A Small Selection of World Words’ Best Travel Content Writing Advice… Part 2

A couple of weeks ago, we posted about some of our travel content writing advice that has been circulating online. But that was just part one. Here are some more of our tips and tricks to hone your wordsmithing skills.

From destination guides to travel features, World Words writes about travel in every shape and form, collecting wisdom along the way. There is always more to learn about the craft of writing and always more advice to give.

From warnings about the perils of travel writing clichés, to the necessity of being specific in your content writing, from research to headlines, we’re full of great advice to improve your travel content writing.

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Why You Should Insist on Consistency

There are many varied ways in which you can approach style, grammar and tone when writing original travel web copy. Yet what matters most is not how you choose to write content, but that you always write with consistency.

For writers and editors alike, consistency shows your attention to detail, and is a vital way in which to present a unified and cohesive voice across a number of different topics. Writing is not unlike a bread dough: without good consistency, it all falls apart. So how do you ensure consistency throughout an article, a website or even an entire publication? We have outlined some of the most important reasons for consistency, and how to achieve it, below.

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Tips and Tricks: The Best of our Expert Travel Content Writing Advice (Part 1)

After years of writing quality travel content for a plethora of clients across print and online, the World Words team has learnt a few tricks of the trade. And we are happy to share our knowledge with every other travel writer, copy editor and content creator striving to improve their craft. That’s why we regularly publish advice posts on this blog.

Recently, several of our advice columns have been republished by third parties, from travel tech news site Tnooz travel industry media platform Media Kitty. We’ve collated the best of our travel advice articles below, with more to follow next month (in Part 2). So whether you are a budding writer or the brains behind a travel site with dozens of contributors, keep reading for tips on scheduling your work, advice on editing and a list of travel clichés to avoid.

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Winter Travel: Our Best Written Content

Every year, when the weather starts to turn chilly in our corner of the world, we find that the content we produce for clients at World Words begins to take on a distinctly seasonal slant. All of a sudden, the travel content agenda is dominated by all things wintery, from celebrations like Christmas and New Year, to activities like winter sports.

Our winter travel content is for everyone to enjoy. Disappointed you’re not cosied up in a chalet by a roaring log fire? Read about our Alpine adventures in St. Moritz and pretend you are. Rather be flying down mountain slopes on skis? Read our expert blog about winter sports spots in Lake Como. Want to turn the clock back a few days to imagine yourself at the height of the festivities? Read our rundown of seasonal activities in South East England.

Our winter content isn’t all about mince pies and snow either; we’ve also written about Ryanair’s latest winter sun destination, Eilat (for those who want to escape the bleak weather) and London’s best cultural events (for those fed up of staying indoors). We’ve selected five of our finest winter pieces, so scroll down to read a little of each.

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