archives: How To
Easy Riding: How to Travel by Motorcycle and Escape the Crowds
The why, where, and how of jumping on a motorcycle, twisting the throttle, and escaping. [...]
How to Produce Great Podcasts Part 3: Content and Tone
Learn tips and tricks on content and tone plus stylistic guidelines for submitting your podcast to the Matador network and beyond. [...]
How to Become a Backpack Filmmaker
Being paid to travel with your camera sounds great, but what's the reality of travel filmmaking? How do you get started, and can you make money doing [...]
How to Produce Great Podcasts Part 2: Polishing Audio Files
Use these recording tricks and free software to optimize your podcasts. [...]
Five Rules for Recognizing and Avoiding Travel Scams
Protect yourself while you're on the road ... [...]
How to Get an EU Work Permit
Unsure if you can legally work in Europe? This guide tells you exactly what you need to do. [...]
How To Produce Great Podcasts, Pt 1: Hardware and Software
Exactly what you need to get started podcasting. [...]
How To Find Paying Work While Traveling in Europe
The who, what, where, when, and how for travelers wanting to find work in Europe either short or long-term. [...]
How To Stop Paying for Gas and Run on Free Vegetable Oil in 8 Easy Steps
Don't just complain about gas prices. Do something about it. [...]
How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously)
World travel can be much cheaper and far less stressful than a normal American lifestyle. [...]
How To Drink Wine Like A Pro
If you've ever felt out of place in fancy wine bars or cellars around the world, this is the podcast for you. [...]
How to Haggle
Marketplaces can be intimidating. Learn to bargain with confidence and you won't lose out on key cultural (and monetary) transactions. [...]
How to Get Off Grid in a Vintage Travel Trailer
Misty Tosh pimps out a vintage travel trailer and goes large on the coast of Baja. [...]
How to Travel To and From Cuba
Matador’s Cuba Expert, Julie Schwietert, gives you all the planning tools you’ll need for getting to and from Cuba. [...]
How to Travel by Cargo Ship
You can definitely still travel to many locations in the world by boat. Here are some pointers for researching and planning your own adventure on the [...]
How to Survive Travel Disasters: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
For many travelers, the most significant type of travel disaster is the one for which we’re the least prepared: a natural disaster that occurs durin [...]
How to Start a WordPress Travel Blog
Wanting to showcase your travels without a hundred-hour slideshow? Written diaries are often too private and don’t let people keep in regular contac [...]
How to Bag Your 9 to 5 Job and Write / Travel Full Time
Since quitting my 9-to-5 job as the assistant director of a mental health agency in 2004 and becoming a full-time traveler and writer, many people hav [...]
How to Live Like A Local
When in Rome, do as the Romans. But what do the Romans do? Our top 10 list goes beyond the obvious tips—speak the language, learn local customs and [...]
Strategies for Crafting Great Interviews
So you want to be a travel writer? There are lots of niches, of course—destination guides, first-person travelogues, and reviews—but don’t overl [...]
How to Get - and Keep Getting - Paid Online Travel Writing Gigs
Remember this when you're trying to break into travel writing professionally, and dealing with busy editors: There's no magic. Getting paid travel wri [...]
Ten Tips for Traveling with Pets
Although bringing your pet when you travel may seem impossible, in most cases it's surprisingly easy as long as you plan ahead. Please read these ten [...]
Don’t Pay Bribes: Strategies for Border Crossing
When crossing dodgy borders, many travelers revert to bribing officials, which can often exacerbate an already volatile situation. Follow these sugges [...]
How to Work New Zealand’s Wineries
There are hundreds of vineyards and organic wineries in New Zealand and most are on the lookout for seasonal workers to prune and help with the harves [...]
How to Make an Audio Tour: Ten Tips from Audissey Guide Pioneer Rob Pyles
For aspiring travel journalists or amateur globetrotters, audio is one of the best and yet under-used media for highlighting great travel spots. But b [...]
How to Find Your Way when You’re Lost
It's a pretty common story. You're walking through a new town or patch of forest, certain of your path. Upon turning around, the labyrinth shifts and [...]
10 Tips for Packing Up and Living Abroad
From the philosophical to the practical, these top 10 tips will help you plan for a temporary or permanent move abroad. [...]
how to deal with travel catastrophes pt. 1 preparation
In the summer of 2006, I was hiking with some friends in northern Israel, about six miles from the border with Lebanon. This happened to be the day [...]
simple ways to travel greener
Green travel is a juxtaposition of concepts. By its very nature, "travel" is less efficient than "staying put." But for the habitually wanderlust-affl [...]
