Scrawl Place is a literary journal framed as a visitor’s guide, publishing writing about real, specific, visitable places for travelers and local wanderers. They welcome creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and hybrids about named places readers could actually visit. According to their submission guidelines, they pay $35 per piece. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines, or visit their website.
The Adapted Adventure publishes firsthand accessible-travel stories and practical guidance for travelers with disabilities, chronic illnesses, mobility challenges, sensory needs, neurodivergence, service animals, and changing abilities. They seek honest destination, adapted-adventure, chronic-illness travel, and service-dog travel stories grounded in firsthand experience—not inspirational “overcoming disability” pieces. According to their pitch guide, articles are generally 1,000+ words and pay is $100 per accepted article. To learn more, refer to their pitch guide, or visit their website.
Nomad Africa is a Nairobi-based travel company and media studio. They are open to pitches for features, photo essays, profiles, Q&As, essays, humorous columns, dispatches or cover ideas. According to a recent call for pitches, they pay $50–$250. To contact them, refer to this page.
Siren is published by Wanderful, a global lifestyle brand and community that helps all women travel the world by connecting them to their biggest asset – each other. They are looking for reported stories from the world's last matriarchies, honest gear reviews from women who actually tested it, first-person dispatches from places most travel media ignores, and profiles of women building something extraordinary in travel. According to their pitch guide, they pay $250 per published article. To learn more, refer to this page.
TravelAge West is a travel trade publication serving an audience of modern, business-savvy travel advisors who are always on the hunt for the latest travel trends, industry insights, destination news, practical selling tips and firsthand accounts of the latest travel products and experiences. They are interested in hearing from freelance writers. There are four kinds of ideal TAW stories: career growth/professional development articles, travel trend articles, travel guides and firsthand reviews. According to their pitch guide, they pay $250 for a web story (500-800 words) and $600 for a print cover story (1,200-1,600 words). To learn more, refer to this page.
ROVA is a print and digital magazine about traveling the roads of North America, produced in the United States. Each edition is packed with stories of travel, road trips and alternative living. They are looking for stories of life on the road. According to their pitch guide, they pay a flat rate of $200 per article. To learn more, refer to this page.
Indie Traveller is dedicated to DIY travel—adventure-seeking and following your own path. Articles need to be complimentary to what is already on the site and help a fellow traveller discover a new place. According to their guidelines, their base rate is $0.09 per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
ExpatDen’s mission is to make it easy for current and future expats all over the world to comfortably and confidently live, work, study, retire, or start a business abroad. They publish reviews and guides. They pay based on experience level and the topic assigned to the writer. To learn more, refer to this page.
Italy Magazine’s team of local experts celebrates the best of the Bel Paese. Through sharp coverage that spans culture to food to current events, their aim is to help readers deepen their understanding of Italy for richer travels. They welcome pitches from freelance writers and journalists, and their preference is to work with those based in Italy. They write stories with travelers in mind. Most of the articles they publish range between 800-1400 words. According to their pitch guide, they pay between $.15 and $.20 per word, depending largely on the complexity of the topic and the format. To learn more, refer to this page.
Escapism is a travel print magazine published by twenty-two, a Canadian publishing house and creative agency. They pay for print-first travel guides, which are then repurposed online. Their travel features are also included in the company's food magazine, Foodism. For those, features don’t have to have a food or beverage angle, but they do need a unique perspective. Escapism's travel guides are less about first-person experiences in longform, and more about what to see, eat and do in a given destination. According to their pitch guide, they pay $600 for features of 1,200 – 1,500 words and $0.40 per word for the travel guides, which should be 500 words and up. To learn more, refer to this page and visit Escapism.