Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
How Travel Bloggers Make Money $$
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items Want to become a travel blogger and wondering how travel bloggers make money doing what we love? I've been a travel blogger since 2016, but only cracked the code myself a couple years ago. Here I'm compiling some of my top resources for you that I us...
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Learning to get paid as a travel blogger
How Travel Bloggers Make Money
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Learning to get paid as a travel blogger
Blogging as a hobby and blogging to make money are very different activities. Here are some free and paid resources to help you get started.
Even though I'd been blogging since 2016 and had invested in other courses, it wasn't until I took SYTB in 2022 that things finally started to click for me. I can't recommend this course enough if you're serious about becoming a professional travel b...
Scale Your Travel Blog | The course that changed the game for me
This is a free webinar by Laura who runs Scale Your Travel Blog. A great way to see if her teaching style and approach is right for you before investing in the course. This is what sealed the deal for me
The 3 Secrets To Exponentially Grow Your Travel Blog - FREE Webinar
Keyword research is an important piece of the blogging puzzle. Here are some free tools to get started with
The 4 best free keyword research tools - Zapier
If SEO is brand new to you, here is another free resource to consult
What Is SEO? Search Engine Optimization Explained - Neil Patel
Just a bit of inspiration to keep you going along the way, because blogging can be hard! Fun, yes. But hard!
50 Top Blogging Quotes For Your Blog & Business - Raelyn Tan
How Travel Bloggers Make Money
Travel bloggers put a lot of work into thoroughly researching tours, accommodations and more to ensure our recommendations help others take the best trips possible. By joining affiliate networks and ad networks, bloggers can monetize their recommenda...
This is the affiliate platform I use to earn commissions on accommodations I research and then recommend
Stay22 Affiliate Program
This is my favorite travel affiliates network because it makes it so easy to be an affiliate for many of the main travel brands out there. Plus, it keeps everything consolidated in one place. This is one every travel creator should sign up for early ...
Travel Affiliate Partnership Platform - Travelpayouts
This is the platform you're on now! It's a new tool for me that I'm trying out. You can earn affiliate income (even without a blog) and also get traffic to your website if you do have one. Plus, it's just a fun place to swap inspiration and advice. I...
Benable - Shareable lists of things you recommend
Another way bloggers make money is by applying to an ad network once they have enough traffic. Mediavine is one of the most prominent ad networks
Mediavine: Full-Service Digital Advertising Technology & Management
Another well known ad network out there is Raptive
Raptive — Powering creator independence
Tools & Resources
There's some setup required to get your travel blog brand off the ground. You'll want it to be self-hossted so that you actually own your blog. You also want an email list, because again that is something YOU own (unlike social media channels). Here ...
You're going to need web hosting to own your blog. I started on and used Bluehost for many years. I currently have another blog (not my travel one) on a bluehost plan. It's always served me well and is a low-cost way to get started
Web Hosting Plans | Save 70%
This is my most important, favorite tool I use as a blogger that helps me decide what posts to write. It's an investment, but worthwhile.
KeySearch: Affordable Keyword Research Tool
A common ‘I wish I’d started this sooner' moment for many bloggers comes up around email marketing. You're going to want to start a newsletter sooner rather than later, and you can start for free. I started with a free plan on Mailchimp, then moved t...
Email Marketing Made Simple - MailerLite
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I use canva to design Youtube and Pinterest graphics, freebies for my newsletter and more. It's a must have for me
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone