Make Money And Travel Around Australia

What If You Could Get Paid
To Travel Around Australia?

What if you could cruise on our endless highways, trek through our ancient gorges, swim in crystal clear pools under thundering waterfalls, sleep under the stars, and then receive a very nice check for the experience?

How would you like it if, instead of breaking your back picking fruit, you could sit in a deck chair under palm trees, peck away on your laptop or scribble in your notebook, and make the same money or even more?

How about I told you how you can travel around Australia, write down your experiences and observations, and then get paid for it?

And what if I pointed out that you can make money and travel, not only in Australia, but anywhere in the world?

Would you be interested?

Yes, I am talking about becoming a travel writer

Making money as a travel writer is nowhere near as difficult as it might seem at first glance. If I, a German biochemist with two left brain halves and shaky English skills, could learn how to sell articles to travel magazines, then so can you!

Writing travel articles does not require exceptional talent or advanced skills. I'm living proof. Both my English AND my German teachers from my school days would happily testify to my lack of talent in that respect...

Yet I have made money by selling my articles to travel magazines, and I even won a first prize in an online writing competition!

You don't need any formal training as a writer or journalist. Travel writing is a craft that can be learned by anyone who has a reasonable grip on spelling and grammar. Well, and a lust for travel, of course!

The secret to making good money with travel articles is knowing how to sell them.

Most people think to make money as a freelance travel writer you need to be a fantastic writer, and that's it. And since so many fantastic writers are NOT making money, it must be hard to earn a pay check with writing.

That's exactly what I thought before I started my travel writing course, and it's totally wrong!

Ask any travel magazine editor and they'll tell you they need more travel articles. And that most of the submissions they get are useless.

Why? Most writers just write. They put together an article that they think is fantastic, but they don't bother finding out what editors want or need.

No matter how great the article, if it's not what magazines are looking for you can't sell it. Pretty obvious, huh?

Once you realize that it becomes rather simple. Find out what the magazines need, and then give it to them. Bang, article sold.

If you know how to find out what magazine editors need, and how to find the right magazines for what you have to offer, then the market is wide open!

And guess what? Just like the writing, this part can be learned, too.

The online travel writing course where you can learn all this is run by AWAI, the American Writers and Artists Institute. If you've heard of them before then you know the name stands for top notch quality.

I can wholeheartedly recommend them without any reservation.

What can you expect from
your travel writing course?

Well, as a travel writer you can live that luxury life, where all your travel is paid for by magazines, just as AWAI describes in the course materials.

But it won't happen over night. If you sign up for the course and think you'll be off travelling like that within a few months then you'll end up disappointed. This is not what the life of most new travel writers looks like. At least not straight away. I just want to make sure you are realistic in your expectations.

However, they don't exaggerate with anything else. The course really does give you all the necessary skills and secrets. You will make money from your travel articles.

The course teaches you how to turn your travels into cash. It really isn't that hard and it really can be learned.

You can reasonably expect to make enough money as a travel writer to finance your travels. You can always do that. Even I could, although it is a lot harder for me than for native English speakers to write anything.

You also learn how to go about finding those paid for trips and assignments that they rave about, where the resort sponsors you or the magazine picks up the tab. You won't be visiting the most exclusive and luxurious resorts straight away. Make that kind of thing a goal for one or two years down the track...

However, you will soon be able to cash in on the occasional freebie flight or hotel room on the way!

To make a full time living as a travel writer is hard work in the beginning. It takes a while to get to a level where it becomes easy and comfortable... If you enjoy writing and if you stick with it, then you could very well end up with the life that they describe..

But even if you don't, then you still have a nice second income. Beats waitressing or fruit picking any day!

Unless you have an aversion to beaches and sunshine I can't think of any valid reason to not give it a shot. If money is tight you can pay for it in monthly installments, and it also comes with a full money back guarantee. You're not risking anything by looking at it.

If the idea to make money with travel articles appeals to you, try it out!

Don't agonize over the decision—it's 100% guaranteed. If you think it's lame you just send it back. (You won't.)

PS.: If you decide to do the course I'd absolutely love to hear about it when you sell an article about Australia!

Travel writing not for you? Find other ways to work and travel around Australia.

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