Guest Post Guidelines
I gladly accept guest blog posts for the Amateur Traveler. Anyone is welcome to submit one, but I only take posts that meet my quality standards.
Looking for Good Stories
What I am looking for is good travel writing stores.
- The stories have to have a point
- They need to be written in such as fashion as not to need a lot of editing, since I don’t have time for that
- I am specifically not looking for posts that just tell me “we went here and we did this” without offering insight or perspective
- Posts can either be destination pieces (a trip that others could also take) or essay
- Stories should not have appeared elsewhere, although an exception might be granted in particular cases
I do also welcome travel gear review stories and iPhone/Android travel app reviews.
two good resources on writing about travel:
- How to Write a Bad Travel Story – Features – World Hum
- The Art of Writing a Story About Walking Across Andorra
What You Get
I don’t currently can’t pay for posts. All stories will remain the property of the writer who is granting a non-exclusive license for the story to appear on the Amateur Traveler.
The story will appear under the offer’s byline and will end with the author’s biography which certainly can and should have links to the author’s website.
Links
The article of the post is welcome to link to appropriate resources. If you link to a hotel, just link the name of the hotel. But, trying to link to the hotel with “best hotel in Los Angeles” to improve your SEO is a different discussion.
Any article that is sponsored needs to make that sponsorship clear. My strong preference is that sponsored or seo links are in a footer of the article or the author bio.
example: This article was written for Peru Discover, specialists in customized Peru tours.
How to Post A Story
- Create an account at http://AmateurTraveler.com/wp-admin
- Fill out the profile for the account, especially the bio section
- You can have HTML your biography. My biography, for instance is:
<a href=”http://chris2x.com”> Chris Christensen</a> is the host of the Amateur Traveler. Chris left his day job in January 2010. He was the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations for a company in Silicon Valley (<a href=”http://liveworld.com”>LiveWorld</a>) that runs online communities for companies like eBay, Marriott, American Express, Campbells, Kimberly Clark, A&E, and Mini Cooper</li>
- Make sure you have a gravitar at http://en.gravatar.com/ which is registered with the same email that you use in your account. This will make your photo show up on the article.
- Post your story at http://amateurtraveler.com/wp-admin/post-new.php
- All stories at Amateur Traveler will have pictures. If you include pictures make sure that you have the legal right to use the photo.
- Drop me an email to review the article
