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How To Start A Travel Blog In 2019

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The act of starting your very first travel blog is actually pretty easy. If you follow my guide, you can have your own blog up and running today.


However, starting your blog is just the tip of the iceberg.


Now keep in mind the following advice is for those who are prepared to take travel blogging seriously, as some of these steps require spending money.


If you just want to blog as a part-time hobby, you can always start a simple travel blog for family & friends on WordPress.com. It’s totally free!


But if you’re interested in making money with travel blogging like I do, keep reading.


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What Should You Call Your Travel Blog?

What Should You Call Your Blog?


1: Pick A Name For Your Blog

My first travel blog was called YearAroundTheWorld.com. Do you see the obvious problem with that domain name? Well, I didn’t, not until later.


I was backpacking through Central America, blogging about my experiences and having a great time — when I suddenly decided I wanted to travel for longer than one year. Whoops!


Make It Short & Memorable

Your travel blog domain name should be relatively short, easy to type, easy to spell, easy to remember, and easy to share. I recommend brainstorming by writing down a bunch of words you think will best describe your blog.


Adventure? Food? Culture? South America? What do you want to write about? Who are you? What is your passion? Write everything down and start playing with different combinations of words.


Try using a thesaurus. Ask your friends for advice & suggestions.


Avoid Hyphens & Numbers

This can be difficult to do these days, but it helps to avoid using hyphens or numbers in your domain name because otherwise you’ll be forced to explain it to someone. For example:


POTENTIAL READER: “You have a travel blog? Cool! Where do I find it?”


YOU: “Oh, it’s called expert hyphen vagabond the number 100 dot com.”


As you can see, this type of domain isn’t the greatest for word-of-mouth marketing, which happens to be a good source of promotion while you’re traveling and meeting people.