A travel blog is a travel guide containing useful information of important places of visit including directions, maps and photos of significant areas. It also contains travel tips in the form of journals of visits by Travelers for the benefit of information to others. It is a unique and handy online travel diary for the use of travelers who wish to know something about a place they plan to visit and have not visited yet. The first such blog was started in 1993-94 by Jeff Greenwald on the Global Network Navigator wherein he wrote about his journey experiences around the world. First online dairies on the web was done by artists Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope in 1996 titled 'A Hypertext Journal'. Ever since, these types of blogs have grown in width and breadth and are still growing by the day.
The service:
Travel blogs are supported by advertisements and this is how they are run duly meeting running costs on the income generated through ads. It is a trade agreement between the operators and the users. The operator allows the users to promote their products or services for a prescribed fee and for this they enter into a clear and fair copyright policy.
Advantages/Uses:
Virtually everything can be handpicked from the travel blog. All types of services are provided in these blogs. They contain journey charting maps, road maps, details of places of importance, videos and articles on almost every aspect of travel and advice. New stream on these types of blogs is the addition of travel forums, giving an opportunity for friendly chat on exchange of information and extending support and travel tips to new travelers and new users on how to travel the world.How to create a travel blog and maintain it:
It is no hard work to learn how to start a travel blog, but, what is important is to maintain it in a unique way by providing invaluable travel tips so that it is both beneficial and rewarding to the others in their journey on how to travel the world. One can document ones own travel experiences and thereby we can connect with thousands of travelers around the world and keep family and friends with latest updates, photos and videos. With latest updates of visits on important locations by other travelers with the one who keeps in contact with latest updates, one can organize one's travels with the input and advice thus provided. If one wants to make the travel blog a successful one to ensure financial gains, following tips help do their best;

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  To ensure consistency of information there is a need to have a posting schedule at regular intervals.


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  During busy timings it may not be possible, and then one has to keep up with posting schedules for a period of time and take a pre-announced break but announce the break as well.


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  An organized schedule gives one the needed time and energy for rejuvenation and at the same time keep rhythm of postings with increased focus.


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  To maintain a consistent traffic to the travel blog, it is also advisable to become active on social websites like facebook or twitter for regular tweets with a purpose and connect it to the travel blog in some way.


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  In the ocean of blogs on the Internet, positive attitude with a consistent purpose and by staying connected with readers and viewers alone can make the travel blog intriguing and successful.