Being a travel writer is a dream job for a lot of people, but it’s not an easy field to be successful in. That’s because everyone wants to (and thinks that they can) be a travel writer. Sure, I’ll go to Europe for 3 weeks, write an article, and pay for my trip. Yeah right! You can blog about your travels, but once again making it pay is a completely different story. Today’s internships aren’t paid, but they will give you some much needed experience in travel writing that you’ll need if you eventually want to make a career out of it. Offbeat Guides is a San Francisco based startup that has taken a new approach to travel guides. Their product offers a level of customization that isn’t present in other guides. You give them some basic information about yourself and your travel plans, and they’ll create a guide that is specific to your needs. It looks awesome.
Offbeat guides can be downloaded in PDF or you can order a full color, printed guide. If you want to, you can even cut out chapters and add your own information to the guide. It sounds ridiculously cool, and I’m excited to try one for my next big trip (wherever that may be). Yesterday, Offbeat Guides posted on their blog that they’re looking for Editorial Interns. The internships are located in San Francisco, require 20 hours per week, and are unpaid (boo). It sounds like a pretty cool opportunity, and you should get the chance to do real meaningful work and get attribution credit in the guides that you work on. It kind of sounds like a lot of responsibility for an unpaid internship (maybe the folks at Offbeat Guides should read about the legality of unpaid internships), so approach at your own discretion. If you’re interested, you can apply by sending a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to interns@offbeatguides.com. Also be sure to include the dates of your availability.
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Thanks for reposting Willy. I’m the Travel Content Curator at Offbeat Guides and am really excited to receive applications for this position. Having been an unpaid intern at Lonely Planet at the start of my career, I’m looking forward to working closely with our interns, maximising the opportunities we can provide for them, as well as assisting the Editorial team with the duties that we need done.
While our office is located in SF, the nature of the work is pretty flexible, so I’m open to accepting resumes from people not based in SF.
Thanks again and keep up the great work!