How to Make Money from Travel Blogging

Are you a frequent traveler and you want to share to the world your adventures and make money from it? Most young and passionate travelers are now into travel blogging but not all of them are optimizing their blog enough to make money online.

Most number of frequent travelers are those people who does not work in a corporate setting and many of them are freelancers who earns money online for their travel funds. I still have a day job but my traveling expenses are covered by my blogging money. Its fun to travel, how much more if you are earning while on vacation?

Here are some simple steps and techniques:

1) Make your own Blog. You can create a blog using Multiply, Friendster, Myspace, and BlogSpot but unfortunately you cannot tweak and control the design in order for you to optimize you blog earnings. Consider buying a domain name, pay for web hosting and install wordpress for you to have a total control on your blog design and layout.

2) Join Google Adsense and other PPC program. Once you already have a blog with decent content, You can start joining Pay Per Click programs like Adsense. Make sure to place the ads on the header, sidebar and in the content section of your blog. You will not earn that much on your first month but once accumulated, you can use it to buy plane tickets.

3) Join Feedburner. Once you joined feedburner, you can add a subscription form for your blog readers. Each time you post updates or new blog post, your subscribers will automatically receive your new blog post via email. You can also earn from your feeds by adding Google Adsense on your RSS. The more they see your content, the better chance they’ll click on an ad (and therefore, the better chance you’ll get paid)

5) Sell travel related products. Even if your readership is increasing, start selling travel related products by joining Amazon, Chitika and Widgetbucks. I started selling books on my blog and I'm earning more than enough for me to buy travel guide books and photography books that i can read. Joining an affiliate program is always free and its easy to implement on your blog too.

I know several travel bloggers who are earning on their blog by just writing about their travel experiences. Blogging is not complicated, it only require passion, dedication and time.