Travel Publications Directory
Real pay rates, pitch guidelines, and response times — for magazines, newspapers, travel sites, and brand content.
Adventurous Kate
Popular solo female travel blog. Occasionally publishes guest posts from solo female travellers. No monetary payment — exposure to a loyal audience.
AFAR
Focused on experiential travel and cultural immersion. AFAR looks for stories with a strong sense of place and authentic local experience. Both print and digital.
~$1/word
Agoda Travelbook
Agoda's editorial content platform. Strong focus on Asia-Pacific accommodation and destination guides.
Flat fee per piece
Airbnb Stories
Airbnb's editorial content hub. Human-interest travel stories, local neighbourhood guides, and hosting experiences. Brand values around belonging and community.
Flat fee per piece
Alex in Wanderland
Female solo travel blog. Guest posts from solo female travellers. No monetary payment.
Atlas Obscura
Dedicated to unusual, obscure, and overlooked places. Each piece focuses on a specific curious destination — not general destination guides. First-person voice preferred.
$0.25–$0.35/word
Backpacker
Focused on wilderness hiking and backpacking. Pitches need to be trail-specific with firsthand experience. Strong photography a plus.
~$0.50/word
BBC Travel
BBC.com's travel vertical. Global audience. Strong on culture, history, food, and unusual destinations. Not strictly a travel guide — more magazine-style feature journalism.
$0.25–$0.50/word
Blue Wings (Finnair)
Finnair inflight magazine. Nordic sensibility with a global reach. Destination features on Finnair's network — Europe, Asia, US, and the Middle East.
€0.20–€0.35/word
Booking.com Content
Booking.com's editorial content team. Destination guides, accommodation features, and travel tips for the Booking.com audience.
Flat fee per piece
Boston Globe Travel
New England and North American focus. Weekend travel section popular for New England getaways, international features, and cruise coverage.
$0.30–$0.50/word
Caribbean Travel + Life
Covers travel, lifestyle, and culture across the Caribbean. Resorts, beaches, food, and island culture.
$0.50–$0.75/word
Chicago Tribune Travel
Midwest-focused travel section with national scope. Weekend travel section covers US road trips, city breaks, and international destinations.
$0.30–$0.50/word
Condé Nast Traveler
The flagship US luxury travel magazine. Pitches should be story-driven with a strong news angle or exclusive access. Pays competitive rates for features and shorter front-of-book pieces.
$1–$2/word
Condé Nast Traveller (UK)
The UK edition of the Condé Nast travel brand. Separate editorial team from the US edition. Strong focus on design hotels, culture, and aspirational travel.
£0.50–£1/word
Contiki Blog
Youth travel brand (18–35 audience). High-energy, social, experience-driven content. Destination guides, travel hacks, and brand-aligned storytelling.
Flat fee per piece
Culture Trip
Global travel and culture platform. Publishes listicles and destination guides at scale. Pays select contributors; rates at the lower end of the market. Good exposure.
$0.05–$0.15/word
Culture Trip Guides
Culture Trip's destination guide content. City guides and destination features covering culture, arts, food, and travel.
Flat fee per piece
Delta Sky Magazine
Delta Air Lines inflight magazine. City profiles, destination guides, business travel features. Audience skews business traveller.
$0.50–$1/word
Departures
American Express Platinum Card's luxury lifestyle and travel magazine. Targets high-net-worth readers. Very selective — primarily works with established writers.
$1–$1.50/word
Discover Magazine
Science and nature magazine with a strong travel component. Nature tourism, scientific exploration, and eco-travel.
$0.50–$1/word
DK Eyewitness Travel Guides
Heavily visual guidebooks known for illustrated cross-sections and maps. Writers work alongside illustrators. Concise, fact-dense writing style required.
Flat fee per assignment
EF Tours Blog
EF Educational Tours content hub. Educational travel, student group trips, and cultural exchange. Young adult audience.
Flat fee per piece
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