Setup
Google Analytics 4 and Search Console for Travel Blogs
The 2026 setup guide for Google Analytics 4 and Search Console on a WordPress travel blog: about 45 minutes, costs nothing, and after that…
Travel blogging guides
Every deep-dive that backs up the 7-step guide to starting a travel blog: naming, hosting, WordPress, design, writing, traffic and money. Written from 20 years of building blogs for clients.
Content
Travel Blog About Page and Contact Page (Templates)
Two copy-paste templates for your travel blog About page and Contact page, what goes in each section, and the short list of things brands…
Content
How to Write Your First Travel Blog Post (Template)
Here's how to write your first travel blog post in about 90 minutes: a fill-in-the-blanks template, ten first-post ideas, headline formulas and the five-minute…
Setup
Legal Pages Every Travel Blog Needs (With Templates)
The privacy policy, affiliate disclosure, cookie consent, terms of use, copyright note and travel disclaimer every travel blog needs, with skeleton templates you can…
Setup
Free vs Paid Travel Blog: Which Platform Should You Pick?
The honest free vs paid travel blog comparison I give every client: ownership, ads, custom domains, monetization limits, SEO control, migration pain, and what…
Getting Started
60 Travel Blog Niche Ideas (and How to Pick Yours)
Sixty travel blog niche ideas grouped by traveler type, style, destination depth, budget and interest, plus a dead-simple scoring table so you can pick…
Setup
Essential WordPress Plugins for Travel Blogs (Only 8)
Eight plugins. That's the whole stack for a new travel blog. Here's exactly which ones I install on client sites, the settings that matter,…
Design
Best WordPress Themes for Travel Blogs (Free & Paid, 2026)
Kadence, Astra, GeneratePress, Blocksy, Neve, Twenty Twenty-Five and the travel-specific themes actually worth installing, compared on price, speed and demo import… plus how I'd…
Setup
How to Install WordPress on Bluehost (Step by Step, 2026)
Bluehost installs WordPress for you at signup, so here's the current 2026 flow, where wp-admin is hiding, how to install on any other host,…
Getting Started
How Much Does It Cost to Start a Travel Blog? Real Numbers
The honest, line-by-line answer to what a travel blog costs in 2026: hosting, domain, theme, plugins, logo, email and the year-two renewal nobody budgets…