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Travel Bloggers & Tour Designers Working Together

  Making a living is tough, making a living writing is even tougher. Last year, I had a spark of inspiration that birthed an idea that I thought could help others. At first I didn’t want to tell anyone; I was so sure that someone else would take the idea and use it. Eventually I

TBEX February Blogging Challenge: Style

  For February, our travel blogging challenge theme is: Style. Whether you write about travel and fashion, architectural styles, traveling in style, the travel lifestyle, artistic style, or anything else related to your definition of style, we want you to share one of your very best posts with the TBEX community. Give us a look

“Where’s TBEX going to be in 2014?”

  There’s been a theme to questions and comments on the TBEX social streams lately. “Hey, where’s TBEX going to be in 2014?” “Have you guys already announced the 2014 TBEX locations yet?” And, one of my personal favorites, this one has come up several times: “Oh, you know where it’s going to be already

January TBEX Travel Blogging Challenge: Food

  For January, our travel blogging challenge theme is: Travel and Food. We’re asking you to share a blog post about one of your favorite food experiences with our community. We know that for many of you, travel is all about the food experience – so we hope you’ll tell us all about it. Let

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December TBEX Travel Blogging Challenge:  Holidays and Festivals

  A very big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our first TBEX Travel Blogging Challenge. We had 222 linked up travel blog posts, a number that simply blew us away. I hope you had a chance to discover some travel blogs and bloggers that you weren’t familiar with and, that you’ll refer back

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Seven Rewards to Keep Your Blog Readers Coming Back for More

  “Can I ask for some volunteers?” I’m usually a stand-in-the-shadows kind of gal, but when touring the Old Jameson Distillery as part of the TBEX Dublin experience, my hand shot up. I had heard that volunteers got the chance to taste more whiskey, and I wasn’t about to turn that down. Our guide handed

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7 Phrases That Make Me Ignore Your Guest Post Query

  This post about guest post mistakes was previously published on the NMX blog, but I wanted to share it here as well, since travel bloggers aren’t immune to HORRIBLE guest post inquiries!!! Doesn’t it just make you cringe when you see a subject line in your email inbox about a guest post? No, don’t

TBEX CEO Rick Calvert Talks About Why Europe is Important to TBEX

  Michael Collins interviews TBEX CEO Rick Calvert about why Europe is such an important part of the TBEX experience. Rick also gives some inside info about what TBEX has to offer – from pre-BEX trips and tours, through the conference with great speakers, to all the post-conference events. Find out what you missed in

Internet Privacy: How Much of Yourself Should You Share With Your Community?

  “It’s my birthday today. My real birthday, not my Internet birthday.” Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend, and I was surprised when he revealed that it was his birthday, because I had previously thought that his birthday had been months ago. Turns out, he has a “birthday” that he celebrates on Facebook,

Introducing the Monthly TBEX Travel Blogging Challenge

  We’re starting a new TBEX project and inviting YOU – the TBEX community – to participate. It’s a monthly themed travel blogging challenge. Some months it’ll be a specific writing challenge, pushing you to improve your skills, other months it will be a chance to showcase some of your best work from your archives,

Upcoming Events

TBEX North America 2026

June 23 - 26 * Richmond, Virginia

TBEX Asia 2026

August 20 - 23 * Almaty, Kazakhstan

TBEX Summit America 2026

September 29 - October 2 * Fargo, North Dakota

TBEX Türkiye 2027

September 7 – 10 * Izmir, Türkiye