How much money do people make on travel blogs ?
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How much money do/can people make on travel blogs ?
I've searched for different things recently and am surprised how many travel blogs can make it to the first page of Google. Must get lots of hits, some people have made the most of it and sell travel guides and things, some just answer questions and have advertising on them.
But do they, can they make any decent money ?
How much money do/can people make on travel blogs ?
I've searched for different things recently and am surprised how many travel blogs can make it to the first page of Google. Must get lots of hits, some people have made the most of it and sell travel guides and things, some just answer questions and have advertising on them.
But do they, can they make any decent money ?
Found a good article on the web about it and yeah looks like a long hard slog, probably naff all for a couple of years and many hours a week.
Some money can be had but you would need a good 10/12 thousand hits a month to get a reasonable google ranking.
Not trying to make a living off it but if you got a couple of hundred bucks from it it would pay for a few beers !!
With so many travel blogs you would have to find something slightly different to attract people to yours rather than everybody elses.
Some money can be had but you would need a good 10/12 thousand hits a month to get a reasonable google ranking.
Not trying to make a living off it but if you got a couple of hundred bucks from it it would pay for a few beers !!
With so many travel blogs you would have to find something slightly different to attract people to yours rather than everybody elses.
Edited by SimonV8ster on Monday 2nd March 03:53
ollie j said:
Anyway, how's central America... Where have you been so far?
Hi Olli,Well i stayed in Playa Del Carmen for 3/4 days, actually it was quite ok, not the Magaluf i feared, an older crowd as well as young. Went to Cozumel for 3 days, back to PDC for a couple, inland to Valladolid and Chichen Itza, Tulum, Chetumal, ferry to Ambergris Caye, stayed for 5 days then to Caye Caulker for 3. Needed to move on as i wasn't moving very quickly.
Got the bus from Belize City to Flores, had 3 days there, saw Tikal, unfortunately very cloudy so no sunrise !!
Went from Flores to Rio Dulce, had 3 nights there, very relaxing and chilled out by the water.
Just arrived in Antigua last night, lovely place this, very popular though.
So far about 4 1/2 weeks in and not got too far !! Got about 2 1/2 weeks left before i need to be elsewhere so have decided just to stay in Guatemala and explore what i can here.
Lake Atitlan next........
A reasonable amount is possible, but rarely a full-time thing unless you bring in huge amounts of traffic or diversify. Lots start from documenting travel they're doing anyway, and if you can write and photograph then it's a decent springboard into a job doing that if you want it. Else it's a lot of consulting and writing stuff for other people as well as your own site.
eg. this is a colleague's partner - http://www.girltweetsworld.com/travel-blogging-fro...
eg. this is a colleague's partner - http://www.girltweetsworld.com/travel-blogging-fro...
SimonV8ster said:
Hi Olli,
Well i stayed in Playa Del Carmen for 3/4 days, actually it was quite ok, not the Magaluf i feared, an older crowd as well as young. Went to Cozumel for 3 days, back to PDC for a couple, inland to Valladolid and Chichen Itza, Tulum, Chetumal, ferry to Ambergris Caye, stayed for 5 days then to Caye Caulker for 3. Needed to move on as i wasn't moving very quickly.
Got the bus from Belize City to Flores, had 3 days there, saw Tikal, unfortunately very cloudy so no sunrise !!
Went from Flores to Rio Dulce, had 3 nights there, very relaxing and chilled out by the water.
Just arrived in Antigua last night, lovely place this, very popular though.
So far about 4 1/2 weeks in and not got too far !! Got about 2 1/2 weeks left before i need to be elsewhere so have decided just to stay in Guatemala and explore what i can here.
Lake Atitlan next........
Rubbish blog Well i stayed in Playa Del Carmen for 3/4 days, actually it was quite ok, not the Magaluf i feared, an older crowd as well as young. Went to Cozumel for 3 days, back to PDC for a couple, inland to Valladolid and Chichen Itza, Tulum, Chetumal, ferry to Ambergris Caye, stayed for 5 days then to Caye Caulker for 3. Needed to move on as i wasn't moving very quickly.
Got the bus from Belize City to Flores, had 3 days there, saw Tikal, unfortunately very cloudy so no sunrise !!
Went from Flores to Rio Dulce, had 3 nights there, very relaxing and chilled out by the water.
Just arrived in Antigua last night, lovely place this, very popular though.
So far about 4 1/2 weeks in and not got too far !! Got about 2 1/2 weeks left before i need to be elsewhere so have decided just to stay in Guatemala and explore what i can here.
Lake Atitlan next........
More words needed!sjg said:
A reasonable amount is possible, but rarely a full-time thing unless you bring in huge amounts of traffic or diversify.
I'm surprised by the figures you state! I never knew those numbers were possible. I expect the OP will be along to say thanks for providing such exact information.
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