I you have a destination or region that you specialize in, this type of work can translate into writing itineraries, which is a great type of work to get because you can liberally recycle things you’ve written up before, since it’s going to a different traveler every time. I’ve worked with villa rental companies who needed a certain number of listings each month for a flat rate per listing, which I believe was something like $50 (it was in British sterling, so I’m not 100% sure in dollar value at that time) per 150-to-200-word listing. These projects are more likely to come in chunks than in on-going situations, though that can also happen. Rates are typically per project rather than per piece-or the per-piece rate is a function of the overall budget. This an area where we are looking at five-figure projects that you complete yourself. Many people that I know who specialized in travel copywriting command much more. I once had a client come to me and offer $6500 for just one month’s work…that was not even going to take up all my time that month. Travel copywriting assignments-when you write descriptions of products like tours or hotels-can often be both the fastest and most lucrative type of work to get.
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If you are fresh to writing and to travel, it’s best to start with some gigs around $50 to get you footing though, rather than work with a client who offers a good rate and is expecting experience and let them down because you are not familiar with: If you’re just starting out in travel writing, but have written for a previous job and have a very specialized expertise in the travel industry from a destination level, you can easily command these $150-250 rates early on. I had a client even four years ago that, right out of the gate in our first contract negotiation, was happy to pay $250-350 for 800-to-1200-word posts that didn’t require tons of research on my part. Then, when she was having trouble attracting writers with the background she needed, she got clearance from the company’s founders to go up to $100, and she told me recently that the rate is up to $150 because they need people who are highly specialized and understand that’s the lowest they can go.Įven companies I talk to who only have a budget of $25 per post or so understand that this is causing them to miss out on skilled and specialized writers these days.īy and large $100-150 has become more of a standard baseline for blog posts, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get more. We got that up to $50, removing some responsibilities.
One old client of mine originally posted an ad for blog posts looking to pay $35 for a relatively easy 500-word post. It used to be that people would post ads for or email writers out of the blue about large jobs for which the pay was something like $10 or $20 for a 1000-word post and not understand why people were indignant about these rates. I am delighted to say that now, in 2016, blog pay rates have finally started to get reasonable, even in random online ads. But Since Magazines Are “Scary,” How About Blogs? From larger magazines, you can definitely get shorter, whether that’s a very brief 100-to-300-word piece in the short, newsy “ front of book” section of the magazine or a recurring column or “ department” that ranges from 500 to 1500 words. When you’re just starting out, it’s very easy to land a lot of these $300-400 articles.
Magazines from major companies (that come with corresponding major headaches), even if you haven’t heard of them, typically pay $1 a word, so that say 1500-word piece the small magazine gave you $400 for would become $1500. Magazines Pay More It’s a Factįor quite small magazines, and we’re talking 5,000-25,000 readers here, $300-400 is a very normal rate. So let’s step back and look at how much you can really expect to earn-and when-from three different avenues of travel writing. Here’s the Dubai visa price according to Travel Agency Dubai. You can apply for a Dubai visit visa online through the Dubai immigration website or through a travel agency. In my post on three ways to earn six figures as a travel writer, I looked at three different paths for earning six figures as a travel writer based on your interests (workwise, not travel-wise) and the type of work that best fits your schedule, motivations and work talents.īut I know the idea of earning $100,000 a year from travel writing seems both far away and a bit preposterous to many folks who are just starting out and trying to figure out how to even earn their first $1 from something they’ve written.
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