Indie tour guide
Posted: November 5, 2012 | Contents: Chapter 6 | Tags: eileen smith, indie tour guide, matador network, matadornetwork.com, tour guide, travel journalism, travel research, travel writing, vayable, vayable.com Leave a comment »Chapter 6 discusses opportunities as a entrepreneurial travel journalist. Eileen Smith of the Matador Network encourages the travel journalist to make easy cash as an indie tour guide. Smith tells writers to “Monetize your expertise” and show travelers what your city is really like. Getting started is easy as signing up at vayable.com. Smith offers this:
It’s got a couchsurfery-element to it, but instead of giving your couch, you give expertise (for a price you set) while leading tours around where you live, taking people to secret haunts, hikes, or whatever it is you do wherever you are. All you do to get started is upload a picture and description of the service you offer, and wait for people to take you up on it. Afterwards, feedback (called “vouching” on the site) is key, as most people won’t want to spend a few hours with you until you prove yourself.
