Travel Notes - Creating Content For Every Country on The Planet
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Travel Notes: Travel Collaborations - Our Foundation and Philosophy
Founded in 1997 >> Heading Towards 2035
We believe the best travel writing is honest, the best recommendations come from people who know, and that real communities are built on trust earned over time.
A Life of Travel and Living Abroad
During 40 years of travel and living abroad I have been lucky enough to visit over 120 Countries, some 220 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and more than 100 of the World Heritage Cities.
My pictures have been published in travel magazines, guide books and syndicated around the world through established picture agencies.
After starting out as a freelance photo journalist, I created TravelNotes.org to ambitiously cover every country in the world; helping other travellers and virtual tourists discover more about the world we live in.
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Travel Notes™ - The Online Guide to Travel
TravelNotes.org was launched in 1997, before social media, before review aggregators, and well before the algorithm decided what you should want to see.
Back then, sharing what you genuinely discovered on a trip was a radical act of generosity. We haven't changed our minds about that and continue to put fact before fiction; unless it's literature.
For nearly three decades, we have been a home for travellers who write the way they actually think; unsponsored, unfiltered, and unafraid to say a place disappointed them; helping us grow into one of the most comprehensive independent travel resources online, with editorial coverage spanning every country in the world and over two hundred researched city guides, written by people who actually live and travel in them.
That editorial honesty is increasingly rare. We think it is increasingly valuable.
Truthful Travel Content
The world doesn't need more travel content. It needs more people willing to tell the truth about where they've been.
That commitment to authentic, unsponsored storytelling is what has kept our visitors coming back, and what positions us as the industry rethinks its relationship with trust and transparency; at exactly the right time, in exactly the right place.
Working Together
TravelNotes.org is something richer than a website, it is a collaborative platform where experienced travellers, first-time explorers, local insiders and long-haul veterans write alongside each other; pooling knowledge in ways no single editorial team ever could.
Honest Storytelling
We publish the trip that happened, not the one that looks best in a photograph. Disappointments, surprises, reroutes; all of it belongs on Travel Notes.
Real Recommendations
Every listing, route, and tip was written by someone who was actually there, doing the real research. No press trips are accepted as editorial. No paid placements are disguised as reviews. If it's sponsored, we'll say it was.
Collaborative Knowledge
From weekly regulars to once-in-a-lifetime contributors, our global travel network produces something no single editorial team, or algorithm, can ever hope to replicate.
Where Travel Writing is Going, and Where We've Been All Along
Authentic storytelling doesn't just happen, it needs the right conditions.
Our Travel Collaborations network is built to create exactly that; a structured, transparent marketplace connecting content creators and digital nomads with the destinations, hotels, and tourism brands that are ready to work differently.
The online travel industry is rediscovering what readers always knew; top-ten listicles optimised for search rank don't actually help you decide whether a neighbourhood feels safe at night, whether a restaurant is worth the queue, or whether a hiking trail matches your fitness level.
Travellers are turning back to human voices; to writers who have skin in the game; to communities where reputation is built slowly, and lost quickly if you steer someone wrong.
That is the model TravelNotes.org has operated on since the dial-up era (I can still hear the whiorring modem now).
We were ahead of the curve then, and we intend to stay ahead of it moving forward.
We are investing in new tools for collaborative trip planning, richer contributor profiles that reward consistency and expertise, and deeper regional coverage driven by the people who live and work in the places others may wish to visit.
The medium is changing, our standards are not.
For Content Creators & Digital Nomads
Find campaigns worth your name.
Access real briefs from destinations and brands committed to authentic storytelling, not influencer theatre. Your voice, your standards, on campaigns that fit.
For Hotels & Tourism Boards
Move beyond press trips.
Structured collaborations with transparent deliverables, matched to creators whose readership genuinely overlaps with your target visitor.
For Travel Destinations & Brands
Commission stories that resonate.
Connect with writers, photographers, and creators who have earned their audiences through honesty. Campaigns built on trust outperform those built on reach alone.
The TravelNotes Difference
We have nearly thirty years of earned credibility.
Every collaboration carries the weight of our editorial standards. Campaigns are disclosed clearly and content quality is non-negotiable, as online readers can quickly spot the difference.
Travel Collaborations is open for an expression of interest from creators, destinations, and tourism partners. Not everyone will be accepted, so approach the future wisely.
Travel Notes™ - Acknowledgements
Thank-you for taking the time to visit the website and find out more about Working with Travel Notes.
The Travel Notes Online Guide to Travel would not be what is today without its visitors and contributors, nor the destinations we cover and websites we link to.
If there's anything we can do to help, don't hesitate to ask.
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During 40 years of travel & living abroad Michel has visited some 120 countries, 220 UNESCO Heritage Sites and 100+ World Heritage Cities.
