What to post on a travel blog in 2023
Need some travel blog post ideas? While this post was originally written in 2020 during a global travel ban, most of the content ideas are still relevant to travel bloggers today, as the world begins to open back up. It will take some time for the travel industry to get back on its feet. I hope these ideas help.
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When I wrote this post in 2020, I was really feeling for my fellow bloggers in the travel niche. I wanted to put myself in their shoes and think about what I would write about right now if I were a travel blogger.
Here is a list of travel blog post ideas to continue to grow your travel niche blog when no one is travelling. Or for when you’re stuck at home and just not actively travelling.
P.S. for more help never struggling to come up with travel blogging ideas, check out this content planner for travel bloggers.
Dealing With The Current Situation
This is an unprecedented time. The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed the travel industry drastically. And with it, the travel blog industry. I can’t imagine how hard it is to write a travel blog without travelling!
And while your typical travel blog advice may be on hold, you can still be there for your audience. Help your readers through the situation with tips unique to this time in history with advice about:
–When to Cancel Travel Plans
–How to Cancel a Flight
-Dealing with the Disappointment of a Cancelled Trip
-How to Get a Flight Refund
-Explaining a Cancelled Trip to Kids
Connect With Your Audience
Now is a great time to give your audience an insight into who YOU are. Allowing your readers in on a more personal level can create more trust and loyalty.
Instead of focusing on where your audience should be going, let them into your world with personal experiences, such as:
-The First Trip You’ll Personally Take After the Travel Ban
-Running a Travel Blog During a Pandemic
-Your Travel Bucket List
-Your Funniest Travel Experience
-Your Most Bizarre Travel Experience
-Your Scariest Travel Experience
-The Strangest Thing You’ve Eaten While Travelling
-Favourite Travel Souvenir You’ve Acquired
-Your Favourite Travel Documentaries
Travel From Home
Help your audience scratch that travel itch from home! Keep them from feeling stuck with helpful resources like:
-Travel From Home – The Best Virtual Tours of Famous Tourist Destinations
-Local Day trips to Cure Your Wanderlust
-The Best Virtual Disney Rides on YouTube
-The Best Travel Shows on Netflix
-Virtual Tours of Zoos and Museums
-Favourite Travel Based YouTube Channels
-Exploring Locations with Google Maps
Get the Creative Travel Juices Flowing!
We’re all in the same boat. Stuck at home, ready to get out or find something to occupy our time. Help your travel-loving readers cope with travel-themed activities like:
-Creative Ways to Organize/Store Travel Photos
-Travel Themed Crafts
-Recipes! Tastes From Around The World To Recreate at Home
-Creative Ways to Display Travel Photos/Souvenirs
Help Your Readers Plan For Future Travel
Since no one knows WHEN the travel will return to normal, you could offer your readers ideas that could enhance their future trips that may require more preparation than others. For example:
-Basic Phrases to Learn in Various Languages (ie. Basic French that could be helpful when travelling to Paris or Howย to Say Hello, Goodbye, Please, and Thank You in various languages)
-What’s On Your Long Flight Playlist
-Photography Tips: Improve Skills Before Your Next Trip
-How to Thoroughly Plan Your Next Trip
-How to Start a Travel Fund For The Future
Post-Pandemic Travel Post Ideas
-A Complete Guide to Purchasing Travel Insurance
-Planning a Trip After Covid
-How the Travel World Has Changed
-What to Expect at the Airport Now
-Safest Travel Destinations After the Pandemic
Try a Travel Themed Round-Up Post
When all else fails, Round-Up! People love reading round-up posts, whether they’re planning a trip or not. And the possibilities are endless.
-Round-Up Post of Haunted Locations You Can Visit
-Favourite Travel Quotes
-The Most “Bang for Your Buck” Destinations
-Eco-Friendly Hotels Around the World
-Unique AirBnB’s
-Best Beaches
-Coolest Campgrounds
-Favourite National Parks
-Awesome Travel Apps
-Helpful Travel Podcasts
More ideas to grow your travel blog
Prepare!
Now is also a great time to pre-write blog posts for when the travel ban is lifted. Take this opportunity to get future content written and ready to promote when the time comes.
Make lots of Pinterest pins for the new posts and have social media posts drafted and saved. If nothing else, this is the perfect time to get super organized.
OR go ahead and publish posts that aren’t relevant now, but will be. This way you’ll get the posts indexed and get Pinterest pins out there for future searches.
Maintenance
Update your old blog posts. Make adjustments to your blog you’ve been meaning to get to. Update plugins. Ensure your blog is legally compliant.
Basically, get yourself super prepared for the glorious time when this unprecedented time is finally over!
Related Reading: How to Revamp Old Blog Posts
Be Productive
Work on other projects you’ve not had time for.
Create a YouTube channel if it’s been on your To-Do list. Create freebies/printables for your audience. Make Throwback posts on social media. Beef up your email marketing and pre-plan your newsletters. Create new pins for old blog posts.
There are always things to do to get ahead.
Branch Out
Join blogging communities and Facebook Groups. Make friends with other bloggers in your niche. Help each other out by sharing posts, pins, and engaging on social media. Maybe write guest posts for each other.
Related Reading: The Best Facebook Groups to Grow Your Blog
Keep Going
Most importantly, don’t give up. Don’t stop and wait it out. Push forward and get creative.
I’m sure it’s so frustrating to watch your traffic (and income) tank. But this is only temporary. Do a little bit each day to grow your travel blog so you’re ready to hit the tarmac running when this is all over!
I hope you got some helpful travel blog post ideas to keep you going until this is all over.
Helpful Resources:
How to Diversify Your Blog Traffic
10 Minute Blog Tasks to Grow Your Blog
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There are some great ideas in this post! You’ve already got my creative juices flowing thinking of a round-up post on the best *** places you can visit or categories for a “Most bang for your buck” post.
So glad to hear you got some ideas for travel blog posts, Rachael! Thanks for the comment ๐
You’ve got some great tips here! This whole situation has been so challenging for many bloggers, but especially those in the travel niche… It can be difficult to find inspiration to keep posting when you’re no longer engaging in the very activity that inspired your blog. However, as you show here, there is still a lot that bloggers can talk about!
Thanks, Britt! I really feel for travel bloggers right now. I think we all hit roadblocks sometimes and have to find ways to be patient, get creative, and power through!
It’s definitely challenging to be a travel blogger when you can’t travel. But this is a great time to focus on improving your blog, writing content, and checking things off the never-ending blogging to-do list. I feel like it’s an opportunity to be productive and prepare for the future when people start traveling again. Thanks so much for this great post and tips to keep us travel bloggers going with some much-needed inspiration and motivation! – Briana | https://NextDestinationUnknown.com/
Thanks for the comment, Briana. I love your attitude ๐ Like you said, think of it as an opportunity. I hope you got a few ideas!
Nice Post, thanks for posting, Very informative post about how to post a travel blog after COVID-19 pandemic situation. it’s helpful for travel blogger, can grow travel blog. Good concept for travel industry also for future. Keep Posting, eagerly waiting for your next blog.
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Thank you for this amazing post. Just loved it. ๐
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Hi, you just gave me quite a few ideas for posts. Thank you! I have been posting about photography now. My blog always was about travel and photography, and since I cannot post about travel I’m focusing now on photography, this was my solution. However, I can’t wait to go back to my travels.
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Good ideas. I have started cooking and posting about other things also.
I’m a kid travel blogger and these are some amazing ideas!! Will definitely use themโจ
Thanks for this post๐
~Evin
Glad you got some blog post ideas. The travel blogging niche must be a tough one right now!
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Thank you so much for this post! I decided to start my travel blog during the pandemic… Great timing, right? Lol! But I figured that this would be a good time to work on building my blog from the ground up + meeting fellow travel bloggers before the traveling really ‘takes off’. Plus, it is pushing me to be creative + really find my niche instead of just posting about places I’m going/want to go. This post gave me some great ideas! Thank you for sharing! xx
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You’re so welcome! I’m glad you got some ideas ๐