>Be me>Look up stuff about new country>Click on travel blog #823472342 by some random 27 year old girl who travels for a livingI understand being able to make a living if you're the top of the top but how the hell are there so many people who seemingly make a living writing articles on wordpress? And what's stopping somebody from using AI to pump out articles and itineraries?
Instagram fucked up normies.
>>2847946>I understand being able to make a living if you're the top of the top but how the hell are there so many people who seemingly make a living writing articles on wordpress?Trust funds
You just become a walking ad once you have enough of a following for that to be worth it to various companies, it doesn't happen overnight for these people and some work for it quite a bitThe money to pay for someone's short stay in some place isn't that much for a company It's also all completely and utterly fake and retouched to hell and back, everything you see them post online, it's all a product, a somewhat more complex ad, for themselves or their future sponsors, whether you see it yet or not, it's not really much of a person, but "content"The fact that there's so much of it is proof of how productized and streamlined the whole thing has becomeSome people with enough followers will choose to spend the money wherever they live, others use it to travel
>>2847946A lot of these travel bloggers are either digital nomads, or have some other source of income/wealth. Social media is usually just supplementary income.Speaking of which, if I'm already traveling a lot anyway, am I a sucker if I'm NOT making a vlog out of it?
>>2847999>am I a sucker if I'm NOT making a vlog out of it?No, it means you're just focusing on trying to enjoy your time without feeling the need to monetize it or document every second for shitty 'content' like an asshat
>>2847946>I understand being able to make a living if you're the top of the top but how the hell are there so many people who seemingly make a living writing articles on wordpress?Some people are "digital nomads" and do all their work onlineSome people smuggle drugsOthers are escortsBut the truth of the matter is that you're severely underestimating the number of "wealthy" people in the world.>And what's stopping somebody from using AI to pump out articles and itineraries?Absolutely nothing, there are people using AI to passively generate income on twitter.
>>2847946the young women and twinks travel around because "daddies" in different countries invite them over. ask me how i know
I walked by yet another retard holding his phone in front of himself while walking and talking yesterday evening. I would really like these people to stop and fuck off. Why do I have to be documented, photographed, video recorded almost everywhere I go when I don't want to be. Then there's the fact they just take up space. Parks, sidewalks, they just set up shot and fucking record.
does anyone here write professionally about their travels?I would love to find a mentorI want to write about my hiking, but also the surrounding cultural and geographic aspects.
>>2847971>Instagram fucked up normies.Because propaganda doesnt work on Aspies, only Autists and normies.
>>2848027> retard holding his phone in front of himself while walking and talkingwhere? surprisingly ive never run into these retards.
>>2847946Most of the "Top 10 Things to do in X" articles are AI-generated, and the website creators are not making a living (unless they live on $3/day, which is unlikely). Most they make is a little side cash hawking travel insurance, visa agencies, or some other travel-related hustle being marketed to their readers.>>2848009Travel voyeurism has become very popular. Homebodies living vicariously through pictures, videos and stories of other people who travel.>>2848019Traveling to meet up with people you have become friends with is arguably the most fun kind of travel there is. Solo travel is much more aimless, you go places just for the sake of going places.>>2848044You see them a lot in places like Chiang Mai. Here in India I've only seen two foreigners in ten days; a handsome white manlet with his cute pajeeta gf, and an old white lady that might've been traveling with her Indian friends.
>>2847946>so many people who seemingly make a living writing articles on wordpress?they don't.it's a trust fund kiddie hobby. there are like 60+ million millionaires in the world a lot of them have kids
>>2848062>Homebodies living vicariously through pictures, videos and stories of other people who travel.It's not just that. A lot of people follow these bloggers or influencers to take notes of what they post, that way once it's their turn to travel they can go to the same places and do the same activities. It's the new way people do research before traveling, instead of relying on physical copies of tourist guides.
>>2847946People will take a one week trip and turn it into 6 months of content. It's especially obvious with youtubers. They'll walk around a random street, pointing out everything and pretending like it's some grand adventure, and turn that into a 30 minute video. They upload their next video 3 weeks later and it's a video that they recorded the day after their last video. Even the big travel vloggers do this.The woman in your screenshot probably took 200 pictures in a day or two, rushing around at max speed to stop in front of every hot spot she can find, getting a picture, then running to the next stop. Then she changed her outfit during lunch time and again at dinner. She'll milk those pictures for months to come and pretend every single day is luxury for them.
>>2848332The camera is very selective. You can show whatever side of a country you want to show by hiding the parts you don't want to show. Fact is, vloggers (and bloggers to a less extent, because nobody wants to read anymore) get to actually be the main starring character of the show that is their life, and it's addictive. Especially when you start getting praise from all sorts of random people for, uhh, taking a boat ride or eating at a restaurant. >>2848320The last few Lonely Planet guides I got sucked. They had become listings of the most popular upscale businesses in every tourist destination, completely divorced from their original purpose of being a BUDGET travel guide assisting you in discovering unknown places. You know, finding those great little hotels that don't show up on Google Maps when you search. The restaurants that are tucked away in some back alley where nobody goes, but serve amazing food.
>>2847946Just don't be poor. I'm 25 and get $15k of spending money each month from rent income. I also pretend to be a "travel blogger" and give no fucks. It's more bitches to fuck(hoping you give them reach for their OF shit), free drinks and here and there a free room upgrade that is worth it.
