We are super excited to welcome our new travel blog site re-design to the world. y Travel Blog has had a much needed makeover in many ways, including: logo, colour scheme, branding, navigation and layout, speed, and especially a new “Responsive Theme” which means whatever device you are looking at our site through, be it [...]

We are asked how to make money from a travel blog so often from other bloggers, family and friends that I thought it’s best I answer it in a post. I totally understand why making money travel blogging is confusing to those who didn’t even know what blogging meant until we started. My brother continues [...]

We’ve been saving up the bottle of Jack Daniels since 2005 when we visited the Tennessee distillery on our USA summer road trip. We were lucky to even get a bottle. The Jack Daniels’ distillery is in a dry county so they cannot sell bottles of alcohol. We couldn’t even have a taste test; after [...]

Press trips are want many people think is a great way to get free travel. It’s a big mistake to make. See for yourself my big 3 tips for taking press trips

Ask any connected traveller coming to Australia what their biggest frustration is and they will answer Australian wifi internet connection! It’s expensive, slow and unreliable. We were shocked returning to Australia after living in the States. I was even more shocked when, in the mountains of Chiang Rai Thailand, I had faster internet service then I [...]

Every now and then I like to check in here and write a post about travel blogging. It is relevant to a lot of readers, and it might just be relevant to you, the person who is sitting at home contemplating this travel blogging lifestyle. A lifestyle that currently has me sitting at Sydney airport [...]

There was a lot I had thought was a possibility for our travel blog when we first began it. We had visions of creating a digital lifestyle full of travel sustained by our efforts sharing travel tips, stories and information. Sponsorships, book deals, consulting and speaking gigs many of which have become a reality. As [...]

There are many sacrifices and rewards of blogging. You will only stick with it if you see the rewards as being big enough to counteract the sacrifices. I am going to share with you what I have found to be the good and bad of blogging, starting with the nasty stuff first so you can [...]

This has been eating away at my mind for some time now. I am usually pretty good at asking questions and finding the answers. Sometimes it takes me awhile, but I usually get there. This time I’m not and so it came to me that maybe I should ask you, our readers. The thing that [...]

One of the most sought after assignments for a travel blogger is to go on a press trip. Of course we love to travel! However, it is not all just fun and games, there is a lot of work that goes into a productive and successful press trip. Press trips are not just an all [...]