts to results, and shared her experience in this article. Gabriele revealed how to make money on tours and activities affiliate programs and shared useful tools for working with a WordPress blog as well as on Pinterest.

How to Earn Money and Help Nature with a Travel Blog – The Story of Oceanwideexplorers.com

Andrew and Laura — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:59:52 +0000

Andrew and Laura began their adventure travel blog to inspire people to discover hidden adventures above and below the sea. Today, their travel blog helps travelers, protects nature, and generates a solid income. In this article, Andrew and Laura share their first-hand experience on how to earn money from tours and activities affiliate programs, while offering practical tips on how to become a more productive travel blogger.

How to Start a Successful Blog in the Post-COVID Era – The Story of Twooutliers.com

Sarah and Matt — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 07:23:25 +0000

Despite only being in the travel blogging field for around two years, Sarah and Matt have already generated a profit and gained a loyal audience. In this article, Sarah and Matt shared their blogging journey, how they started living nomadically and traveling across the country, their monetization strategies, and practical tips on how to make money on tours and activities affiliate programs.

How to Make Over $1,000 per Month on a Cruise Blog — The Story of Adventourbegins.com

Katarina Komazec — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 14:22:13 +0000

Katarina has been working on cruise ships for a long time and decided to create a travel blog called Adventour Begins to share her experiences with tourists and crew members. Although the blog has not yet grown into a full-fledged job, it already generates a solid income. In this article, Katarina shares her blogging journey and provides tips on how to make over $1,000 per month through blogging.

From a Love of Hotels to a Profitable Travel Website – The Story of Suitesandlobbies.com

Brandon Hughes — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 06:03:01 +0000

With a unique geographical location and rich expertise in digital marketing, Brandon Hughes successfully manages a marketing agency and runs a travel site. In this article, Brandon shared his first-hand experience on how to build a successful niche travel website from scratch, while revealing tips on content creation and making money through affiliate marketing.

Travel Blogging as a Profitable Hobby – The Story of Okeventures.com

Oke Osevwe — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:46:40 +0000

Oke created a travel blog as a way for people to live their best lives by having a career and traveling when they can. Oke shared how she combines 9-to-5 work with her blogging hobby, revealed ways to monetize a travel blog, and shared her experience with driving traffic to a travel blog from Pinterest.

How to Make Money Writing Travel Content – The Story of JadeJackson.com.au

Jade Jackson — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 11:20:15 +0000

After traveling around the world at the age of 11, Jade Jackson dedicated his life to tourism, worked on a cruise ship, ran a travel agency, hosted a travel podcast, created tons of travel content, and launched a travel blog as well as several other websites. Jade shared his insightful blogging journey and revealed alternative ways to earn money by writing travel articles.

Road to Full-Time Luxury Travel Blogging — The Story of Culturedvoyages.com

Isabelle Hoyne — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:18:14 +0000

Isabelle Hoyne has been blogging about travel since 2017, but began doing so in earnest at the start of 2020. She’s now at the point in her blogging career where she’s so fulfilled from running her own business and website that she quit her corporate job to go into blogging full-time. Read about Isabelle’s (unsuccessful) start with travel blogging, her comeback with Cultured Voyages, and how she took blogging from a lockdown hobby to a full-time job.

What to Choose: Single vs Multi Topic Travel Blog – The Story of PaulinaOnTheRoad.com

Paulina — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:38:24 +0000

Whether to create a niche blog or general travel site is a common question among those starting a new travel blog. Paulina launched both a niche blog about Spain and a multi topic travel blog, which she uses to present the world of travel to her readers. Paulina shared her blogging journey and first-hand experience on running both niche and general travel blogs.

Girl Takes Mundo – A Journey into Accepting Myself as a Travel Blogger

Chris Davila — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 10:21:36 +0000

Chris Davila, the creator behind Girl Takes Mundo, believes that everyone who loves traveling more than anything in the world can become a travel blogger and earn income to fund their hobby. In this article, Chris shares her journey into becoming a travel blogger and offers useful advice to newcomers.

How to Turn Your Inspiration Into a Full Time Job — The Story of Theworldwasherefirst.com

Maggie and Michael — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:34:58 +0000

The World Was Here First was started in 2017 by Maggie and Michael. Now, this blog is their full time job. Maggie and Michael shared their first-hand experience on why starting a travel blog was a perfect idea for them, what inspires them to keep working on their website, and how they attract more traffic.

How to Grow a Travel Blog from Scratch to 1.5M Monthly Readers – The Story of TheBrokeBackpacker.com

Andrey Novoselov — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:40:19 +0000

The creator behind “The Broke Backpacker” blog shared his inspirational blogging journey of reaching 1.5 million readers per month on a single travel blog. Below, you’ll find the story and advice written in the first person.

How to Earn Money on a Solo Female Travel Blog – The Story of Wheregoesrose.com

Rose — Mon, 23 May 2022 16:01:38 +0000

With her travel blog, wheregoesrose.com, Rose did something that many people only dream of: turn her passion into her day job. On this page, you will find out how Rose turned a diary into a business, which tools she uses to monetize travel content, and how much money her travel blog generates. Further down the page, you'll find the executive opinion of an experienced solo female travel blog owner.

Secrets of Making Five Figures Monthly from a Travel Blog – The Story of VirginiaTravelTips.com

Megan Starr and Aram Vardanyan — Thu, 12 May 2022 08:24:00 +0000

Megan Starr and Aram Vardanyan began their travel blog as an attempt to share their love for traveling with others and have fun. Over time, their hobby turned into their main source of income and became a full-fledged business. Megan and Aram shared their first-hand experience on how to create a travel blog that generates over $60,000 per month.

How to Start Earning Money With Travel Affiliate Marketing – The Story of Wandernity.com

Scarlett Schreiber — Tue, 03 May 2022 12:06:25 +0000

Affiliate marketing is a great way how you can monetize your blog or social media posts related to travel and earn some money for your next trip. The main idea is that you can recommend a product or a service to your audience, and when they purchase something by clicking on your unique affiliate link then you get a small commission. The price for the product or service for your audience is the same as it would be if they bought it on their own. Affiliate marketing is what many travel bloggers resort to in order to monetize their websites to fund their lifestyles, and one of them is Una of Wandernity.com.

GetYourGuide Affiliate’s First-Hand Experience in the Tours and Activities Niche

Scarlett Schreiber — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:42:00 +0000

Tours and activities niche offers great opportunities for earnings, and since the pandemic brought most international tourism to a halt, the domestic demand for sightseeing and other travel experiences has risen. As a result, the tours and activities niche has witnessed a rapid shift, particularly for online bookings, with travel experiences now selling more than half of their tickets on the internet. Travelpayouts partner, Clive Muir, has been able to generate over $20,000 in sales in the tours and activities niche with his website caminodelrey.es. Clive shared with us how he started blogging and how other affiliates can achieve the same success. Below, you’ll find Clive’s story in the first person.

How to Earn With a Travel Blog – The Story of WanderHerWay

Andrey Novoselov — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:48:00 +0000

Even though most travel is still on hold, it’s not a time to sit back. Travel blogger and the voice behind Wander Her Way, believes that 2022 might be just the year to start your blogging career. In this post, she shared her experience of earning with a travel site and gave tips on how […]

How I Went From a Solopreneur to Building a Global Brand With Affiliate Marketing

Maria Kuznetsova — Fri, 07 May 2021 11:32:01 +0000

Affiliate marketing is a popular income stream for entrepreneurs around the world, but to succeed, you need to deploy efficient strategies. Johannes Larsson, the founder and CEO of Financer.com, an SEO geek and affiliate marketing expert, has over a decade of experience in digital marketing and entrepreneurship. In this post, he shares three steps to take your affiliate marketing to the next level. The text below is written in the first person by Johannes Larsson.

Affiliate Marketers Behind the Scenes: Success Stories

Alexandra Belski — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:19:06 +0000

If you ever doubted your ability to figure out affiliate marketing because you don’t have the “right” background, connections, or experience, this post is for you. We’ve gathered success stories of some of the most fortunate affiliates, most of whom hadn’t had a proper education or work experience when they just started out in affiliate marketing. But it didn’t stop them from trying, and it shouldn’t stop you either.

Affiliates’ First-Hand Experience With the Tours & Activities Niche

Maria Kuznetsova — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:41:59 +0000

Tours & Activities is one of fast-growing and most profitable niches. Travelpayouts affiliate, Antoine Brisset, knows all about it from personal experience. He launched stadiumtour.fr last year and has now reached the top 20 Travelpayouts affiliates in terms of earnings. Antoine told us how he got the idea for his site and shared some tips.

How to start a travel blog: First-hand experience

Andrey Novoselov — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 18:54:32 +0000

Cynthia and Alexander – writers and entrepreneurs, were inspired to travel the world. “Normal” 9-to-5 jobs were not for them, so they decided to follow their dreams and started the Travel your Memories (#1 adventurous travel blog for everyone) with the goal of sharing their passion for travel. Cynthia and Alexander shared first-hand experiences on how they started blogging.