Comments on: Why write a travel blog?

By: Miruna

Miruna — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:46 +0000

Simply loved your post!
Doing what you like is a thousand times better than getting rich from an awful job. I plead for it!
Regards,
Miruna

By: Julie Trevelyan

Julie Trevelyan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:20:22 +0000

Thoughtful post, thanks. Giving me yet more ideas as I consider making some changes to my own blog…which I write for the possible business aspect, sheer enjoyment, and to sometimes see my name in lights.

By: Lia

Lia — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:37:05 +0000

Great post with interesting stats and links. Thanks for writing it!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:27:19 +0000

Well said and very well written – not too common in this little network of travel bloggers…

By: Andy Jarosz

Andy Jarosz — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:25:30 +0000

Thanks for the lovely words Smita

Can’t argue with ‘do with you love’ Dave. Glad to hear you’ve had a good start, and thanks for the clarification on the ads (or lack of). Hope business keeps blossoming for you.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:09:31 +0000

I appreciate the thoughtful piece, and mention of my new venture, Travel Blog Success. While I do have affiliate links within the site for products I use and recommend, it’s not ad-supported, nor do I have plans to head in that direction. The last thing I want to do is bombard a new member with advertising. So far, it has gone really well, and I’m excited to be working with other travel bloggers on a larger scale.

3 years ago when I started my first travel blog, it was to keep myself motivated for my RTW trip, while sharing my experiences with others. I quickly became enamored with WordPress and the empowerment it offered people to publish content quickly and easily on the Internet. Once I started traveling, it was always a priority of mine to keep readers updated and entertained. So when I got home last year, I decided to switch my mindset and see if I could turn it into a business. As the saying goes, do what you love, right?

By: Smita

Smita — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:44 +0000

Thank god you blog!
I look forward to reading it every day as it makes me think, wonder and inspires me as well.
Its refereshing to read your first hand accounts and even better when you introduce us to fellow bloggers and their work.

Keep up the great work.Andy..and when you come to India(whenever you do) you would have had quite a following here in India.:))

By: Andy Jarosz

Andy Jarosz — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:10:45 +0000

@Dave and Deb thanks, and hope you guys are relaxing in Sri Lanka. It’s been great following your highs and lows in India, and glad you decided to take a break from its intensity for a while.

@John thanks. Very few do make money from it, and that might be why there are so many abandoned blogs out there.

@Melanie yes, I agree one of the benefits of not being edited is that you can chose the subjects that you are passionate about and just write, regardless of commercial perceptions. Your story and pictures from Maligne Canyon look amazing by the way.

By: Melanie Haiken

Melanie Haiken — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:58:48 +0000

Appreciate your frankness in pondering this. I agree with your observation that sometimes it seems like there’s this insular world of bloggers reading/commenting on each others’ blogs yet we fail to reach the “outside world.” I’ve started using my blog to write the kinds of things I wish I were being paid to write for publication, but which for whatever reason don’t seem to inspire my editors as much as they inspire me. An example is a recent post I wrote about hiking the Maligne Canyon Ice Hike in Jasper National Park, an experience I found profoundly exciting but which was met by most editors with the comment “western Canada in winter? Don’t think we’d cover that.” Well why not? It’s incredible. So it’s empowering to me to go ahead and attempt to spread the word because I think it’s worth spreading.

By: John

John — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:34:19 +0000

Congrats on the 10,000 hits, that is great! Very few make any money from blogging, but if it is something you find fun to do then it is all good. Keep having fun and here is to the next 8 months!