Although I’ve assembled plenty of advice for aspiring travel writers on my websites over the years, I still get a steady stream of queries – often from college students – asking about how to land a travel writing gig. A recent inquiry comes from Maggie in Minnesota: I am an aspiring travel journalist and freshman...

Some questions just never get old. This question came in almost eleven years ago from a reader. Rolf's answer is as applicable today as it was over a decade ago. Do you wonder if it's still safe to travel? I got an interesting question from a woman in Texas. The gist of it was this:...

“A virtuous life doesn’t reward you with travel.” -- Rolf Potts I had the pleasure of connecting with Rolf in person this week. I’ve written on his blog since 2012 and we’ve passed a few notes back and forth as we’ve shared the occasional orbit in cyber-space but there’s something different about connecting at eye...