Strange Travel Tip: Polish Your Shoes with a Banana

Say you’re traveling like a male elephant (that is to say, you’re traveling alone), and you meet a special someone along the way. You make plans to meet up for dinner. You get all gussied up, but alas, travel has taken a toll on your shoes — they’re scuffed,...

Lazy Man’s Tip 6: Sell More, Write Less

Dear Reader, After reading The Lazy Man’s Guide to Travel Writing, the Lazy travel writer has a secret advantage.  He knows that it’s easier to break into travel writing with short articles. So if you want to be a successful travel writer — and you’re just...

Statue of Liberty Replicas: Photo Assignment

I left Paris without the shots of the Statue of Liberty I wanted. My idea was to photograph the Statue of Liberty replicas in Paris for a travel article I could pitch to magazines and newspapers to run around the 4th of July holiday.  But alas, traveling with an...

Man Across Manhattan

Last month I told you how reader Sandra Kennedy is using her travel writing and photography to supplement her retirement income and travel around the world. Today, I found this video on YouTube of a guy who tries to get from the southern tip of Manhattan to the...

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