The Language of Information
Travel Blog
What to Write and How to Write About it
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1. Write about your locale
Travel blog writing doesn’t have to be about exotic, faraway places, it can
easily be your own locality. Write about what you know and it suddenly
becomes so much more appealing. E.g. ‘A Weekend in Maynooth’
2. Write about you
The most interesting posts are the most personal ones. They’re the ones
I like to read to get to know the blogger I’m reading about. This means a
focus on personal anecdotes, quotes from you and your family through
use of dialogue and a sense of humour in your writing. Posts like these
help you to see there are real person at the end of these blog posts.
3. Your thoughts on a destination
I really like writing about my impressions of a country once I’m back and have processed my
thoughts, feelings and photos. Posts like ‘What is Kerry Really Like? Busting the Tourist
Myth’ may not be as instantly appealable as a quickie list post on the destination but they are
more in-depth. You can read back over them to remind me of how you felt when you were there
as you can really use your experience and creativity in posts like this.
4. Where shall I go on staycation next?
Don’t answer me by saying, answer by writing. Create a blog post with all the reasons you have
to advise why I should visit a certain place. Another aspect of travel blogging is persuasive
writing. There are a few destinations I’ve been to that I’ve really, really loved and I want my
readers to see them too. In writing about Achill Island and Wexford, I want to persuade my
readers that they should go too. If they like my blog I know they’ll like them, and a happy reader
will come back for more.
5. Lists
When I’m in a destination I’ll look for the best things to do there and it’ll be a list I’m after,
not just some think piece mentioned above. So give your audience what they want and write
a well-researched useful to do lists.
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