by Stan_Sinberg | Mar 8, 2014
You may be familiar with the rudiments of sponsored press trips, in which you, the freelancer, receive assorted perks, ranging from free tours to complimentary meals and accommodations and even, if you’re lucky, comped airfare. All in exchange for a hoped-for (but... by Stan_Sinberg | Jan 10, 2014
Ben Stiller may not know it, but his new movie, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” is a paean to the joys of travel writing and/or photography as a choice lifestyle. So here’s my professional travel writer’s analysis of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”: In the flick,... by Stan_Sinberg | Jun 3, 2013
The New York Times recently published a list of “46 Places To Go in 2013.” Destinations on the list include Ningxia, China; The Kimberly, Australia; Hvar, Croatia; and several other places I’ve never heard of.It’s also substantially different... by Stan_Sinberg | Oct 8, 2012
I’ve been in this travel-writing business a long time now, but until I heard about this upcoming 6-day Ecuador Spa Writing Expedition, it never occurred to me that there were folks who actually made spa-writing a full-time vocation. My first thought was, “This is... by Stan_Sinberg | Sep 12, 2012
My top three all-time favorite travel writing perks would have to be: a) my business class tickets to Malaysia kicking off a several-day tour that included Singapore and Guam; b) my pampered cruise through Patagonia around Cape Horn, the southernmost land mass in the...