Category: Travel

Applications are open for our 2025 Journalism Travel Grants. The submission deadline is October 7, 2025.

We support journalists in covering under-told stories about ways to make cities and their metro regions work better for all their people.

An ideal project for us to support is one where a journalist aims to inform a critical local debate by reporting on how a promising approach in another city is working. A great example from our most recent grant cycle is this 2-part series in the Baltimore Banner. Please read the stories and consider how your proposal can similarly help cities learn from each other.

Our travel grants of up to $1,500 enable journalists to travel to cities within the U.S. to produce one or more stories for publication. The awards, selected through a competitive review process, cover travel expenses necessary for on-the-ground reporting.

We invite full-time freelancers as well as journalists currently employed by a news organization to apply.

Lonely Planet, a leading travel media company, is seeking a remote freelance Social Media Manager on a part-time 20 hours/week contract through the end of 2025. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with deep knowledge of established and emerging social networks, sharp copywriting skills, and the ability to script and edit social-first, short-form video content. Candidates should also have strong editorial judgement, firm grasp of brand voice and tone across organic and sponsored content, and bring an enthusiasm for travel to their work.

The freelance Social Media Manager will be responsible for building, scheduling, and publishing social media posts across Lonely Planet’s social handles and its sub-brand, Lonely Planet Journeys. This includes repackaging and cross-posting content to suit the formats and best practices for each channel, plugging into existing templates and social series, identifying emerging social trends, and original content creation as needed.

Here's a fun one! Motley Bloom is looking to expand our pool of Arts, Culture & Trends writers. We want stories about how art and pop culture shape, impact, and interact with the neurodivergent community. We're talking TV & film, gaming, music, sports, food, dance--anything pop culture that intersects neurodivergence. 

We're accepting pitches for this on an ongoing basis. Check out our submission guidelines for full details and rates: https://www.motley-bloom.com/submissions#WriteForUs

We're hiring an Editorial Assistant at Holiday.com!  📢 

(Part-time, Entry-level)

Details: 
🔹 Targeting 10 hours right now, based on company's needs
🔹 $23/hr
🔹 Work remotely from anywhere

Responsibilities:
•Assist with proofreading and editing travel articles for accuracy and style.
•Coordinate content updates and ensure accurate information across our platform.
•Support the content team in managing editorial calendars and deadlines.
Conduct research to enhance our travel stories and destination guides.
•Collaborate with writers and editors to maintain a consistent brand voice in WordPress.

About You:
•Strong writing, editing, and research skills.
•Keen attention to detail and passion for travel.
•Familiarity with WordPress is a must.
•Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, remote environment.
•Eager to learn and grow with a collaborative team.

Perks & Benefits:
•Part-time, remote position—work from anywhere.
•Choose which hours you work.
•Opportunity for growth.
•Be part of shaping an innovative travel platform from the ground up.

At Holiday.com, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Employment Type: Contract Part-time, Entry-level

How to Apply:
Email charity@holiday.com with:
Examples of your past work (3-4 URLs or portfolio link)
A brief background on your experience

Hello #freelance writers! As we look to fill out our editorial calendar through the rest of the year, I am once again humbling requesting your @Thrillist pitches for travel stories. These can be sent to pitches@thrillist.com.

Stories about traveling are some of the oldest tales in human history, and we’re looking for the next generation of travel writers. 

We seek first-hand travel stories and bizarre yet captivating stories about your adventures. We are also open to breaking news articles from the travel industry and the changing tides that affect travelers around the world. 

Please read through all of the rules and guides below. If you’re pitching for a special project, please state that in your pitch form below as well. 

Rules

Please only submit one idea per Google Form entry. 

Mention any sources (including any interviews) you would potentially use in this article, especially any first-hand experience.

Please include a bit about your writing and travel background. We want to know why you’re qualified to tell this story specifically.

We are open to listicles, but please keep the number below 10 items and have detailed paragraphs for each bullet point. 

Please don’t pitch us completed articles but instead ideas and plans. 

How to Pitch:

Please fill out the form below with as much information as possible about your story and pitch. We will review the pitches each week, and will attempt to respond to most pitches, but please note that due to volume, we may not be able to respond to all of them. 

If your pitch is accepted, an editor will reach out to you to discuss the details of your pitch and the expected timeline of your article. 

Rates:

Starting rates are around $250 for 700 to 900-word articles.

Special Projects:

Like a Local

Who knows a city better than the locals? We’re looking for articles and stories about the best of the best in your city or location. If you were to plan an entire itinerary for your friends who have never been to the city, where would you take them? What bars and restaurants would you bring them to? What are your can’t-miss stops?

Budget Travel

Are you the master at scoring cheap vacations and trips? Do you have secret strategies that others should know about before they hop on their next flight? We want you to share your budget travel expertise with us and our readers so everyone can be as savvy as you!

Travel Mistakes 

We all learn from our mistakes, right? How about letting other travelers learn from your own? From missing flights to unexpected baggage fees to booking the wrong rental car, we’ve all made traveling mistakes that we’ve gleaned wisdom from and were able to never repeat. Let your mistakes be a cautionary tale for someone else.

Timely Stories

We’re also looking for any story related to an upcoming holiday, event, or timely situation. For example, leaf peeping in the fall, holiday lights in the winter, and the best locations to spot the Northern Lights! 

Looking for a freelance travel writer based in Quebec City. Email me jamie_spain @ condenast . com with your clips/past work!  

Do you love vacationing at ski resorts even thought you can't ski? Are you a travel agent that specializes in winter travel? Do you have a hot take on traveling for the holidays?

My DMs are open to winter travel pitches! No deadline, rates start at $220 for 500 words

JRNY Travel Magazine needs an experienced writer to write a 1,000-word article about Canada’s Northwest Territories. While we're open to all ideas at this stage, we're particularly keen on outdoors-based angles – ideally we'd love to include an Indigenous perspective, too, whether personally or through interviews. Submission would need to be before the end of October, and the fee is £150. Pitches should be sent to emma@jrnymag.com by EOP Monday 23 September. Please include the words “PITCH: NWT” in your email subject, detail your possible angle and experience of the Northwest Territories, and provide links to previous work if we haven't worked with you before. Please note that at this stage we're only looking for NWT pitches: please do not email with pitches for other destinations.

Lonely Planet, a leading global travel media company, is seeking a meticulous writer-editor to take on the multifaceted role of Freelance Lead Project Writer. With a deep passion for travel and a proven track record in writing and project management, you will contribute to and oversee the development of travel guidebooks and digital content, ensuring they uphold Lonely Planet's standards for depth, accuracy, and engaging storytelling.

Role Overview: As a Freelance Lead Project Writer, you will be tasked with writing sections of our upcoming guidebooks on Central America, as well as commissioning and coordinating additional content. This role blends hands-on writing with editorial management, making it ideal for candidates who excel in both creative and administrative capacities.

We’ve updated our @AFARmedia pitch guidelines! For the next few months, I’m looking for deep dives into subcultures and stories about scientific oddities. If you do pitch me and haven’t heard back within two weeks, please feel free to follow up once.

hey hey! looking for a Montreal-based freelancer to write some travel stories for Business Insider this summer! 

 reply to this thread if that sounds like you! 

rates start at $200

I'm looking for pitches from travel experts! Thinking people who have:
-Been to dozens of all-inclusive resorts
-Traveled to every region in Italy
-Been to every Greek Island
-Traveled on 20+ cruises
-Etc! 

Hello all! Are you a travel writer or aspiring writer with proven written talent?

Do you have good or extensive knowledge of Quebec’s province as a tourist/traveller or local?

The recent Chasing Poutine platform is looking for contributors in all regions of the province (must be local or be extremely knowledgeable with on-site info) to join the site as writers and contributors of quality non-AI travel content filled with cool places, tips, and tricks!

Training, coaching and feedback will always be provided, helping you perfect your writing/Web/WordPress/SEO/social media knowledge or other aspects you are looking to enhance.

This is why this opportunity is great for developing writers, as the articles will only be paid between 75 and 100$ per article at the moment, with a promised increase as revenue increases, but you’ll receive this coaching to help you out in form of time in addition to that. I am conscious that this is not an impressive paycheck, which is why I prefer to be honest off the bat and know that more experience writers may not respond, but please be certain I am looking for a win-win collaboration and I value well-paid endeavours, which is what I aim to do. In previous projects, I’ve always managed to bring payment to over-market-value within a certain time period and I hope to do as much here. It's also a great opportunity for writers looking to publish to participate in awards as well.

You’d love to become a Chasing Poutine contributor or want to learn more?

Send me an email to jennifer@chasingpoutine.ca with this info:

• Who you are in a few words, what you generally write or any experience if you have

• Where you’re based

• What knowledge of Quebec’s regions you have

Thanks!

Are you an experienced Travel Editor and want to work with one of the biggest travel brands in Europe? We're launching a new print magazine this summer that will reach millions of travellers every month (yes print...and of course digital / social / video) and need an Editor In Chief.

If excited by this opportunity send your CV to Denny.Mason@ink-global.com