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Know Vienna? Know Budapest? PlanetEye Wants You!

Photo by Obbino (Creative Commons) If you know Vienna or Budapest like a local because you ARE a local, then PlanetEye wants to hear from you! Plane [...]

Writers Wanted: Written Road

Photo by Nicholas T (Creative Commons) It’s been a busy week for travel writing opportunities. Here’s the latest: Longstanding travel wr [...]

Writer Wanted: Vagablogging.net

Photo by Greg Westfall (Creative Commons) If you’re an aspiring travel writer and long-term travel enthusiast, chances are you’ve come a [...]

Travel Writing: Think Local, Act Local

Photo by Dro!d (Creative Commons) The first lesson we were taught in my ninth grade writing class is one that most of us have heard about a zillion  [...]

Bye-bye backpacker, hello flashpacker?

Guest Editorial by Matador member Matt Kepnes Somewhere before my bus broke down in Australia, I was called a flashpacker. Despite being on the road  [...]

Freebie of the Week: The Snake Charmer

Back when they were in college, my parents’ idea of a cool Saturday night date was hunting for snakes in the Florida swampland. Perhaps that’s  [...]

Community Spotlight: Matador Members Online

Another one of the perks of the Pulse editing job is surfing through the Matador network and meeting really interesting travelers who aren’t s [...]

Bryan Mealer in the Congo

Photo by Ana Cotta (Creative Commons) I’ve been known to criticize the incessant darkness and the emphasis on the catastrophic that characteri [...]

“Ya’ll come see us now, ya hear?”

The South: It ain’t all ’bout beer ‘n’ guns. Pulse co-editor Eva Holland recently returned from a month-long road trip aroun [...]

Ever wanted to go on assignment with National Geographic?

Photo by anuradha Well, duh. If you’re an aspiring travel photographer, I’m guessing the answer to that question is a big, loud YES! Her [...]

“Oh give me a home…”

If you’re a writer, you don’t need me to tell you about that creeping feeling of anxiety that swells up at the end of each month when yo [...]

Calling All Travel Writers and Photographers!

Photo by uzvards (Creative Commons) Heading to the Bay Area this summer, and keen to learn more about travel writing and photography? The excellent [...]

The Low-Down on Press Trips

Press trips are a strange animal. For the aspiring travel writer they can be a crucial money-saving and door-opening opportunity. On the other hand, [...]

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