How to Make Money Travel Blogging
Guide to Getting Started
So, You Want to Be a Travel Blogger? Let’s Fund Those Travels!
I had this blog for 11 years before I started making money—then I finally took it seriously in early 2024.
The following ‘how to make money travel blogging’ guide offers my honest look at that journey—from occasional hobbyist to profitable blogger.
I’ll walk you through how I’ve put $1,000s in the bank each month instead of working a ‘regular job.’
Note: This guide isn’t for beginners; it’s for established bloggers struggling to make money.
Instead, I encourage newbies to check out a comprehensive course, such as She Knows SEO’s SEO Strategy Masterclass, a step-by-step guide that starts from the very beginning, including blog setup.
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Quick Guide to What I Use to Make Money Travel Blogging
Short on time? Here’s my quick list of tools, programs, and networks that have helped me earn money from blogging!
Tools:
– Keysearch
(keyword searches)
– Kadence (theme)
– Smarterqueue (social posting)
Affiliate Programs:
– GetYourGuide
– Stay22
– Amazon Associates
– Travelpayouts
– Awin
Ad Networks:
– SHE Media
– Journey by Mediavine
First, Is Travel Blogging Hard?
Travel blogging is not something you can snooze through. It requires commitment.
I see it as a long-term investment in myself because my blog is something I own. It is not a social media platform that may die tomorrow.
Sure, search rankings go up and down, but as long as I pay my hosting, domain fees, etc., this site will live on as long as the internet does.
But it requires regular work, which is why you can’t just ‘set it and forget it.’
I don’t say this to scare or discourage you; I say it to prepare you for what’s ahead.
I am constantly learning, which means I update this blog regularly and adjust how I work (I share these insights in my newsletter). You will need to do the same to keep up with everyone else blogging, especially in the age of AI.
But guess what?
The wonderful thing about bloggers is that we’re pretty inclusive, which means we share information, so you will not be alone as you learn and grow.
How Much Does It Cost to Be a Travel Blogger?
You do not need to spend a lot of money to make money from a travel blog.
However, there are some things you need to pay for, such as:
- A domain (I signed up with Google Domains, which is now Squarespace)—$15/year
- Hosting (I’m with SiteGround)—$59.88 (first year)
- A keyword research tool (I use Keysearch)—$169/year
- Image optimization (I use Imagify)—$4.99/month
- Site optimization (I use WPRocket)—$59/year
- And a theme (simple ones are typically free, or you can pay for more customization—I use Kadence)—$99/year
- Akismet Anti-spam (spam protection)—$36/year
Total: $497.76
Note: this is the ‘basics’; I have spent far beyond this on other things such as newsletter platforms, SEMrush (advanced Keysearch), and other tools. But you don’t need these to start earning.
There are also things you can use ‘free versions’ for, especially if you are just beginning your ‘how to make money travel blogging’ journey.
Free plugins/tools I use:
- Easy Table of Contents or Kadence’s (I use the latter)
- Rank Math SEO (I use the paid version for schema customizations, but the free version is fine to get started)
- UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore (if your host doesn’t offer it)
- WPCode Lite (for header codes needed by ads/affiliate programs)
- Canva (photo editing and Pinterest pins)
You also don’t need to spend $$$ on courses right off the bat.
Later on, if you want to, do it, but I’ve only invested in tools I use regularly when there is no free version, and in three courses—one of which was the aforementioned SEO Strategy Masterclass (which was arguably a bit junior for me, but is terrific for newbies)—and I’ve been able to generate regular income.
What Took Me from Occasional Hobbyist to Profitable Blogger?
In March 2024, I was encouraged by someone I met on a networking platform to run ads on my blog.
Although it had sat stagnant since 2020, he said, “At least get back what you’re spending on it” (hosting fees, domain fees, etc.).
The following week, another platform member discouraged me, asking, “What will you make? Just a thousand dollars a month?”
The latter truly ticked me off. Like many, the job market hasn’t been kind to me. So yeah, $1,000 a month sounded lovely!
Merely 5 months into my blogging (re)adventure, I earned over $1,000 in a month.
Awesome, right? Well, you’re here for the how, so let’s get to it!
What Held Me Back from Becoming a Profitable Travel Blogger
Before I took blogging seriously, I had only a vague idea of what I was doing. I picked up bits and pieces from other bloggers and took a course here and there, but nothing stuck.
This was partly my fault because I didn’t commit to blogging regularly. I also chose the wrong courses, which weren’t focused on the fundamentals.
Plainly, I got myself a bit overwhelmed.
It can be easy to feel overwhelmed by blogging because there is a LOT to learn. However, you do not have to learn it all to get started.
You can pick up one piece at a time, learn it, and then move on once you’ve grown comfortable. You also do not have to keep up with anyone else.
If making TikTok videos isn’t your thing, you don’t have to make them.
I don’t do anything on this blog I don’t enjoy. I try to live by this Kim Cattrall quote in everything I do, especially when blogging.
Remember, I see this blog as an investment in myself, so why do something I don’t enjoy or don’t see the purpose in?
I don’t want to be in a situation for even an hour where I’m not enjoying myself. I want to choose who I spend time with personally and professionally. It’s my life.
Kim Cattrall
I Do Not Make Money from Social Media (Except Pinterest)
Many people message me to ask whether I make money on social media. I do not.
I see blogging and influencer work as two different things.
Sure, some people do both. But I don’t enjoy both. So, if this is holding you back, don’t let it!
Instead, I focused solely on blogging, which means creating content that drives traffic and generates ad and affiliate income.
Do not get me wrong. I did not write content solely for views. I write content I care about, that I have experienced myself (my #1 core value), and that helps people with their trips.
I could write about popular locations all day, but if I don’t care about a place, haven’t been there, or can’t add value for a traveler, I don’t write about it.
This helps me show my authenticity to my audience, because they know I would never promote something just for the sake of promotion. It also helps Google recognize me as trustworthy, which you’ll learn is very important on this ‘how to make money travel blogging’ journey.
The Fundamentals of Travel Blogging
How did I revamp my blog and learn the fundamentals?
Enter this excellent interview with Nina Clapperton from She Knows SEO.
I don’t recall how I first stumbled upon it, but I’m thankful I have. Instead of the fluff I’ve found in much of blogging, Nina breaks down her techniques and explains blogging for even the newest of newbies.
Remember, I had been travel blogging on and off for YEARS, but never understood what I was doing.
I signed up for tools but didn’t know how best to use them until Nina.
What is SEO?
Before I get ahead of myself, you’re probably wondering what SEO is and why it’s so important?
SEO stands for ‘search engine optimization.’ Essentially, it helps search engines understand your content, which in turn helps users find your site.
When I started blogging, people wrote posts titled ‘Solo Road Tripper—Day 4.’ And by people, I mean yes, that was one of the titles of a post I wrote about my road trip from Los Angeles, CA, to Portland, Maine.
I point this out because no one is Googling those terms. Instead, it would have been better to focus on a single keyword.
What is a Keyword?
Think about what you type into Google’s search bar.
If you were also going on a road trip across the United States, you might enter ‘cross-country road trip’ or ‘USA road trip’ in the search box.
Before Nina, I knew this concept, but she helped me drill down on how to find these keywords—spoiler alert: use Keysearch—and other things search engines value to improve rankings and, in turn, traffic.
How SEO Equals Traffic
Once I started focusing on keywords and improving my SEO knowledge, my traffic increased because Google began to understand my site and rank it higher.
In just 5 months, I ranked for thousands of keywords, gained hundreds of daily viewers, and delivered value that translated into income.
Some of the key things I focused on:
Learning How to Use Keysearch
Essential for:
- Finding keywords
- Understanding their difficulty: Some keywords are easier to rank for than others
- Search volume: How often the keyword is searched = approximately how many views the top posts get
- Competitive analysis: How you match up against others
- Rank tracking: See how your rankings change
Nina’s detailed video guide helped me use it far better than I ever had!
Using a SEO Plugin
An SEO plugin such as RankMath will help you figure out where to place these keywords.
There is also All in One SEO, which I used to prefer because it’s more beginner-friendly, but it is rather expensive and offers even fewer features than RankMath. However, do not try to follow everything it tells you, as its ‘goal’ is far too high for keyword density.
If you do as it says, it’ll be ‘keyword stuffing,’ which means overusing a keyword to the point that it seems unnatural. Google has penalized bloggers for it.
While all SEO plugins are just guessing how often you should use a keyword, I find that .3-.4% is typically natural.
Where to Use Keywords
- Title, preferably toward the beginning (for both the H1 and SEO title)
- Meta description
- URL
- Headings
- Within the first paragraph or two
- Sprinkled throughout the text
You should also use keyword variations. For example, if the keyword is ‘things to do in Rome,’ a variation could be ‘what to see in Rome.’ They share the same intent, just different wording.
Some tools can help with this, such as All in One’s free Headline Analyzer Tool, which I use to create captivating titles.
How to Write Posts That Rank
I had written to the best of my ability before, but I didn’t understand that Google has certain ‘standards.’
Google considers 200 factors when ranking posts.
We do not know all of them, as Google will not reveal them, but we do know some of them, and that’s what we can focus on while learning how to make money travel blogging.
- Author box: Does each of your posts include an author box that explains who you are and the value you bring? Is it also set up with your ‘same as’ schema?
- E-E-A-T: E-E-A-T stands for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness; it’s essentially Google asking, ‘Why you?’ What makes you qualified to be the answer to this query? It could be that you live in that city, or that you’ve solo traveled to 40 countries, etc. Whatever the ‘reason’ is, state it early so search engines know you’re qualified
- Headings: Setting up H2, H3, H4, etc. tags organizes the post for viewers and shows Google how it’s laid out
- Helpfulness: How are you helping a user make a decision? That can be through tables, pros-and-cons lists, ‘best for’ context, etc.
- Home page: Does your home page clearly explain what your site is, what you offer, and who you are?
- Image optimization: Do you name your files ‘blogging-image-1.jpg’ or ‘big-ben-night-london.jpg’? Do you add alt text that explains what’s in the image? Are you using original images? Do you add captions when it’s not obvious what you’re displaying?
- Internal linking: How interconnected is your content? Is your post on ‘How to Get to Ambergris Caye‘ linked to your Ambergris Caye guide? Is it also linked to your hub page? Tools like Link Whisper can help, but you can also do this manually. Your site needs to be a web, so orphaning any page or post hurts you
- Mobile-friendliness: Most traffic comes from mobile, so the site needs to work well and display properly on phones
- Navigation: Is your site easy to navigate? Can you reach any page or post in three clicks or fewer? If not, users may grow frustrated and leave your site if a page takes more than three clicks to reach. This also relates to how you set up categories/breadcrumbs
- PageSpeed: If your site is slow, even if people get to it, they may abandon it because of the slowness, which Google takes into account. To help with that, you can test your page speed to see what you need to work on. You may need a cache plugin, such as WPRocket, and an image optimization plugin, such as Imagify. You may also need to change your layout. I shifted mine to a much lighter-weight theme called Kadence, which is super easy to customize and comes with some free starter templates. You can either use their free template, or, if you want more customization, as I did, get their premium theme (using this link will get new customers 15% off (excluding Lifetime Bundles) at checkout)
- Schema: Code that tells search engines what the content is (e.g., recipe, FAQ). It is easy to implement if you have an SEO plugin
- Sitemap: Is your sitemap submitted to the search engines, and is it up to date?
- Topical authority: How authoritative you are on a topic. If I have 10 posts on Rome and you have 1, Google will assume I’m more authoritative than you
- Usability: Are there any 404 errors? Are images displaying correctly? Etc.
I also recommend signing up for Ahrefs’ free program to run site audits, which’ll help you diagnose issues like broken images, redirect loops, schema errors, and more.
Auditing Your Site
Use the above as a checklist to set yourself up for success.
You can also watch this audit I conducted for a fellow blogger to see how I walk through her site and highlight areas for improvement, as she was struggling to gain traffic.
If you’re interested in an audit with personalized feedback, feel free to email me.
How to Make Money Travel Blogging
From March of 2024, when I started blogging seriously, to the end of July, you can see how I increased my traffic by 500%!
I achieved this by focusing on keywords with Keysearch, improving my writing, and ensuring I had a usable site.
My views continued to grow until around October.
Why? Because travel blogging can be a bit seasonal. Around this time, people start preparing for the holidays. I also lost some of my rankings due to a Google update.
It sucks, but Google does shift things around regularly, and as a blogger, you have to accept that.
However, even though that’s true, I’ve consistently been making over $1,000 a month, even in months with fewer views, since August—merely five months after taking blogging seriously.
I earned that through affiliate commissions and ad revenue.
How to Make Affiliate Commissions
Affiliate commissions are how I make the bulk of my money, so I highly recommend you sign up for at least one of the following.
However, there is one LARGE note I need to make. Affiliate commissions are not guaranteed income.
What I mean by that is just because someone buys a product or books a hotel/tour does not mean you are guaranteed that money.
They may return said item or cancel the tour/hotel, meaning you’ll no longer accrue that income.
I’ve seen countless times someone book a hotel months and months out only to cancel it sometime before the check-in date, which means I don’t make money off their stay. It’s the same with Amazon products; I’ve seen negative -$2 and such on my earnings report when a product is returned.
The image above is a perfect example. The ‘Ready’ means I will get that income. The ‘Pending’ means maybe if they don’t cancel it. The ‘Canceled’ is income I will no longer get.
So, while yes, it is nice to get excited about affiliate income, know that it is not a guaranteed check until they either stay at the hotel, do the tour, keep the product, etc.
GetYourGuide
The first one I signed up for, which I started to see the dough roll in through, was GetYourGuide. I have used them religiously for years, so it was very easy for me to promote their tours.
I do not promote any tour I haven’t been on unless I clearly state that the tour I took is no longer available or that there is some other such issue. I may suggest a tour, but I’ll always clearly state if I have been on the specific tour.
I link tours and also use their widgets to earn affiliate income. Peek my ‘Book Activities & Tours:’ container, which I created with Kadence blocks on my Rovaniemi itinerary post that I place their widget code into.
What’s nice about them is that you can also earn bonuses for selling a certain amount in a specific time frame. They also work well with those with social media followings. I don’t take advantage of the latter, but it may be of interest to you.
Requirements: There are no minimum requirements to apply.
Setup: Getting started guide
Stay22
Stay22 primarily focuses on hotel bookings through sites such as Booking.com and Hotels.com, but they also recently integrated GetYourGuide.
What initially attracted me to signing up with them was their map widget. You can see it in action on my things to do Washington DC post.
But what has made me the most money through Stay22 is their AI Booking Agent, Nova. It takes data from a user visiting, and if it thinks they’re keen to book, it’ll pop up a window with tour and hotel options for the travel destination they are looking at on my site.
At first, them popping off my site worried me, but since I’ve consistently made between $100-(almost)$300 a month, I’ve decided I can overlook that.
If you sign up through my link, I get a bonus, but so do you! $100! After hitting 100 confirmed bookings!
Requirements: There are no minimum traffic levels and no brand-specific approvals.
Setup: Allez/affiliate links, map feature, Nova
Amazon Associates
One of the affiliates I get asked about most often is Amazon Associates.
Essentially, if someone comes through my link, whether they buy the thing I’m promoting or not, I get a commission on whatever they’ve purchased.
This is what makes Amazon worth it, in my opinion, as they have lower commission rates than the others on this list. However, this may be different for you, as commission rates on Amazon vary by category.
Many ask me what I promote.
I’m not going to tell you what to promote. I find genuine posts do best, so me saying X product isn’t going to help you as you may not like that product at all. But I will recommend reviews, guides, or list posts.
I also only promote things I’ve tried unless the specific product I have is no longer available; I’ll then note a substitute.
Something to note about Amazon Associates I didn’t know until Nina is that there is a specific way you need to use Amazon’s images. Nina explains it best in this video.
Requirements: To join the Amazon Associates program, you need a website, mobile app, or social media channel with original, public content, and the ability to drive traffic. They also require that you drive a qualified sale (at least three within the first 180 days) to keep your account.
Setup: Creator university
Travelpayouts
I haven’t been making much with Travelpayouts lately, partly because they and Stay22 fight for the same real estate a bit, but after having them reach out to me, I’m starting to make a bit more.
What typically attracts bloggers to them is that they are an umbrella under which many companies have affiliate programs.
Basically, you can sign up for an account with them and then apply to join affiliate programs with Booking.com, Expedia, GetYourGuide, GoCity, Hostelworld, Omio, and Viator, to name but a few.
Many of these affiliate companies have a minimum payout threshold; for PayPal on Travelpayouts, it’s $50. So, if you aren’t raking it in just yet, they’re a good option as they’ll combine all your commissions from the various programs you’ve signed up for, which makes it easier to hit that threshold.
I also love that their programs are very transparent. I can see at a glance the commission rate, how long the (tracking) cookie lasts, updates from the program’s company, and find widgets and linking tools.
Requirements: There are no minimum requirements to apply. However, application requirements per program vary (e.g., your site has to be 2 months old). The approval time for the request to connect to a program depends on the brand. On average, it takes from two business days to two weeks, depending on the brand.
Setup: Affiliate links, widgets, AI tools
Other Affiliate Programs
Aside from the main four I generate income from above, I’d be remiss not to mention several other affiliate programs, some directly with specific companies and some that are more umbrella programs like Travelpayouts.
What you choose to sign up for should depend on what you’d like to write about.
Partnerize has several brands they work with.
On Impact, you can apply to work with brands but also have them reach out to you. That’s how I got my sustainable travel purse. The company found me on Impact and reached out because they liked my content.
How to Make Ad Revenue
SHE Media Collective
The first ad network I joined was SHE Media. I found out about it at a conference, to my recollection, but before restarting blogging, I hadn’t made much at all as my views were relatively low.
Once I started actually to get consistent views, I made $100s a month.
To join the SHE Media Collective and monetize your site, you need a minimum of 20,000 page views per month, regularly published high-quality content, and to agree to their standard year contract.
I’ve heard of people joining with fewer views, so if you aren’t quite there yet, still give them a try. Some people don’t like the year contract, as I’ve heard other ad networks don’t require this, but it didn’t bother me much.
Journey by Mediavine
Mediavine is the premier ad network a lot of bloggers want to join. However, you need 50,000 sessions per month (based on the last 30 days). I have not yet hit that yet.
For those of us not there yet, Mediavine launched ‘Journey by Mediavine,’ which instead only requires 10,000 monthly sessions and to be running Mediavine’s “Grow” feature plugin for at least 30 days before applying.
I actually had the plugin running a few months before they launched this, so it was pretty easy for me to get in; having over 10k sessions also helped, of course.
My main issue with Journey is that it has a lot of ads. So much so that I got comments on it. Luckily, I saw Nina’s post about grouping ‘blocks’ of content, which forces it to go between self-selected sections instead of wherever.
My other issues with them are their tracking link sometimes I need to reinstall and sometimes the revenue isn’t great. It’s hard to compare the two as I wasn’t making money with SHE Media for a whole year, and neither have I for Journey, but so far, I’m kinda disappointed.
However, I’ve decided to stick it out for a bit as others have seemed to like them, and I hope to hit Mediavine levels soon so swapping now seems silly.
Managing Expectations and Patience
Once you’ve enacted what’s listed in this ‘how to make money travel blogging’ guide, know that SEO takes time.
Blogging is not something one is an overnight success at.
Sure, I’ve had posts rank on the first page within a day. However, that is not typically what happens.
Usually, posts take time to grow, and as you write more and more, Google will start to learn your site.
Please give it at least 6 months of your time to see results.
I was lucky in that I had about 80-90 posts before I revamped. Some of these posts I deleted as they were not salvageable or useful to readers anymore. If you are brand new or have fewer posts than that, it may take a while, depending on how much you write in a given time.
For Those Still Not Making Money or Getting Views
One of my favorite things about blogging is that it is not set in stone.
Unlike social media, where you post something and it either does well or goes into the abyss, blogging isn’t like that.
Instead, if you have a post that doesn’t do well, you can edit it.
One note: Do not edit a day, week, or month after a post goes live unless it’s something small, like changing a link, or something drastic has happened, such as one of the restaurants you mention closing.
Leave it be.
Posts need time to grow. I’ve seen countless times when I’ll create a post, and 5 months later, it’s suddenly on page 1 of Google.
You wouldn’t plant a seed and then dig it up every few minutes to see if it has grown. So why do you keep questioning yourself, your hard work and your decisions? Have patience … and keep watering your seeds.
Steven Bartlett
In the screen grab above, you can see a keyword I’ve tracked on Keysearch. This is an OLD post of mine I revamped.
Before the revamp, it was ranked 63 in April. I then rewrote it, and it dropped off completely. It wasn’t until July that it jumped up to page 2 of Google at rank 16. From then on, you can see it’s jumped a lot, mainly between page 1 and page 2.
This is a prime example of improve and then wait.
I don’t do audits until at least 6 months after I’ve written a post or since it’s last edit.
If, after editing it once or twice, I still feel it’s not doing well, then I look again at my competitors. I do not steal, I look for inspiration. Do they have their post in a list, while mine isn’t? Do they answer a lot of FAQs? Do they have a map or a video?
Additionally, I look at how I can improve my Topical Authority more. If my competition has 15 posts on Rome and I have 3, I likely need to show Google I’m more knowledgeable than I’m currently showing.
Why I Use Pinterest Over Other Social
Earlier in this ‘how to make money travel blogging’ guide, I mentioned that as far as social media, I only use Pinterest.
Some bloggers may call me crazy for this. And yes, I agree, diversifying traffic is a good idea.
Right now, I’m only relying on Google and Pinterest, and if either turned on me, well, I’d be up a creek. But I’m not yet diversifying because I’ve got such a backlog of content to write and have other life stuff to contend with so I can only do so much.
But, I choose to focus on Pinterest because, over all others, it’s the one I hear constantly driving traffic for bloggers.
Unlike other social media, the whole point is that people click through to a site. Which is not what TikTok, Instagram, or any of the others are really designed for.
Think about it: How many times have you scrolled TikTok and clicked on someone’s bio to click on their link? Probably not often.
Now, if you’ve got enough of a following or views to get monetized on these platforms, great! Congrats! Getting there takes work, and bloggers like me aren’t quite there yet, so in the short term, I don’t feel the need to spend time there, but I’ll leave this choice up to you.
Courses to Invest In
Earlier in this ‘how to make money travel blogging’ guide, I mentioned that you do not need to spend a lot of money to learn how to make money travel blogging.
Really, you need just the fundamentals to get started. However, if you want some recommendations on what I’ve found valuable, here they are.
She Knows SEO
Aside from the comprehensive course SEO Strategy Masterclass from She Knows SEO, a step-by-step guide that starts from the very beginning with blog setup. I highly recommend checking out Nina’s freebies to get familiar with SEO.
Some of my favorites are:
- SEO Dictionary
- SEO Content Writing Checklist
- SEO Content Writing Audit
Pinteresting Strategies
As I mentioned, I focused primarily on Pinterest.
Something to know about it, like SEO, is that it is a LONG game. You can pin something in March that doesn’t take off until June.
There are many Pinterest courses online, but the one I consistently heard recommended was Pinteresting Strategies by Carly, so I decided to give it a try.
If you’re very new to Pinterest, this course takes you through everything.
As someone who’s been on Pinterest for a while the big takeaway I got from this course was how to find keywords that are actually ranking for topics I’m targeting. I used to do the old ‘look what the search bar in Pinterest says,’ but no more!
She’s just redone the course for this year (2025), and I found it informative. However, as I’ve only been using her tactics for the last month or two, I cannot yet attest to how it’s affected my traffic, as I won’t see that for another month or so. But I have seen an uptick since the holidays, which may just be seasonal.
I’ll update this post with my thoughts as it moves along.
Where to Find Support
I mentioned earlier that travel bloggers are a supportive bunch, and we are!
Below are my favorite places I’ve found fellow bloggers that share info, answer questions, and cheer one another along!
Facebook Groups
Threads
I also like hanging out on Threads.
It’s where I was initially inspired to write this ‘how to make money travel blogging’ guide as I’d been sharing how much I make monthly on my blog there after seeing another blogger do the same.
You can find my Threads account at @travelherstory
Find other travel bloggers with the #travelblogger
Final Thoughts
Finally, be patient and manage your expectations when learning how to be a travel blogger and make money.
Rankings change all the time.
Sometimes, I’m flying high on page 1, and sometimes, I drop down to page 3.
Do not spiral over them. Google is constantly changing, and other posts may outrank you. All you can do is your best.
Also, please keep in mind that it takes time. As I showed in my example on the Vatican post above, posts can take MONTHS to rank. This is a relay race, not a sprint!
Contact and FAQs
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Did you pick a certain niche within the travel industry? Or is it more about just places you’ve traveled to?
Nina Clapperton, whom I mention in this guide, says to niche down.
I’ve seen some blogs do niches such as traveling with a disability or by location, only Rome or only Italy.
For me, I don’t really want to limit myself by niching down, but I do try to add an angle of solo female travel, literary travel, or TV/film tourism, as that’s what I enjoy.
I combat the niche issue by building topical authority.
