Write for Us
At Travel Guideline, we’re always looking for fresh voices to provide new and exciting content for our readers. If you would like to submit a guest post in exchange for link(s) to your site(s), please follow these guidelines:
1. MOST IMPORTANT – Pitch a TOPIC for a post to us. Don’t waste our time emailing us a form letter about how much you love our site and how we’re a good fit for your writing and so on and so forth. We like people. Not bots. If you want a response, make it personal. Let us know what you want to write about. Give us examples of other articles you’ve published in our industry. But most importantly, tell us what you want to write about!
2. You may send us your link(s) for approval ahead of time if the site being linked to is questionable (such as pharmaceuticals). We will not link to any sites that promote pornography or any illegal activities. The choice of whether to link to other sites is at our sole discretion.
3. The article must be completely unique content not published elsewhere. No “spun” articles are allowed. We use Copyscape and similar tools regularly, and if we find that the article was submitted and published elsewhere, we reserve the right to either remove your post, or completely rework it and remove your links, with no notice.
4. Minimum of 450 words per article.
5. Only one keyword-based link to your site per article, no matter how long. If desired, you may also include one BRANDED (not keyword-based) link. If your post has more than one keyword-based link, we will remove all but the first before publishing.
6. We will generally publish your post, if approved, within 1 week from the day you submitted it. Please do not provide the article to another website unless you have not hear from us for 7 calendar days or more.
7. No articles about travel insurance are allowed, but we will accept articles that link to travel insurance websites.
8. Be aware that we will likely edit your post slightly for SEO purposes. The majority of the text and the general “gist” of the article will stay intact, but we may add keywords, change the title, add headings, and so forth.
9. We are based in the United States, and although our readership is worldwide, the majority reside in the US. The focus of your articles should reflect this. Posts such as “8 Day-Trips for Londoners” is not right for our readership, but “8 Things to Do when You Visit London” is.
10. Your submission should have proper spelling, grammar, and word usage. If English is not your first language, please make sure that the post reads the way an English native-speaker would talk. And use US spellings, not British ones.
11. Email post(s) to webmaster [at] travelguideline {{dot}} net preferably in text format, although Microsoft Word and HTML are acceptable as well.
Thank you for your interest!
