When interviewed for Instant Native recently I was asked for a travel tip and I admit my first impulse was to draw on the usual suggestions travel writers make like ‘travel light’, ‘select your seats ahead of departure’ and ’email the hotel with an ETA to ensure the champagne’s on ice’ (that last one’s is … Read more about cool travel tips: an explanation
I’ve been getting asked for recommendations for guides recently, not guidebooks but guides tourists can hire to show them around a place. Other than specialist guides – for example, a culinary expert, a naturalist or an architecture or art historian, I don’t recommend them. Why? Because I believe guides get in the way of a … Read more about 5 good reasons not to use a guide
I’ve recently been interviewed by a couple of bloggers about travel writing, how Terence and I got into it, what we do, why we like it, the joys, the challenges, etc. My first interview was with Liz at Write to Travel, a blog which looks at all aspects of the craft and profession of travel … Read more about Travel writing and travel blogging: how and why we do it