10 Places to Sell Your Travel Writing
Turn that vacation, day trip, or conference you travel away from home to go to into a win-win situation. By collecting brochures, local newspapers and magazines, and snapping a few photos in your spare time, you could turn that memory into a paying travel article. In fact, you can never leave your home and write about your hometown as a “travel” piece. Today’s travel market is wide open for freelancers. Below are 10 places to sell your Travel Writing article.
1) AAA Midwest Traveler
AAA Auto Club of Missouri
12901 N. 40 Drive
St. Louis, MO 63141
Editor: Michael J Right
Established: 1901
Circulation: 465,000
The AAA Midwest Traveler is looking for nonfiction travel articles from 800-1200 words, but no humor, fiction, poetry, or cartoons. They pay on acceptance of the article and gives a byline to the author.
2) Coast to Coast Magazine
Affinity Group, Inc.
2575 Vista Del Mar Drive
Ventura, CA 93001
Editorial Director: Valerie Law
Established: 1983
Circulation: 125,000
Coast to Coast Magazine is looking for nonfiction book excerpts, essays, general interest, how-to, interviews, new products, personal experience, photo feature, technical, or travel piece 800-2500 words. They pay on acceptance of the article and gives a byline to the author.
3) Escapees Magazine
Sharing the RV Lifestyle
Escapees Incorporated
100 Rainbow Drive
Livingston, TX 77351-9300
Editor: Janice Lasko
Established: 1978
Circulation: 35,000
Escapees Magazine is looking for RV related fiction and nonfiction. Their articles range up to 1400 words maximum and fiction to 1400 words maximum. They pay on publication of the article and gives a byline to the author.
4) Go Magazine
AAA Carolinas
6600 AAA Drive
Charlotte, NC 28212
Assistant Editor: Sarah Davis
Established: 1928
Circulation: 750,000
Go Magazine is looking for nonfiction how-to, travel, traffic safety, and automotive insurance articles from 600-900 words. They pay on publication and makes work-for-hire assignments.
5) Islands
Islands Media Corp
6267 Carpinteria Avenue, Suite 200
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Editor: Lisa Gosselin
Established: 1981
Circulation: 220,000
Islands Magazine is looking for nonfiction book excerpts, essays, general interest, interviews, photo feature, travel, service shorts, island related material from 2,000-4,000 words. They pay on publication and offers a byline for their writers.
6) Northwest Travel
Northwest Regional Magazines
4969 Hwy 101 North, Suite 2
Florence, OR 97439
Editor: Vicki S Higgins
Established: 1991
Circulation: 50,000
Northwest Travel is looking for nonfiction book excerpts, general interest, history or nostalgia, interviews, photo features, and northwest travel articles from 1,250-2000 words. They pay on publication and there are writer’s guidelines available.
7) The Southern Traveler
AAA Auto Club of Missouri
12901 N. 40 Drive
St. Louis, MO 63141
Editor: Michael J Right
Established: 1997
Circulation: 170,000
The Southern Traveler is looking for feature articles on regional and world travel, auto safety, area history, highway and transportation news up to 2,000 words. They pay on acceptance and will give their writer their own byline.
8) SPA
Healthy Living, Travel & Renewal
Islands Media Corp.
6267 Carpinteria Avenue, Suite 200
Carpinteria, CA 93013
SPA is looking for nonfiction essays, how-to beauty, humor, personal experience, and travel articles between 1,500-3,000 words. They do give a byline.
9) Travel America
The U.S. Vacation Magazine
World Publishing Company
990 Grove Street
Evanston, IL 60201-4370
Editor: Randy Mink
Established: 1985
Circulation: 240,000
Travel America is looking for destination oriented nonfiction articles around 1,000 words. They also take hotel roundups. They give their writers their own byline.
10) Travel Smart
Communications House, Inc
PO Box 397
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Editor: Nancy Dunnan
Established: 1976
Circulation: 20,000
Travel Smart is looking for bargains, deals, and values on transportation, hotels, food, and unusual destinations. Their articles are between 100-1500 words. They pay on publication of the article.
