Travel journaling as a profession

Wherever we go, holidaymakers are eternally enthusiastic about traversing through the energetic streets, the cold peaks, the sandy plains and every other nook and corner of this vast world. These travellers, in order to share their experience while bungee-jumping or rock climbing, pen it down in a notebook that pictures the happiness in their heart.

What a travel journal is

Journals, in the general sense, mean written records of various events or happenings of an individual on a regular basis. Travel journals, in particular, are documents that consist of an individual’s experience travelling. In the early days, journaling about the places you’ve visited was something personal and was not shared among others for various reasons. Some felt, it was too private for others to be reading, while some thought they would be judged. They retired to a desk, when they felt tired or joyful about a recent trip and poured down emotions in the form of phrases addressed to a ‘Dear Diary..’. But in the last three decades, travel journaling has gained immense importance in our society that serves as a tourist guide for budding explorers.

Voices that shaped the genre

This genre of travel literature, has welcomed writers like Seth Kugel, Scott McCartney, Lakshmi Sharath, Shivya Nath, Dan Saltzstein and many others. Travel journaling is an art and many have mastered it, each giving us an insight into the explored and unexplored paths in the journey of life. Having a holistic approach toward travel journaling includes planning a trip, your expectations at the holiday destination, happenings during the trip and colourful pictures that encapsulates your memories. In addition to just maintaining a written document, some make extensive videos making a visual impact on us about the place. With these skills at hand, one can make travel journaling a splendid profession in the near future.

These travel writers, travel journalists, video journalists and travel reporters, have drastically increased in number over the years. They are all paid for travelling, by individual companies in order to pen down various events taking place around the world. Travelling truly expands the vision and journaling helps one to analyse and understand the native people, the famous delicacies and the varied cultures of the place, which further enlightens us with valuable skills to discover ourselves within. Start your journal with us at Reverie. Let us travel to inspire and to be inspired! Download Reverie now!