Travel Writing
Travel writing was my first literary passion. Good examples of the genre can pick you up off your sofa and whisk you away to far away places.
Travel writing traditionally meant telling stories or providing information for guidebooks, but today it is finding a new home online, as more and more people take up blogging. While this is just a hobby for most, some people have managed to turn it into a full-time business and will even outsource the work to professional ghost writers.
I have worked with a wide range of clients to produce travel writing which meets their needs and writing style. Whether it is hotel reviews, or flowery descriptions of exciting journeys, I have built up a body of experience and skills which enables me to create happy clients.
World Nomads Travel Insurance
World Nomads is the official insurance partner of Lonely Planet, and periodically they produce travel guides to draw traffic to their website and provide inspiration for visitors.
I was asked to write two guides for them. The first was a destination guide to two Mexican cities - Merida and Taxco. The second was a profile piece on la Fiesta de Enero, an annual festival which takes place in the town of Chiapa de Corzo
Asia Bars and Restaurants
Asia-bars.com is an online guide to Asia’s vibrant bar and restaurant scenes. An Initiative of Hemisphere Media, it provides reviews of establishments from Hong Kong to Hanoi and all the bustling cities in between. I have written several reviews for the site, and these showcase my ability to create authoritative and colourful travel copy based on press releases and the notes provided by clients.
No Destinations
No Destinations is a luxury travel blog which covers hotels, restaurants and bars. Over several years I ghost wrote roughly one hundred articles for their website based on the notes and photographs provided to me.
erikawithak
Erika had recently launched a website and was looking for articles on the themes of ‘living in…’, and ‘travelling in…’. I was commissioned to write two articles and was given free rein to propose topics. I chose to write about my experiences in Potosi, Bolivia and the year I spent living in Leiden in the Netherlands.