How much did my travel blog earn in April? How did I earn it? How much traffic did I have? And how much did I spend? Find out in my travel blog income report for April 2018!
25 Things No One Tells You About Being a Full Time Travel Blogger
So, you want to be a full-time travel blogger. Or maybe you’re already ready to quit your job and jump in, you fabulous, business-savvy blogger badass, you. But wait – before we hand you an ice-cold drink and a floppy beach hat with an inspirational saying on it, there are a few things you should know. I’m about to lift the gilded, glittery, frolicking-on-the-beach-with-a-coconut curtain and let you in on a few secrets about what it’s REALLY like to be a full-time travel blogger.
These are a few of the things nobody tells you before you make the insane decision to quit your job and jump head-first into a career that didn’t even exist a few years ago and still begs the question “but how do you actually earn money?”
Travel Blog Income Report, March 2018: $5,421.36
In March of 2018, I achieved my annual monthly income target for all of 2018. Uh, now what? Find out how I earned over $5k in one month (with NO sponsored posts!) plus how much I spent and what you can do to monetize your travel blog, too!
Travel Blog Income Report, February 2018: $4,305.96
How much did my travel blog earn in February? How did I earn it? How much did I spend? And how can you monetize your travel blog, too? All of those answers and more are in my Feb 2018 travel blog income report. Well, OK, I guess I gave away the answer to the first one in my title. But the rest are just a click away!
Travel Blog Income Report, January 2018: $4,145.99
How much did my travel blog earn in January? How much did I spend? Find out in my travel blog income report for Jan 2018!
Travel Blogging Income Report: How I Made $22,000 in my First Full Year
Have you ever wondered, “can you actually make money travel blogging?” (Don’t be shy, you’re only the zillionth person who’s asked me that). Happily, the answer is yes! In my first full year of travel blogging, I earned $22,000. The growth I saw was enough for me to quit my job and commit to blogging full time. Here’s how I monetized my travel blog, and how I’m planning to double my earnings next year in my first year of full time travel blogging!
![[MACHU PICCHU FAIL] I remember it vividly: we're sitting in a restaurant in Aguas Calientes, the gateway to the Inca Ruins of Machu Picchu. Around us are five couples, two solo travelers, and two tour guides. All of them are tired, dirty, and covered in dried sweat. They just finished the 4-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu hike and experienced a life-changing experience, an incredible physical and mental challenge that had bonded them as lifelong friends. Two of them got engaged at the sun gate. It was the most rewarding trip of their lives!
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... And then there's us. Nobody here remembers our names, but we're doing our best to smile and laugh along as everyone drinks celebratory beer, retells stories, shares inside jokes, and adds each other on Facebook.
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"Awkward" is putting it mildly.
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What was supposed to be a spiritual pilgrimage turned out to be one of our biggest travel fails ever. Instead of hiking to Machu Picchu, we turned around and hiked back after the first day. Here’s the whole embarrassing story, an excerpt from part 2 of our epic Year-Long-Honeymoon podcast series!
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You can listen to the full episode and subscribe to the Practical Wanderlust Podcast on Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts, or your favorite Podcast app; or just click the link in our bio to listen to complete episodes on our blog.
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#podcasthost #podcast #podcastlife #podcastersofinstagram #podcaster #podcastaddict #podcastmovement #podcastcommunity #podcastlove #travelcouple #coupleinlove #adventuretogether #coupleslovetravel #adventurecouple #globetrottingcouples #coupleswhotravel #romancetravel #travelduo #travelustcouples #MoreThanTravel #machupicchu #cuzco #incatrail #visitperu #perudestinations #cusco #perutravel](http://scontent-amt2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p640x640/83892884_172338654179092_1273679426234836823_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-amt2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=104&_nc_ohc=Lb0ZdkQlPqcAX_sBvep&oh=e0a4fda7c25fca7a9910cf9f483328c8&oe=5E5A03DF "[MACHU PICCHU FAIL] I remember it vividly: we're sitting in a restaurant in Aguas Calientes, the gateway to the Inca Ruins of Machu Picchu. Around us are five couples, two solo travelers, and two tour guides. All of them are tired, dirty, and covered in dried sweat. They just finished the 4-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu hike and experienced a life-changing experience, an incredible physical and mental challenge that had bonded them as lifelong friends. Two of them got engaged at the sun gate. It was the most rewarding trip of their lives!
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... And then there's us. Nobody here remembers our names, but we're doing our best to smile and laugh along as everyone drinks celebratory beer, retells stories, shares inside jokes, and adds each other on Facebook.
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\"Awkward\" is putting it mildly.
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What was supposed to be a spiritual pilgrimage turned out to be one of our biggest travel fails ever. Instead of hiking to Machu Picchu, we turned around and hiked back after the first day. Here’s the whole embarrassing story, an excerpt from part 2 of our epic Year-Long-Honeymoon podcast series!
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You can listen to the full episode and subscribe to the Practical Wanderlust Podcast on Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts, or your favorite Podcast app; or just click the link in our bio to listen to complete episodes on our blog.
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Psst: Ratings & reviews are super important for podcasts, so if you're enjoying listening, please leave us some love in your favorite Podcast app! 😍 .
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#podcasthost #podcast #podcastlife #podcastersofinstagram #podcaster #podcastaddict #podcastmovement #podcastcommunity #podcastlove #travelcouple #coupleinlove #adventuretogether #coupleslovetravel #adventurecouple #globetrottingcouples #coupleswhotravel #romancetravel #travelduo #travelustcouples #MoreThanTravel #machupicchu #cuzco #incatrail #visitperu #perudestinations #cusco #perutravel")
![It took me a few weeks to pull together my thoughts on last year. I ended 2019 at a lower point than when I started it, and I needed some time to recover.
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2019 was a year of huge growth in our business, saying "yes" to as many opportunities as I could, and traveling more than I ever have in my life. It was also the year that I leaned into my role as a voice of ethical and sustainable travel more than ever before.
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2019 is also probably the only year in my life I'll ever be able to say that I flew literally all the way around the world on a fully hosted trip. (Both because I doubt it will ever happen again, and also because that amount of over the top, carbon-producing air travel makes me cringe.)
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This year was nuts, y'all.
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But 2019 was also a challenging year personally. I lost my grandmother at the beginning of the year, and it hit me harder than I ever could have expected. And later, after 26 consecutive trips - which would have been even more, had we not decided to cancel 2 international trips at the last minute - burnout hit me HARD.
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But despite the challenges and setbacks of last year, we hit some pretty amazing milestones. In 2019, our humble little blog:
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🏅Was read by 2.5 million people
🏅Received 4 million page views
🏅Launched a Podcast
🏅Launched a YouTube channel
🏅Earned an annual revenue that allows me to say "I am a multi-6-figure earning travel blogger"
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That said: in the interest of being transparent, as I always strive to be, I want to be honest about the behind-the-scenes of our blog, and what those exciting achievements don't tell you... [TO BE CONTINUED]
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Or, if you can't stand to wait, just head to our year in review blog post. Link in bio ;)
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What were some of your achievements and challenges in 2019? Drop us a comment below!
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#TravelAwesome #BestVacations #DameTraveler #girlslovetravel #gltlove #femaletravelbloggers #dametraveler #darlingescapes #girlaroundtheworld #globelletravels #ladiesgoneglobal #sheexplores #sheisnotlost #thetravelwomen #wearetravelgirls #winterwonderland #speechlessplaces #travelblogger #travelbloggerlife #travelbloggers #travelblogging #travelbloggerlife](http://scontent-amt2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.168.1440.1440a/s640x640/81719695_700064167192744_6216659177353752129_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-amt2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=104&_nc_ohc=EGTlvY3fleEAX9m7czS&oh=323b349dc4558d58d9b0a4731c966222&oe=5E8BE127 "It took me a few weeks to pull together my thoughts on last year. I ended 2019 at a lower point than when I started it, and I needed some time to recover.
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2019 was a year of huge growth in our business, saying \"yes\" to as many opportunities as I could, and traveling more than I ever have in my life. It was also the year that I leaned into my role as a voice of ethical and sustainable travel more than ever before.
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2019 is also probably the only year in my life I'll ever be able to say that I flew literally all the way around the world on a fully hosted trip. (Both because I doubt it will ever happen again, and also because that amount of over the top, carbon-producing air travel makes me cringe.)
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This year was nuts, y'all.
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But 2019 was also a challenging year personally. I lost my grandmother at the beginning of the year, and it hit me harder than I ever could have expected. And later, after 26 consecutive trips - which would have been even more, had we not decided to cancel 2 international trips at the last minute - burnout hit me HARD.
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But despite the challenges and setbacks of last year, we hit some pretty amazing milestones. In 2019, our humble little blog:
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🏅Was read by 2.5 million people
🏅Received 4 million page views
🏅Launched a Podcast
🏅Launched a YouTube channel
🏅Earned an annual revenue that allows me to say \"I am a multi-6-figure earning travel blogger\"
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That said: in the interest of being transparent, as I always strive to be, I want to be honest about the behind-the-scenes of our blog, and what those exciting achievements don't tell you... [TO BE CONTINUED]
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Or, if you can't stand to wait, just head to our year in review blog post. Link in bio ;)
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What were some of your achievements and challenges in 2019? Drop us a comment below!
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#TravelAwesome #BestVacations #DameTraveler #girlslovetravel #gltlove #femaletravelbloggers #dametraveler #darlingescapes #girlaroundtheworld #globelletravels #ladiesgoneglobal #sheexplores #sheisnotlost #thetravelwomen #wearetravelgirls #winterwonderland #speechlessplaces #travelblogger #travelbloggerlife #travelbloggers #travelblogging #travelbloggerlife")
