About This Gig
Travel is a niche full of dead weight. Thousands of sites called something like “wanderlust diaries” still accept guest posts, but many stopped getting real visitors years ago and now exist mainly to sell links. Our travel guest posts skip those. We place articles on travel blogs, destination guides and travel magazines that still publish regularly and still have readers planning trips, which is where a link to your hotel, tour or booking page has a chance to be clicked.
Every article is a proper guide with specific, checked information, not a padded list written around an anchor.
The State of Travel Publishing
Travel content took a hard hit from search updates over the past few years. Many independent bloggers lost much of their traffic, and editors who survived became choosier about what they publish. Three things follow from that.
First, a site’s domain authority tells you little on its own here. Plenty of travel domains kept their metrics while their traffic collapsed, so we judge sites on their traffic trend over six months, not a one-day snapshot.
Second, editors want experience and detail. A piece on the best way to get from Lisbon airport to Sintra, with the train change, the journey time and the queue to avoid, gets accepted. “Ten amazing things to do in Portugal” does not.
Third, accuracy goes stale quickly. Ticket prices, opening days and visa rules change, so we check practical details against official tourism boards, transport operators and government travel advice at the time of writing, and avoid stating prices that will be wrong next season.
How We Place Travel Guest Posts
- Understanding your audience. A luxury safari lodge, a budget hostel chain and a travel insurance comparison site need very different publishers, so we start with who books with you and from which countries.
- Prospecting. We search destination blogs, family and adventure travel sites, digital nomad and backpacking blogs, food travel writers, regional tourism guides and online travel magazines.
- Vetting. Beyond traffic, we look at outbound link ratio, how many posts in the last few months are obviously paid, whether the site sells to anyone with a card, and whether the author has visibly been to the places they write about.
- Writing. Destination content is drafted around a real trip question. Your link sits where a reader would naturally want it, such as a hotel near the station mentioned in the itinerary.
- Checks after publishing. We confirm the page is live, indexable and carrying the agreed anchor and link attributes.
The full rules we vet against are on our quality standards page.
Topics Travel Editors Say Yes To
The travel guest posts that get accepted fastest answer a concrete planning question. Getting around a city without a car, where to stay for a first visit, what a region is like in shoulder season, how to plan a multi-stop rail trip, or what families should know before a long-haul flight are all reliable angles. Food, festivals and day trips from a major hub also do well. We pitch these with your business woven in as one useful option, which keeps editors happy and gives readers a reason to click.
Travel Brands That Order This
Hotels and boutique stays, holiday rental managers, tour and activity operators, travel agencies, airport transfer and car hire companies, travel insurance providers, luggage and gear brands, language schools and travel apps all fit. Agencies running tourism link building or wider hospitality SEO for several clients use it as a steady source of travel backlinks, and many add monthly link building once a first batch has gone well.
Which Package to Pick
Basic gives you one 700 word article on a site of DA 20+. It is a low-risk way to support one page, such as a new tour or a city guide.
Standard brings three 900 word travel guest posts on DA 30+ sites. You approve the publisher list, and we match sites to your destination or audience, so a family resort lands on family travel blogs instead of a backpacker forum.
Premium is five 1,100 word posts on DA 40+ sites, with everything in Standard plus a mix of independent travel blogs and online travel magazines. Combining both looks natural and reaches planners at different stages, from dreaming about a trip to comparing places to stay.
Every package includes a check of practical details such as seasons, access and opening times.
Your Part of the Brief
- Your target URLs and the destination or service each one covers.
- The countries most of your guests or customers come from.
- Anchor preferences, or approval for branded and descriptive anchors of our choosing.
- Anything we must not say, such as seasonal closures, booking terms or claims your legal team has ruled out.
- Photos you are happy for publishers to use, if you have them. Many travel editors prefer original images to stock.
Shortcuts We Avoid in Travel
We do not use private blog networks, link farms or abandoned travel blogs bought to resell links. Articles are written by people, not spun or generated in bulk. Links stay in the body of the content, visible to readers, never hidden. We will not invent reviews or first-person stays that did not happen, or present a paid placement as an independent award.
Travel publishers frequently label partner content as sponsored, and some apply rel=”sponsored” to commercial links. We respect each publisher’s link attributes and disclosure rules, and we show what applies to every site before you approve the list. Readers increasingly expect that honesty from travel sites, and editors who follow disclosure rules tend to be the ones whose sites still have an audience.
At Handover
You receive a report with each live URL, the publisher’s metrics on the day of placement, the anchor, the link attribute, the destination covered and the publication date. If a link is removed within 6 months, we replace it free.
Being Honest About Results
Travel search is seasonal and competitive, and booking platforms dominate many results. Links from relevant travel blogs help your pages compete over weeks and months, often most visibly ahead of your peak season if you order early. They work alongside fast pages, good reviews and clear booking information. We do not promise rankings or bookings.
Our guide to travel guest posts explains how to judge travel publishers yourself, and the notes on travel backlinks cover where these links fit in a wider plan.
Compare Packages
| Feature | Basic · $79 | Standard · $199 | Premium · $369 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel guest posts | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Minimum site authority | DA 20+ | DA 30+ | DA 40+ |
| Article length | 700 words | 900 words | 1,100 words |
| Practical details checked (prices, seasons, access) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Publisher list approval before writing | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Destination or audience matched sites | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mix of blogs and travel magazines | – | – | ✓ |
| Delivery time | 7 days | 10 days | 14 days |
| Price | $79 | $199 | $369 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you avoid dead travel blogs?
We look at each site's organic traffic trend over the past six months and where its visitors come from, rather than trusting domain authority. Many travel domains kept high scores after losing most of their readers. We also check whether recent posts are mostly paid links and whether the site still publishes regularly. Sites that fail these checks are dropped.
Can you target a specific destination?
Yes. Tell us the destination and the type of traveller you want to reach, and we look for blogs and guides that already cover that place or audience. Popular destinations have plenty of options. Very small or remote places have fewer dedicated sites, so we may use regional or country-level guides with a relevant angle.
Will the articles mention my hotel or tour by name?
Usually, yes, in a natural way within a useful guide, for example as a place to stay near a route described in the article. We avoid turning a guide into an advert, because editors reject that and readers ignore it. We never invent a personal stay or review, and anything we say about your business comes from details you provide.
Are the links dofollow?
Many travel blogs allow dofollow links in guest content. Others, especially travel magazines, label partner content as sponsored or add rel="sponsored" to commercial links. We respect each publisher's link attributes and disclosure rules and list what every site applies on the publisher list, so you approve with full knowledge.
When should I order ahead of peak season?
Ideally two to four months before your busiest booking period. Articles need time to be published, crawled and picked up in search, and travellers often research well ahead of their trip. Ordering in the middle of peak season still helps, but you will usually see more benefit the following year.
Can I supply my own photos?
Yes, and it often helps. Many travel editors prefer original images to stock photos, and a strong set of pictures can make a publisher more willing to accept the article. Send images you own the rights to, with captions if useful. We pass them to the publisher, who decides how many to use.
Do you work with travel agencies and marketing agencies?
Yes. Travel agencies, tourism boards and marketing agencies running hospitality SEO for several clients order this gig. You can give different targets, destinations and audiences for each post. Reports are unbranded on request, so you can pass them straight to your own clients.
What happens if a link is removed?
If a link is removed within 6 months, we replace it free with one of equal or better quality. Send us the URL and we will check what happened with the publisher. Travel sites refresh older guides fairly often, and this policy covers you if a refresh removes your link in that period.