Sunday, October 27th 2024
Lonely Planet is a global travel media company. They’re looking to expand their pool of expert writers for France: “We're looking for people with a deep love and knowledge of France or, preferably, a specific region with great writing skills. You should be living there or have travelled through it extensively in the last 18 months.” The selected writers will “work on digital articles (rates of USD $350 and upwards) and/or a paid writing test, with an eye to working on guidebooks in early 2025 (rates begin from $1,500 but hugely dependent on workload, research etc.).” To learn more, refer to their editor’ s post and this form.
Deadline: November 1st, 2024
Thursday, August 17th 2023
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. Their senior destination editor for Western Europe is seeking a local Canary Islands writer for an upcoming guidebook project. Local means you either consider yourself from there or are presently living there and have for a long time. They will probably commission a small assignment first, which will start at $350. Guidebook chapters will start at $1,500+. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their general pitching guidelines.
Tuesday, June 6th 2023
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. Their destination editor is commissioning “the Washington, Oregon and Pacific Northwest guidebook.” As per this tweet, they pay $1,500+ per piece. Email your pitches to sarah.stocking@lonelyplanet.com. To learn more, refer to this tweet and their general pitching guidelines.
Sunday, June 4th 2023
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. Their destination editor is commissioning “Argentina and Ecuador / The Galapagos guidebooks.” The destination editor hasn’t mentioned the rates but according to this tweet, they pay $1,500+ per piece. If interested, send your pitches to alicia.johnson@lonelyplanet.com. To learn more, refer to their destination editor’s tweet and their general pitching guidelines.
Thursday, March 30th 2023
Lonely Planet offers travel
guides and information. They’re seeking to expand their list of expert
contributors in a number of countries in southern Africa, particularly “Botswana,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia &
Zimbabwe.” They want writers who are living in the country or have traveled it
extensively in the past 18 months. Rates are $1,500+. For more information,
refer to their editor’s Twitter thread
and this form.
Saturday, March 25th 2023
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. They are commissioning guidebooks for several countries in the Middle East and are looking to expand their pool of expert contributors across the region. They’re especially seeking contributors in “Iran, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Turkey and the UAE.” The contributors should ideally be living in the country or have traveled it extensively in the past 18 months. Rates are $1,500+. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread. To apply, fill out this form.
Friday, March 3rd 2023
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. Their senior editor is commissioning for a new series, Local Voices, where they profile someone (such as a tour guide, chef, shop owner, or artist) that people should add to their travel plans. Rates will start from $300 for a 500 to 800 word piece. If interested, email melissa.yeager@lonelyplanet.com. To learn more, refer to their senior editor’s Twitter thread and their general pitching guidelines.
Tuesday, February 28th 2023
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. They’re seeking expert contributors for a guidebook for Japan. The contributors should have excellent writing skills and a deep love and understanding of Japan. Ideally, the writers should be living in Japan or have extensively traveled it in the past 18 months. Pay is $1,500+. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread and this form.
Deadline: March 12th, 2023
Sunday, January 22nd 2023
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. They are commissioning digital content and a guidebook for France and are looking to expand their pool of expert contributors. In particular, they are looking for expertise in “Burgundy, Brittany, Champagne, Corsica, French Alps, Loire Valley, Normandy and Occitania.” The contributors should be living in France or have travelled through the country extensively in the past 18 months. Digital rates are $300+. Print rates are $1,500+. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread. To apply, fill out this form.
Deadline: February 13th, 2023
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. They are commissioning articles on each of the following:
-The Caribbean
-The Bahamas
-Taiwan
-Maine
-Hawaii
Pay is $300 and up. The writer must have visited the place recently. If interested, email daniel.r.fahey@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to this tweet and their pitching guidelines.
Friday, September 23rd 2022
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. They are seeking expert writers for new guidebooks for the following African countries:
-Kenya
-Botswana & Namibia
-Tanzania
-Egypt
-Madagascar
-Morocco
-Mauritius, Réunion and Seychelles
They will pay over $1,500. For more information, refer to their senior editor’s Twitter thread and their guidelines.
Deadline: October 28th, 2022
Thursday, September 22nd 2022
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. They are commissioning a guidebook for Brazil and are looking to expand their pool of expert contributors. The contributors should ideally be living in Brazil or have traveled through the country extensively in the last 18 months. They will pay over $1,500. For details, read their senior editor’s Twitter thread and this form.
Deadline: September 28th, 2022
Friday, September 2nd 2022
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. They are commissioning a guidebook for Costa Rica and are looking to expand their pool of expert contributors. The contributors should ideally be living in Costa Rica or have traveled through the country extensively in the last 18 months. They will pay at least 1,500. To learn more, refer to their senior editor’s Twitter thread. To apply, refer to this form.
Deadline: September 12th, 2022
Friday, August 5th 2022
Lonely Planet offers travel guides and information. They are looking for pitches, especially from historically marginalized groups including BIPOC writers and writers with disabilities. They are seeking daily stories - digital (1,000 words) and features - digital. They are also always looking to expand their pool of destination experts - print & digital. Their rate for daily stories is $400. Their starting rate for features is $0.60 per word. Their online rate for destination experts is $325 to $600 per article depending on length (900 to 1,200 words). To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their pitching guidelines.