Freelance Travel Writer

Lionbridge; United States; Remote; USD 20,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Lionbridge is seeking experienced, travel-focused freelance writers to produce engaging, SEO-optimized travel articles, destination guides and listicles. You will research destinations thoroughly, write original content, and collaborate with editorial teams to ensure accuracy and search performance.

Applicants should have 3+ years of travel writing, strong editing skills, and the ability to work independently with tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of travel writing experience.
• Original, plagiarism-free content with AI hybrid support.
• Strong SEO writing and content strategy knowledge.
• Native English (US or UK) with excellent editing.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Research destinations thoroughly for accuracy.
• Write travel articles and destination guides.
• Apply SEO best practices with keywords and links.
• Edit and proofread for tone and grammar.

Skills

Travel writing experience

SEO writing

Research skills

Editing

Storytelling

Independent work

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Looking for travel writers!

We are seeking an experienced travel-focused freelance writers with a proven background in creating engaging, well-researched, and SEO-optimized content. You'll work closely with our editorial teams to produce articles, listicles, destination guides, and other content that are both accurate and optimized for search performance.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting thorough research to gather accurate and relevant information about travel destinations.
• Write original, high-quality travel articles and destination guides.
• Apply SEO best practices, including keyword integration and hyperlinking.
• Edit and proofread content to ensure accuracy, tone, and grammatical excellence.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of proven experience in travel writing or related content creation.
• Ability to write 100% human, original, and plagiarism-free content. But also, a high-level of comfort using AI tools. For some content we use a hybrid AI assisted, human edited model.
• Strong understanding of SEO writing principles and digital content strategy.
• Exceptional research, storytelling, and editing skills.
• Native level command of English (US or UK) (both written and verbal).
• Extremely detail oriented and ability to follow complex instructions.
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines.

Posted by: Lisa M. Collard, Program Manager of Global Content, Lionbridge