This project has encouraged me to think of the relationship between travel blogs and travel writing and how this online form has affected the writing style of travel narratives in general. Through the research of secondary sources and the inclusion of analyses towards a few exemplar travel blogs, we can see that travel blog writing has transformed our traditional modes of communication, both written and oral. This is demonstrated in addressing the characteristics associated with blogging as well as the unique features that can only be found in travel blogs. For example, the motivation for travel blogging being voluntary which can illustrate the intentions of travel writing as not always being related to the tourist industry. The format of travel writing has also been transformed since the internet has allowed flexibility for its authors to have options that offer you a multitude of themes that present the content in different ways.

For instance, I used Postach.io and Evernote to present this material in travel blog fashion. Postach.io is still a new platform in the blogosphere, therefore there are a few technical issues that need to be addressed in order for it to become more widely used among bloggers. One of my biggest obstacles was how I cannot arrange my posts in chronological order. On Evernote, I am able to change the order of my notes in various ways but Postach.io does not allow these changes to transfer onto their website. It is difficulties such as this one that have commonly occurred between the two platforms, especially since Evernote is an older platform and has fewer errors whereas Postach.io is brand new. However, I still encountered some problems with Evernote. One of the main issues is how you need a reliable internet connection in order to save your progress while you are writing on the platform. There have been instances where my internet connection was weak and Evernote was unable to automatically save the content therefore all the new writing would be erased as soon as the page refreshed itself. A lot of technical difficulties were experienced throughout the construction of this project, but these are a few of those issues that were most persistent.

Overall, engaging with a new and unfamiliar platform added experiential knowledge to the project. For the most part, I understood the concept of travel blogs through my experience in creating one and additional secondary research assisted in the clarification of certain grey areas in that matter. However, to manually insert the written aspect of the project onto this website I was encouraged to think more about travel blogs’ interface and design. I found the presentation of my work to have equal importance to the content itself. Pictures and the formatting of one’s writing affect the reception of the travel blog. Therefore, I was adamant about how Postach.io presents my project because I want to make the definition of travel blogs to be as clear to my audience as possible.

In conclusion, I hope this project has influenced you to think about travel blogs in a different way and to encourage you to take a closer look at how travel writing is produced in this method.