--- title: Travel Writing description: Travel writing explores the art of documenting places, cultures, and journeys through narrative prose. Learners will understand how to use sensory details, character sketches, and cultural commentary to transport readers and convey the essence of a destination. category: literature-writing subcategory: non-fiction-writing difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/travel-writing --- # Travel Writing Travel writing explores the art of documenting places, cultures, and journeys through narrative prose. Learners will understand how to use sensory details, character sketches, and cultural commentary to transport readers and convey the essence of a destination. ## Available Resources 3 Books • 1 Courses • 4 Websites ## Websites ### 1. World Nomads - Write Craft guides and interviews published by World Nomads covering pitching, structure, and avoiding clichés in travel narrative, plus its long-running travel writing scholarship that pairs winners with a working writer on assignment. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.worldnomads.com/create/write **Tags:** travel-writing, narrative-nonfiction, writing-craft, scholarships ### 2. travelwritingworld.com Travel Writing World is a resource hub for aspiring travel writers, featuring practical guides, writing prompts, craft tips, interviews, and market leads to help you improve your craft and land freelance gigs. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://travelwritingworld.com **Tags:** websites, hospitality-tourism, tourism-industry ### 3. writersdigest.com WritersDigest.com is a comprehensive resource for writers, featuring craft articles, writing prompts, market guides, contests, and publishing tips to help aspiring and established authors improve their craft and get published. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://writersdigest.com **Tags:** websites, personal-development, communication ### 4. matadornetwork.com Matador Network is a digital travel and culture publication that features in-depth travel writing, essays, photo essays, and practical guides and tips for travelers. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://matadornetwork.com **Tags:** websites, hospitality-tourism, tourism-industry ## Podcasts ### 1. The Travel Writing Podcast **Author:** The Travel Writing Podcast The Travel Writing Podcast by Intrepid Times is the go-to podcast for wanderers, writers, and passionate travelers. Every other Friday, we share new episodes that include everything from in-depth interviews with renowned travel writers, conversations centered on sharing tips and tricks for your own travel writing, and behind-the-scenes insight into our most popular travel stories. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://intrepidtimes.com/category/travel-podcasts/ **Tags:** travel-writing, freelance-writing, publishing, writing-craft ## Courses ### 1. Creative Nonfiction Writing Four-module introduction to writing true stories with literary technique: choosing a subject, reporting and organising notes, turning research into narrative, then editing and sustaining a writing practice. Includes graded assignments. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/creative-nonfiction-write-truth-with-style **Tags:** courses, humanities-social-sciences, creative-writing ## Books ### 1. Writing Travel **Author:** Dea Birkett, Sara Wheeler A Penguin anthology of previously unpublished travel essays by women writers including Kathleen Jamie, Shena MacKay, and Lucretia Stewart. Reading it shows how contemporary travel narrative handles voice, place, and encounter rather than itinerary. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0140268022?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, hospitality-tourism, tourism-industry ### 2. Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Writing **Author:** Don George Don George's 360-page manual on crafting travel stories: finding an angle, interviewing, structuring a narrative, and selling to newspapers, magazines, online outlets, and book publishers. Includes interviews with editors and agents plus market listings. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1743216882?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, non-fiction-writing ### 3. The Motorcycle Diaries **Author:** Ernesto Che Guevara A travel memoir recounting the young Che Guevara's 1952 motorcycle journey across South America, documenting the poverty and inequality he witnessed. Readers see the formative experiences that shaped his later revolutionary politics. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1857023994?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** travel-memoir, latin-america, che-guevara, travel-diary --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/travel-writing