Write for BootsnAll
We've published independent travel writers since 1998. Here's what we look for and how to pitch us.
What we publish
BootsnAll is about long-term, independent travel: round-the-world trips, career breaks, months on the road instead of days. The writing we publish comes from people who have done the thing they are writing about. Before you pitch, read the Indie Travel Manifesto - if your story doesn't connect to those ideas, it's probably not a fit here.
Pieces that tend to work:
- First-hand trip breakdowns: what your route was, what it cost, what you would do differently
- How-to-plan pieces for a region you know well, with real numbers and real logistics
- Stories about how long-term travel changed your work, your relationships, or your plans
- Interviews with travelers whose trips would make someone else finally book theirs
What we pass on
- Destination roundups written from search results instead of experience
- AI-generated drafts. We can tell, and we check.
- Pieces that exist to promote a single hotel, tour, or product
- Topics we've already covered, unless you have a first-hand angle that changes the story - search the article archive first
How to pitch
Email us the idea before you write the piece. Two or three sentences on the story, plus one on why you're the person to write it. If it's a fit, we'll reply with next steps, and we discuss terms and any payment when we accept a pitch.
Send pitches to
sean@bootsnall.comPut "Pitch:" and your working title in the subject line. We read every one.
The writers who built this site
BootsnAll's archive runs to thousands of pieces from travelers who wrote up their trips over the last 25-plus years: border crossings in West Africa, winter in Yakutsk, a first skiing lesson in Reno. Start with the stories collection browse the full article archive, or meet them in the writer index.