When I first started freelance travel writing, there were no websites dedicated to the business side of the travel writer’s life.

And there were only a handful of solid sources on creating a stable income as a freelance writer.
Most people simply thought it couldn’t be done, and the ones out there doing it were too busy working for their clients and living awesome freelance lives to tell the rest of us how to do it!


This dearth of actionable advice on business catered to the special circumstances of being a travel writer was a driving factor in creating Dream of Travel Writing.

One of our largest categories of classes revolves around running the business (read: cha-ching) side of travel writing so that you are maximizing your hours to make sure you get the most pay while also still having the most time for your travels, family, and friends.

How to spend your $100 coupon

After a long break, we are officially reopening Dream of Travel Writing with a very special Open House.

As a thank you for being part of our community, we’re offering a special coupon exclusively for our Flourishing Newsletter subscribers. You can take $100 off any personally-selected set of classes in our store.

If you’re not already a subscriber, simply add your name in the form below to receive your unique coupon code.

Your $100 off coupon can only be used for a limited time, so don’t miss out!

Here are some classes specifically about Planning to Get Serious About Your Business Right Now that might get you traction with what you’re struggling with right now:

  • The Secrets of Six-Figure Travel Writers: As a travel writer earning six figures for several years, I used to get a lot of questions at industry conferences about just how exactly I did it, so I started coaching new, struggling and transitioning travel writers along the journey. Here we explore the misconceptions that keep people from achieving their income goals as a travel writer and you’ll leave with tools to increase your income right away.
  • What Type of Articles Should You Be Writing?: In this classes, we cover the different major types of articles that you should be looking out for when you’re on the road: examples of these types of articles, how to pitch them, and how to write them.
  • Triple Your Income Writing for Magazines: For years naysayers have claimed that there is no money to be made in the magazine industry, the fact is that magazines still pay significantly better than websites–and there’s many more opportunities to write about travel for print magazines than you realize. Sleek, well-paying, new travel magazines are actually popping up every week. You just need to know where to find them.
  • Story Structure to Take Your Features to the Next Level: Whether you’ve been scared of taking the leap into features because you’re “not that kind of writer” or have been wanting to move into features (or even starting to get those assignments) but spend an inordinate amount of time trying to research and structure those pieces so it feels like more work than it’s worth, this classes is for you. We explore classic story structures that have been employed, literally, for millennia to guarantee an interesting story as well as travel feature-specific story structures that will have you turning out stories in an hour or two each.
  • The Difference Between the Photos You’re Shooting Now and What Magazines Are Publishing: Learn how to get the shots that editors need so you can get more assignments and make more money with your pieces. We look at the shots that work online and those that most of us shoot most of the time and what the difference is in terms of the approach to shot format, variety, and composition to generate the types of photos magazines can use.
  • Putting Together a Pitch Portfolio to Support a Big Trip: Here we walk through several press trip itineraries to show who and what to pitch to set up a varied portfolio of coverage for each trip. We discuss five techniques you can use to ensure an impressive pitch portfolio to accompany any press trip request, and how to handle this process whether you’ve never been published and have no connections or have editors that you work with already but perhaps want to branch out to a new subject or geographic area.
  • How to Build Serious Business Partnerships at Travel Conferences: In How to Build Serious Business Partnerships at Travel Conferences, we’ll look at how to prepare for meetings at conferences, how to rock them, and how to follow up.

What other cool free stuff can you get during out open house?

Our Open House is a special event where you’ll get an exclusive look at the exciting changes coming to Dream of Travel Writing.

In addition to taking $100 off in our store, you can join free classes to learn

You’ll also have a chance to peek into our VIP (Very Insightful Professionals) Group Coaching Program!
In these calls, you’ll experience a preview of our intimate group coaching sessions, where you’ll be coached specifically with our HOW method and feel what a difference it makes on a problem you’re facing right now. Learn more about how to join soon.

We can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on.

Delivery details:

  • In the webinar shop, add any of the classes to your cart and enter the code you received in your inbox
  • The classes will be available immediately in your user profile on webinar.dreamoftravelwriting.com, and you will also receive an email for each class with the links to the downloadable audio, video, and transcript files.

Important general notes on our Open House Specials:

  • The coupon expires September 30, so make sure you pick out your classes before then. And the coupon will only work for classes, not any of our live programs
  • if you have more items than the value of the coupon, you can just pay the difference on the site.