Next Journalism:
travel writing

Last weekend the three of us went to Piura, Peru for a short trip. The main reason for the trip was to attempt to fix the immigration status of Christina and myself. In order to do that we both had to leave the country for a while and re-enter. Christina needed to do it to register herself as an Ecuadorian citizen (despite the fact that her birth certificate is legally registered here in Ecuador and she has an Ecuadorian passport - neither of which were easy to do - she still had to leave the country and come back in again so that they could put her name in the computer at the border). And I had to leave the country and re-enter again to renew my visa. Since both of us came in on tourist visas that had already expired (yes, we should have renewed them before they expired; and no, we didn't do it in time), we were required to pay a fine, to the tune of $200 each (ouch!).

Before we left we were aware of the issue with the fine so we tried to pull a few "palancas" to see if we could get out of it. Lucho's sister, Narcissa, knows some of the heavyweights at the police station so we went to see one of them to ask for his help. He took us to the office of the Migration Police in Loja and the woman there looked at our passports and told us that there was no way we could avoid paying the $200 fine for Christina but since my visa was a little different I didn't have to pay the fine. She told us to go down to Macará (a border town about 3.5 hours away), cross the border, hang out for a few hours and come back to renew our visas. She was going to personally call the staff at the border and let them know that we were coming. That was on Wednesday. We decided to leave on Saturday and spend the night in Piura, Peru because Lucho's friend had told us that food and lodging were cheap and there were lots of shopping opportunities.

So Saturday morning we drove down to Macará and hired someone to drive us to Piura (for various reasons Lucho did not want to drive in Peru). After a quick lunch we piled into our guide, Patricio's, air-conditioned SUV (a welcome change from our truck because it was hot and humid in Macará) and headed to the border (about a 5 minute drive away). The policeman who reviewed our passports looked to be one of those stereotypical arrogant bureaucrats; one of those guys who uses his limited power to drive home the fact that he is "in charge" for the moment. When we arrived he was chastizing a young guy for not renewing his visa in time. We asked him if someone from Loja had called him to inform him that we were coming. He answered, "No". I had a sinking feeling. As he was taking his sweet time reviewing our passports Christina started to get antsy, so I took her to the car (fortunately Patricio had left the car running with the air conditioning on) and kept her busy playing with her dolls. The next time I looked up I saw Mr. Arrogant waving my passport around and shouting something about the "multa" (fine). Then Lucho was making calls on his cell and Mr. Arrogant was making calls on his cell with my passport flying around in his hands. Finally Lucho and Patricio came back and said that the police weren't going to let me get by without paying the fine. To make matters worse, the fine had to be paid at the bank, and it was Saturday afternoon and the banks were closed. We could have waited in Macará until Monday, but Christina only had 24 hours to leave and come back to get her official stamp. We were stuck. Lucho and Patricio even tried to bribe Mr. Arrogant, but it didn't work. Then we were told that we could get some kind of temporary pass to go to Piura for the night, return to Ecuador on Sunday, and register Christina as a dual citizen when we crossed the border. Then we could stay the night in Macará, pay the fine at the bank Monday morning, cross the border, come back, and renew my visa. We really didn't have to go all the way to Piura on Saturday night, but we had already contracted with Patricio for the drive, and we were curious to see what the city was like. So we took the temporary passes and headed to Piura.

As soon as we crossed over the border we noticed that the all the cars and taxis in Peru were much older and worn-out than the ones in Ecuador. Peru, at least northern Peru, appears to be a lot poorer than Ecuador. As we drove along the mountains gave way and we found ourselves in a flat, hot, dusty valley. Patricio told us that there were very few local buses or trucks for hire in this part of Peru, and that in place of buses people moved around old, white Toyota Corolla hatchbacks. We passed lots of them, filled to the brim with people, and piled high on top with stuff, the spot in the back was called the "suitcase" spot and that person paid half price. Patricio said that he had seen people transport animals, even a cow (not sure if I believe that one) in these old vehicles.

In the cities most of the vehicles were moto-taxis (motorcycles attached to a small carriage-like seat) or small yellow taxis. The first relatively big city that we went through, Sullana, was full of moto-taxis. According to Patricio, 90% of the taxis were thieves and if you took one there was a better chance that he would rip you off rather than take you to your destination. This may or may not be true, but at any rate, we just drove through town in our SUV and took pictures of the taxis from the window. Shortly thereafter we arrived in Piura and found our hotel. Piura was also filled with moto-taxis and small yellow taxis. One of the benefits of this is that the pollution level on the streets was much less than what you would find in the average Ecuadorian city with its multitudes of smoke-spewing diesel buses. The noise level was a little less, but not much, because Peruvian taxi drivers honk their horns constantly. There was also a pervasive chemical-like smell, that I think was from the pesticides that were sprayed in the nearby fields.

Once we had checked into our hotel (which turned out to be about twice the price of what we had been told it would be) we decided to check out the town, looking for the famous low priced merchandise. There were lots of stores, and things like clothes and shoes were definitely cheaper than Ecuador, but the styles and quality weren't very good. After trying to squeeze into many extremely tight (supposedly size large) blouses, I decided to give up trying to find clothes that I like in this part of the world. Everything around here is just too tight, too low-cut, too ruffly, or too sparkly for my taste. Plus the material is about the thickness of tissue paper. That must be why the shirts only cost about $3 each.

The Friday before our trip Christina had come home from school with the desire to get her face painted. Apparently her teacher had painted a couple of her classmate's faces but had run out of time to paint hers. So on Saturday morning, as we were leaving Loja, she started saying "I want to paint my face!". We explained to her that face painting was usually done during special occasions, like birthday parties, but it was like talking to a brick wall. As the day wore on she became more insistent. "I WANT TO PAINT MY FACE", became her refrain. Fortunately for us, as we were walking around Piura on Saturday night, we ran across some women who were painting kid's faces for about $1 each. Christina got a butterfly on her face, with lots of glitter. When we got back to the hotel she made me take a ton of pictures of her with the face paint before we washed it off in the shower. But, I was happy because I thought she had been "cured" of the face painting bug.

The next morning we decided that clothes shopping in Piura was a waste of time so we asked Patricio to take us somewhere that where we could buy handicrafts. He said there was a place about 10 minutes to the south called Catacaos, where there were lots of items to buy. While we were eating breakfast, Christina started in with her refrain, "I WANT TO PAINT MY FACE!". Throughout the day she would repeat it over and over again. Later she would start getting mad because were weren't asking people were we could find someone to paint her face.

Catacaos turned out to be a nice little town with lots of cute, crafty things to buy. I bought some jewelry and Lucho purchased a set of vases with interesting geometric patterns. While we were checking out the crafts a young kid approached us and gave us a flyer about a place called Narihualla where there were ruins and a museum about the Tallan civilization. We had some time to kill so we decided to check it out. On the way there our guide filled us in on the Tallanes. Apparently they were a matriarchial society. According to our young guide, the men stayed home and took care of the children and the women went out to hunt and work in the fields. When we arrived at the museum we were approached by a group of kids, and one of them offered to be our guide. With the two kids as our guides we entered the museum. It was small but neat and organized. Our new guide showed us some of the artifacts, including some hammer-looking things that he said were used by the Tallans to sacrifice their children to the gods (ugh). Then we walked around the ruins, which looked to me like a big, dusty hole in the ground with a nice view of the countryside. There was also an old church on the site, long since abandoned. Once back at the museum we ran into a group of "Perros Viringos" or Peruvian Hairless Dogs. According to local legend these dogs will cure allergies, asthma and reumatism. All you have to do is sleep in the same bed with them. This appears to be the same species of dog that Peru offered to Barack Obama for his allergic daughter.

On the way back from Narihualla I was talking with our guide and I found out that his name was Cristian and he was 10 years old. He had 2 sisters, and the oldest one was a driver of one of those moto-taxis. Back in Catacaos, we ate an excellent lunch of traditional Peruvian food at a local restaurant, paid Cristian for his services, and headed back for Ecuador. It was about a 3 hour drive and along the way Christina remembered that she wanted to paint her face. She repeated her request over, and over, and over again (in English and Spanish) throughout the trip. Our attempts to explain to her that face painting is not a common activity on Pan-American Highway between Piura, Peru and Macará, Ecuador fell on deaf ears. She was convinced that we could find someone to paint her face, if we just looked hard enough. With that refrain in the background we arrived at the border between Peru and Ecuador. Crossing over was uneventful and they stamped Christina's passport with the necessary stamp and entered her into the computer as a dual citizen of Ecuador and the United States.

That night we stayed in Macará in a hotel that was a lot newer, cleaner, and cheaper than the one we had stayed at in Piura. The next morning Christina woke up with one thought in her head - she wanted to paint her face! (surprise, surprise). We told her to look out for kids with painted faces and to let us know if she saw one so that we could ask them were they painted their faces. That seemed to distract her (a bit). After breakfast Lucho went to the bank to pay the fine while I got our suitcases together. Then we called Patricio and asked to help us at the border. He took us down there and helped us bribe the Peruvian border guards so that they would give us an entrance and exit visa on the same day (to avoid spending another night). Luckily it was a different Ecuadorian guard this time and he was the "nice" one. He stamped my passport and gave me the coveted 3 month visa. Now I'm legal again in this country and next week Lucho is going to Quito to submit the paperwork (again) to request my resident visa. We're all crossing our fingers that it goes through this time!

On Tuesday Christina went back to school and came home with... a painted face!!! Apparently her teacher had the time to paint all the kids in her class that day. Since then she hasn't been asking to paint her face evey 5 minutes. Seems like the face-painting fever has passed. Whew!

Responsibilities

1. Editing/proofing material which appears on Cairo 360
2. Managing editorial time lines and copy deadlines
3. Management of editorial processes through the use of the Cairo 360 Content Management System
4. Aiding in the strategic direction of the publication and presenting proactive ideas
5. Sourcing suitable graphics/photos for submitted articles
6. Brainstorming new ideas for reviews, features, and interviews for the site in conjunction with Cairo 360 team
7. Managing relationships with freelance writers
8. Writing articles for Cairo 360
9. Sourcing freelance writers for specific projects
10. Attending events on behalf of the publication
11. Securing high value interviews with Cairo persons of interest
12. Various administrative duties.

Requirements:

1. Perfect spoken and written Arabic, spoken English is a bonus.
2. A minimum of 2 years experience as a managing editor in an Egyptian publication with a proven track record managing the editorial process and team.
3. An interest in lifestyle journalism, and the Egyptian arts and culture scene.

To apply, please send your CV to work@cairo360.com with the subject “Arabic Managing Editor” and briefly explain why you think you’re the person for the job.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: work@cairo360.com

For submissions: work@cairo360.com

Website: http://www.cairo360.com/

This distinguished anthology presents for the first time in English travel accounts by Arab writers who have visited America between 1668 and 2009. The view of America which emerges from these accounts is at once fascinating and illuminating, but never monolithic. The writers hail from a variety of viewpoints, regions, and backgrounds, so their descriptions of America differently engage and revise Arab pre-conceptions of Americans and the West. The country figures as everything from the unchanging Other, the very antithesis of the Arab self, to the seductive female, to the Other who is both praiseworthy and reprehensible.

About the Authors/ Editors

Kamal Abdel-Malek is a Professor of Arabic Literature at the American University of Dubai.

Mouna El Kahla, a specialist in language pedagogy, is the coordinator of the Arabic program at the Australian University of Wollongong, the Dubai branch.

Contact Information:

Website: click here

Reply to: job-qvfkj-2262688046@craigslist.org

This is an great opportunity for travel and perspective piece writers.

Our travel magazine, www.tourcompanyreviews.com offers readers a wide variety of travel related articles.

First, check out the website. Click on the articles and see who are advertisers are. Find the travel magazine.

Second, send us an article, and a list of proposed articles. The more ideas, the more creative, the better.

As for the job’s benefits we would be happy to tell you more when we hear back from you.

Location: Worldwide

Compensation: Starting at 50 US

What We Look For

You want to write a travel article for us, but you’re not really sure, what we look for? Below you find a short selection of topics we might be interested in:

* Travelogues from far-off-the-beaten-track countries, like Afghanistan, North Korea or Congo
* Articles about activities like sky diving, diving (apnoe & scuba) or paintball
* Travel advice and information about various countries
* Experimental travel (e.g. no bags, no accomodation)
* Trekking guides for various countries
* People images
* Traditional festivals from around the world
* Volunteering around the globe
* Pre-trip planning & post-trip depressions :)
* Full-time travel

You can always pitch your idea to us. We will let you know if we are interested!

We pay 10 EUR for each published user-submitted article and 3 EUR for an image post. Write more, travel longer.

Article Submission Guidelines

There really isn’t much to it. You should be able to write well and/or take great pictures. Basically there are two types of posts we are looking for.

Full Article

This is your normal blog post, mixed text and images. There are many travel blogs out there that bring a varied mix of articles. You can find anything from ‘The Top Ten Tips To Travel Light’ to ‘A Small Guide To Spirituality In India’. Obviously these kinds of posts do have their place in the blogosphere, but it’s not really what we’re looking for. We like to publish stuff that we’d like to read and experience ourselves. So something like ‘Crossing The Kyber Pass Into Afghanistan’ or ‘North Korean Travel Experiences’ would be right up our alley. Saying this, we won’t say no to a well written, funny or provoking article that falls into the above mentioned categories. You can always try and pitch us your idea as well. At the moment we pay 10 EUR via PayPal for any published article. The length should not exceed 1200 words.

Image Post

This is exactly what it says. One image and a short paragraph or two about it. The image should show something unique. So rather than an image of a beach, one showing a person would have better chances. The going rate for an image post is 3 EUR at the moment. The word count should be between 30 and 100.

Formating Guide (see here)

Payment

Now we come to the juicy details. We always pay on the 5th of the following month (10 EUR for an article and 3 EUR for an image post). Here the important date is the publishing date, not the submission date. Sometimes we will keep articles back, even though they have been approved already. This mainly happens when too many articles are in the works already.

At the moment we can only use PayPal, so you will need to have an account there to accept payment. We don’t do checks, cash or money transfers. Later we might accept other payment options, but for now it’s only PayPal.

Legalities

By submitting any type of content to Travel-Junkie you declare that you hold the copyright to all images and text. You also consent that you will not publish the submitted content any place else. Your copyright is in no way affected by this. Should we find you in violation of these rules, then we will suspend your account on Travel-Junkie. If you are in any way concerned about how you can use our content, then please contact us.

Submit your article here.

Reply to: gigs-aqpgr-2204677479@craigslist.org

Baraaza.com is looking for a Feature Article travel writer. Our monthly feature articles couple an exotic location with a cool activity; surfing in Bali, language school in Paris, etc.

The voice of baraaza is young and hip. To get an idea of the writing style we're looking for see: http://www.baraaza.com/feature23.aspx

If interested send us a note with a little info about your background.

Location: Anywhere

Compensation: $50 per article

An article set in one of these destinations will move you to the top of the list.

Countries: Angola, Benin, Gambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Maldives. Lebanon, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia.

GoNOMAD.com Writer's Guidelines

Write for GoNOMAD and be famous!

GoNOMAD prides itself on providing excellent, entertaining, informative and unique travel articles and research about destinations, activities and experiences. No glossy magazine fluff, no standard guidebook descriptions, no promotional hype; just honest, accurate, well-written and detailed articles and destination guides that speak to an educated, curious and well-traveled audience.

TIP! Read the stories we have up on the site, and format your story the same way. We like short paragraphs, subheads between every few paragraphs, and photos with detailed captions.

TIP!

FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE PUBLISHING, SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED and get all of our new articles on your desktop.

TIP!

Find out about our favorite stories, read our Top Ten List of 2009 and Top Ten List of 2010.

GoNOMAD is always looking for talented, dedicated travel writers, photographers and researchers to join our team.

We welcome queries and articles from professional travel writers and travelers with a strong writing style and something unique to share with our audience. We pay for articles that are high quality, informative and provide useful guidance for a future traveler.

TIP! If you have a website, add a link to GoNOMAD's writer's guidelines or to a story on GoNOMAD that you like. If you query us and show us a link you've put up, we'll move you to the top of the list.

Add GoNOMAD's writer's guidelines and your story link to Facebook and other social networks to help us pass the word. We love a good Twitter as much as the next guy! Help promote us as we publish your travel writing.

And the list is long, so bear with us if it takes a while to see your story published. Writers who contribute to GoNOMAD have also been published in the Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post and hundreds of other prestigious titles...but they love being on GoNOMAD because it's so accessible and easy to find on the web.

Max Hartshorne and Julia Dimon speaking at the Travel Writing Seminar in Feb. 2009. Max Hartshorne and Julia Dimon at the Travel Writing Seminar held at the NY Times Travel Show, Feb 2009 in New York City.

TIP! We are currently trying to fill in gaps in our story library. We want additional features about the following places the most. An article set in one of these destinations will move you to the top of the list.

Countries: Angola, Benin, Gambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Maldives. Lebanon, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia.

States Delaware, Indiana, Mississippi, No. Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Arkansas, DC, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Idaho.

We also encourage you to be creative: Send us a audio recording (mp3) and photos to go with it; send us a photo gallery and travelogue about an exciting trip; shoot a one-minute video that we can place next to your story, develop a new theme about our kind of travel.

We will also include your email in the story so that readers can contact you with their feedback, and are happy to include links to personal websites and mention any books or publications you've written for.

TIP! Subscribe to GoNOMAD's monthly newsletter (see link at left) to keep up with what we're publishing and so you'll know what we're all about.

Please read these Writers' Guidelines carefully before submitting. If you have any further questions, please e-mail the editor. PLEASE DO NOT CALL WITH QUESTIONS. Really.

GoNOMAD CURRENTLY ACCEPTS FREELANCE ARTICLES FOR OUR FEATURES DEPARTMENT

TIP! Make it easy for us...SEND EVERYTHING IN ONE EMAIL!! Don't make us try to find what we need in three different emails, instead give us an easy to use package: a link to your photos, your article and your headshot, bio, email and blog links.

FEATURE ARTICLES

Feature articles must cover a unique aspect of the cultural or natural environments of our featured destinations. We like up-to-date destination guides about fascinating places. But we've also published stories about a single New York neighborhood, or a place you can visit in New Orleans that takes you back in time. A short visit isn't going to give you enough knowledge to write a guidebook, so instead of trying to cover it all, pick a really interesting feature, or aspect, and run with that.

Start with where you live...if you can write a good guide to your neck of the woods, that is the perfect start. Read the site, pick up the style in which we present our ideas, and follow suit. DETAILS ARE IMPORTANT!

TIP! Specifics are very important. Don't generalize, give us the names, addresses, phone numbers, prices and websites. Give us the details we'll need if we want to go there.

Stories should be anywhere from 800 to 2,000 words long. but most of the stories we use are best at about 1400 words. Try to stay focused on the main theme, but don't hesitate to include interesting asides. The only limitation should be the reader's interest.

Specifically, we are accepting queries and articles that fit within the following departments:

* Journeys - A first-person account of a unique journey.

* Features about an aspect of a place or an experience that you can share which provides a special insight into a place, a community or a country.

* Destination guides to your favorite region/city.

TIP! Read this article with travel writing tips from three travel editors!

* Go Local

Know of a way to get really close to the local culture or environment of a destination? Tell us about learning, volunteer or other alternative travel opportunities that really engage you with local culture. With sidebar contact.

* Destinations

Tell us about a specific destination, including travel details sidebar (lodgings, getting there, tours or activities, restaurants, markets, arts, health and safety, etc.) Follow the format of some of the articles on the site. WE CURRENTLY ARE SEEKING MORE STORIES ABOUT WOMEN"S TRAVEL, FAMILY TRAVEL, and features about great travel experiences. We are not as interested in long descriptions of your trip, but of a highlighted event, place or lodging that would really make some else's trip better had they known about it.

Below is a description of what we regularly publish:

DESTINATION MINI-GUIDES

Destination Mini-Guides are shorter guides to a specific, singular destination. Essentially, extended bullet-lists, they include the following info with of course, many photos to show and tell what is worth knowing about for the place you are writing about:

o Destination
o Why Go?
o When to Go
o Getting there and around
o Best Attraction
o Best Unusual Attraction
o Best Activity or Tour
o Best Alternative
o Best Lodgings
o Best Eats
o Best Shopping (if appropriate)
o Note (anything else important)

· Sidebar Requirements

All sidebars must include names of businesses mentioned in the article along with contact information, prices, availability, and amenities. Please include as many relevant web sites as possible.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

For features, query first with a one-page email describing the proposed article, dates of trip, writer's background and/or writing experience, which department the article is for, date of delivery and whether or not the article has been published elsewhere. Don't send us a query that is too long.

Please send us the MSWord file, low res photos, detailed photo captions, a headshot of yourself and a one-sentence bio to accompany your story. Put the headshot in your photo gallery.

Tell us about your publications credits, and indicate availability and format of photographs. Queries are accepted by e-mail, fax or mail. NO PHONE CALLS. Query must include your name, address, phone/fax and e-mail and a SASE for return of materials. Response time for queries is 3-5 weeks.

Unsolicited Articles

GoNOMAD.com also accepts unsolicited feature article submissions, but read our guidelines carefully! Please submit documents as MSWord or text only attachments with your name, address, phone/fax/email and word count on the first page, and your name on each subsequent page.

Photographs

TIP! Use Google's Picasa program, or other similar site to create an online photo gallery and send the link to us. This enables you to write all of the captions and we can easily retrieve the photos to use with your article. Sending many different jpegs wastes a lot of time and we prefer this method.

Make sure that your gallery is viewable to the public.

Do not send jpegs. We receive hundreds and hundreds of stories and the weight of all those jpegs can cause our inbox to crash.

Photos are the biggest challenge we face, and writers who don't submit their photos this way are put on the bottom of our list.

It's best to post them to Picasa and send us a link.

BE SURE THAT YOU OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY PHOTOS YOU SUBMIT!

GoNOMAD will not be liable for any copyright issues regarding unauthorized use of photographs. It is up to you to make sure that we have permission to reprint any other person's photos.

It is best to shoot your own photos and submit only these, or obtain permission from tour operators and tourist boards so that any photos sent to us can be legally used on our site. Please indicate the name of the photographers so that we can put photo credits next to all images.

All photographs must be clearly marked with photographer's name, names of subjects (if possible or applicable), and descriptions of people and places and activities in the photo. In some cases, photographs of people must have subjects' permission for publication. Proof of permission may be required.

Please include a headshot in your image gallery and one-sentence bio of yourself with your submission.

Contact

Queries and submissions may be sent to us by email (editorial@gonomad.com) or mailed to:

Max Hartshorne, Editor
GoNOMAD
P.O. Box 4
8C Sugarloaf St.
South Deerfield, MA 01373

RIGHTS

GoNOMAD purchases First Worldwide Electronic Rights. GoNOMAD retains the right to archive and reprint all articles and guides for four years after initial publication. GoNOMAD has content sharing agreements with several major print-media publishing organizations, so we reserve the right to offer your articles for sale to these outlets. We will of course, pay you for any reuse per our standard reprint rates of between $30-50 per reprint.

We will occasionally purchase reprint rights for material that has not appeared previously in another publication or web site catering to our audience. Simultaneous submissions should be clearly noted.

PAYMENT

Payment is made upon publication. GoNOMAD can offer writers links to their personal or business websites and include writer's email addresses so that readers can provide feedback to you. GoNOMAD pays $25 for features that are sent to us with good photos, captions and the word file. Photos are important and should be included with your submission. We do not pay for book excerpts or reprints, but are happy to review them (1500 words maximum).

Authors who have had articles accepted must email a simple invoice to editor Max Hartshorne with your postal address, phone number and other contact information and a check will be sent to you by mail. If you are overseas, and cannot accept a check in US dollars, we are happy to pay you with Paypal.

Questions? email us editorial@gonomad.com

Travel Writer

As a member of the HotelTravel.com team of writers, the successful applicant will be a self starter who completes assignments ahead of schedule while pushing fellow colleagues to achieve higher levels of writing excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to write in variety of styles
• Creating hotel related content for the website
• Writing travel features for newsletters and online travel magazines
• Contributing to the HotelTravel.com travel blog
• Writing marketing related copy for promotional newsletters

Qualifications:

• Publishing experience : must have by-line in off or online publication (non blog related)
• Native English speaker from the UK, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand preferred
• Excellent grammar skills & command of the English language
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Deadline driven and able to produce quality work on very short notice
• Able to work with a dedicated team of professionals
• Able to work long hours when on deadline
• Expert in Microsoft Word and Excel

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. Please send current résumé or CV listing complete employment experience, a recent photograph, references and current remuneration package or salary expectations to jobs@hoteltravel.com Or call 076-282808 and ask for HotelTravel.com’s Human Resources Manager, Khun Arnupab Satakorn, for further information. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Job Location : Phuket

Monthly Salary Range : Negotiable

Job Type : Full Time, Permanent

Reply to: job-5za82-2118332355@craigslist.org

I am hiring 2-3 writers who have background knowledge of or an interest in Morocco for an online travel guide about the country. You would be assigned topics related to traveling in Morocco 1-3 times a month (though your article ideas are definitely welcome). Articles should be approximately 500 words in length, though quality, not quantity, is what counts. We aren't interested in showering our readers with cliches - no hidden gems or treasures - but, instead, we provide solid facts and information about the places and information we write about.

We pay $15.00 USD per post, payable at the end of each month.

When you respond, please let me know what your background knowledge is on Morocco. Please also send no more than two links or attachments to writing samples, each about 500 words long.

I hope to get the new writers on board beginning in January 2011.

This is a freelance position. You may live and work from anywhere in the world, but your English language skills must be editorially sound.

Location: Freelance

Compensation: $15.00 per post payable at the end of each month

Telecommuting is ok.

I am looking for someone to write a weekly blog on behalf of my company (it would not be published with your credentials).

It is vital that you have experience and/or knowledge of wine, travel and Southern African destinations.

Please respond with your expected fee along with examples of work you have done.