archives: Travel Writing
What did you do on your summer vacation? Write about it and win free travel!
Photo by Sarah Giesecke Remember those essays you used to write in the first week back at grade school, “What I Did On My Summer Vacation̶ [...]
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, [...]
