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Resources for Furloughed Federal Employees
ℹ️ If you are a federal employee or know someone affected by the government shutdown, please share this information. Many organizations, banks, and companies are offering assistance programs — from short-term loans and deferred payments to free meals and grants.
🔗 https://docs.google.com/document/d/16FIcLHDt-exSe-tTopADwUt_Wsjll5XE0vdxvaMtGdw/edit?usp=drivesdk
Substack Creators Fund
ℹ️ Substack’s Creator Accelerator Fund provides a $20 million funding guarantee aimed at helping creators grow their audience and move their paid subscribers from another subscription-based platform (Patreon, Supercast, and others).
Any U.S.-based individual creator who have a monthly recurring revenue (MRR) of at least $2,000 can apply.
Rolling Applications
🔗 https://airtable.com/appt7ro8SCRMcPAob/pagFr228zxtCS8T7K/form
NYC Photo Journeys
ℹ️ Get $10 off any photo tour, professional photoshoot, or influencer shoot with coupon code BTA10.
🔗 https://nycphotojourneys.com
Content Creators:
Free Stay at Kata Rocks in Phuket, Thailand
ℹ️ This resort is looking to collaborate with influencers.
🔗 https://www.katarocks.com/influencers
Visa for Creators
ℹ️ New program offering discounts, access to capital and more.
🔗 https://corporate.visa.com/en/audiences/creators.html
🔗 https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/innovation/creator-payments-new-wave-of-small-business.html
Grow on Youtube
ℹ️ If you want to grow on YouTube, here’s an article with ways to automate your script using Ai to save time. The author provides a list of companies with feedback from the writer. These ideas could also be implemented for free with ChatGPT.
🔗 https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/how-to-generate-ai-video-scripts#best-ai-video-script-generators
Tech Crunch Creator Economy Updates
ℹ️ This link will keep you updated on the latest updates and opportunities for creators.
🔗 https://techcrunch.com/tag/creator-economy/
Partner with Greater Palm Springs, CA
ℹ️ Greater Palm Springs is looking to partner with qualified influencers.
🔗 https://www.visitgreaterpalmsprings.com/media/influencer-collaboration-request/
Four Seasons Influencer Contact Form
ℹ️ Four Season hotels and residences are located in 47 countries and always looking to partner with creators to expand their reach.
🔗 https://press.fourseasons.com/content/fourseasons_pressroom/en/forms/influencer.html
SideWalker
ℹ️ SideWalker, a Black Travel Summit partner, offers private coaching, recorded classes and free resources for content creators.
Metricool Social Media Management
ℹ️ Metricool is a social media management and analytics platform designed to help businesses, agencies, creators, and marketers plan, publish, monitor, and analyze digital content across social media and ads
Plans vary between free and $54 a month.
🔗 https://metricool.com
Partner with Frontier Airlines
ℹ️ Frontier AIrlines is looking to partner with creators who are passionate about social media and content creation and have a love for budget-friendly travel that are over 18 years of age, a resident of the US, Caribbean, or Central America with 10k+ followers on primary social channel.
🔗 https://frontierinfluencerform.shortstack.page/fQJ5lT
BenSound
ℹ️ Bensound offers royalty-free music — primarily instrumental tracks — that creators can use in videos, podcasts, social media, presentations, or any other multimedia project.
🔗 https://www.bensound.com/free-music-for-videos
Clip Champ
ℹ️ Clipchamp is a free video editing platform that lets you easily create, edit, and share videos from your computer or browser.
🔗 https://clipchamp.com/en/video-editor/
Cakewalk
ℹ️ Cakewalk is a free digital audio workstation (DAW) — used to record, edit, mix, and produce music and sound.
🔗 Www.Cakewalk.com
Photopea
ℹ️ Photopea is a free photo editing tool that allows you to hide certain parts of an image, create transitions by merging colors or layers, and add various effects to your images.
🔗 https://www.photopea.com
Writers/Blogs:
Travel Blog Prosperity Membership
ℹ️ Your first month first month of membership is just $9 (usually $49) with coupon code BTA9 plus you’ll get a bonus list of 130 paying VIP opportunities.
🔗 https://jessieonajourney.teachable.com/p/travel-blog-prosperity
Viator
ℹ️ Viator, a Tripadvisor company, is a marketplace for travel experiences. They’re seeking roundups, guides, features, tips, and essays. Rates start at $250.
Submission Guide Link Below
🔗 https://youtu.be/Vp5UztZfG2o?si=L81duPgxRp7hZZmZ
Business Insider Call for Pitches
ℹ️ BI is looking for lifestyle travel articles with topics like Moving for love, testing out multiple cities before settling in a place and travel lessons learned/mistakes to avoid.
Rates start at $200 for 600 words
🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMsESQnRi0AmUwHAiqcPEjJ1xzFrh2AAKfeuRwIEfUDvvVqQ/viewform
Fodor’s Call for Pitches
ℹ️ This publication is seeking buzzy, zeitgeist-y, and newsworthy stories that are told with a bold voice. According to a recent pitching call, they pay $400 to $450. Email your pitch and writing clips to pitches@fodors.com.
Pitching Guidelines Link Below
🔗 /https://www.fodors.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Fodors-Pitching-Guidelines-2025.pdf
When Making Your Pitch, Here’s What Journalists Value Most
ℹ️ Learn how to the best way to pitch to journalists and writers.
🔗 https://www.prnewsonline.com/when-making-your-pitch-heres-what-journalists-value-most/
Journey by Mediavine
ℹ️ From creating content to building online communities, Journey by Mediavine is one step toward a sustainable income via ad space.
🔗 https://www.journeymv.com
Stay22
ℹ️ Stay22 is a travel tech company that offers affiliate revenue for bloggers and events when accusations are booked through the site. They recently partnered with GetYourGuide.com, a digital marketplace for tours, activities and excursions, to streamline booking revenue.
🔗 https://www.stay22.com
Matador Network
ℹ️ Writers can get free or paid trips to various locations to write or take photos for Matador.
🔗 https://matadornetwork.com/
SEO Space
ℹ️ SEOSpace is the leading Squarespace SEO plugin – trusted by 1000s globally. With keyword research, backlink analysis and monthly site scans.
7 day free trial. Prices go from free to $70 a month for pro account.
🔗 https://www.seospace.co/#pricing
Substack Creators Fund
ℹ️ Substack’s Creator Accelerator Fund provides a $20 million funding guarantee aimed at helping creators grow their audience and move their paid subscribers from another subscription-based platform (Patreon, Supercast, and others).
Any U.S.-based individual creator who have a monthly recurring revenue (MRR) of at least $2,000 can apply.
Rolling applications.
🔗 https://airtable.com/appt7ro8SCRMcPAob/pagFr228zxtCS8T7K/form
Travel Noire is Accepting Submissions
ℹ️ Have you recently gone on an unforgettable trip that you want to tell the world about? Travel Noire is now accepting travel stories from the community and wants to hear from you.
🔗 https://travelnoire.com/community-submissions
Photographers & Videographers:
Adobe Classes
ℹ️ Explore events to level up your skills, make new connections, and discover the latest tools and trends.
🔗 https://www.adobe.com/events.html
Flight Crew:
Th|AIR|apy
ℹ️ Th|AIR|apy is a non-profit organization that offers mental health support and a peer-to-peer platform for flight attendants, allowing them to access confidential help when dealing with stress or difficult situations related to their job as flight crew members.
🔗 https://getthairapy.org
Travel Pros:
10 ChatGPT prompts every Travel Advisor Should Use
ℹ️ Info below.
🔗 https://www.travelagewest.com/Industry-Insight/Business-Features/chatgpt-for-travel-agents
ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents)
ℹ️ ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents) is the world’s largest association of travel professionals. The organization focuses on industry affairs, education, consumer affairs and consumer awareness. Individual annual membership cost is $239/year.
🔗 https://www.asta.org
Insider Travel Report
ℹ️ This is a travel trade news publication with up-to-date information about the industry.
🔗 https://www.insidertravelreport.com
All Travel Pros:
Get Your Guide Affiliate Program
ℹ️ Monetize travel content via blog or social media with commissions on locally-curated tourist experiences.
🔗 https://partner.getyourguide.com/en-us/signup?partner_id=ZTA2SL0&cmp=communityreferral
Exclusive Discounts for Wojo Nairobi Coworking Spaces (Part of Accor Hotels Group)
ℹ️ Are you a Digital Nomads exploring Africa, a Tech Startup Founders, a Creative Professionals, an entrepreneur or a business owner in need of spaces for remote teams? We got you! This discount is courtesy of Melanin Travels Magic.
🔗 https://www.melanintravelsmagic.com/mtm-wojo-nairobi-coworking-space-exclusive-offer
Artlist
ℹ️ Provides creators with a subscription-based library of high-quality, royalty-free music, sound effects, stock footage, video templates, AI voiceovers, and other creative assets that can be used in video projects.
🔗 https://artlist.io
WITS Travel Creator to Entrepreneur AcceleratorTurn
ℹ️ The Creator to Entrepreneur Accelerator is a six-week intensive program designed to help travel creators transform their passion into a sustainable business.
Whether you’re looking to diversify your revenue streams, move beyond brand partnerships, or future-proof your work in the ever-changing travel industry, this program will guide you every step of the way.
To make the most of this program, you should already have a presence as a creator and be eager to transform your platform into a thriving entrepreneurial venture. Expect to dedicate approximately 5 hours per week to the accelerator, including attending live sessions, completing assignments, and engaging with the community.
This program is for those ready to invest time and energy into creating a lasting impact with their business.
$499 (Wanderful members) (discounted from $699)
$699 (non-members) (discounted from $899)
🔗 https://sheswanderful.com/accelerator
ClickUp
ℹ️ ClickUp is a FREE productivity platform that helps teams plan, organize, and collaborate on work. It’s designed to save time by bringing tasks, tools, and teams together in one place.
🔗 https://clickup.com
Untours Foundation
ℹ️ The UnTours Foundation exists to fund and support change making businesses who are solving our world’s greatest challenges by providing affordable and flexible investment capital. Untours supports small businesses that create jobs, have diverse ownership, advance economic justice, and build a regenerative economy.
🔗 https://untoursfoundation.org
Verizon’s Digital Ready Program
ℹ️ Take free classes on SEO, marketing, cyber security and more. Once you’ve completed a certain number of classes, you will also be eligible for funding.
🔗 https://digitalready.verizonwireless.com
VPN – Super Unlimited Proxy
ℹ️ The free option has worked great for me for months.
🔗 https://www.vpnsuper.com/
Tulsa Remote
ℹ️ Digital nomads and remote workers can receive a $10,000 grant to relocate to Tulsa, Oklahoma for a minimum of one year. The program also offers one-on-one support, group events and discounts for Tulsa experiences.
🔗 https://www.tulsaremote.com
Canva
ℹ️ Canva is a graphic design platform that allows users to create and share visual content. Users can create a variety of designs, including presentations, social media graphics, posters, and websites.
🔗 https://canva.com
Bliss to Abundance podcast
ℹ️ This is a podcast for growth-minded travel entrepreneurs.
🔗 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/wanderlust-campus1/episodes/Navigating-Luxury-Travel-e2jmflm
Verizon’s Digital Ready Program
ℹ️ Take free classes on SEO, marketing, cyber security and more. Once you’ve completed 5 you’re eligible for grants.
🔗 https://digitalready.verizonwireless.com/grants
25% of any Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX) Conference
ℹ️ There are three TBEX events this year in Quebec, Ireland, and Wichita, Kansas (which will also be the Travel Creator Awards Show). This discount code is good for 25% off of any of the three events.
Use our exclusive code: BTA25%
🔗 https://tbexcon.com
How to Receive Airfare Discount Alerts for Free
ℹ️ Provided by BTA founder, Kelley Woods, this free web program shares insider tips so you can save on your flights.
🔗 https://view.flodesk.com/pages/639147880352c8db92dda06c?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKW9xxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp6sYuHhmYd2LK_WH3pXTJwPjo5bfQCiEwNVTY8zP5tIzdOesLtsGyRggSr3b_aem_RK-00rfT6EhFSWI-apY0Fw
ChatGPT Prompts for Pitching
ℹ️ Offered for free from BTA founder Colby Holiday, here’s 24 ChatGPT Prompts to help you pitch to travel brands.
🔗 https://cdn.beacons.ai/user_content/KufJ5TQ746OOJhmDhtK1Brgn3932/store_files/edf34548-1016-4ba0-b94d-3f49468ad5e0__0854125f-4a9a-4ebe-bbd6-f0f69267beb2.pdf?t=1730646411456
Metricool Social Ad Spend Survey
ℹ️ Metricool analyzed how brands spent $188M on social media advertising and here are the results.
🔗 https://metricool.com/wp-content/uploads/Social-Ads-Study-2025-EN.pdf
Careers for Creatives
ℹ️ The Creative Collective is on a mission to provide community, resources and events for Black and Brown Creatives.
🔗 https://theccnyc.com/creativecareers?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKtY6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp9hcWrDQGqA6BP8rusxFMsBtcDLcpg2eG8pVNDCk47TRSgS33Oo2WPz2DpA5_aem_CbProYQLUhKNVIWyPIgK3Q#spotlight
TraveMedia
ℹ️ TravMedia is a global media network and online news portal specifically for the travel industry that facilitates networking and communication between journalists, content creators, and public relations professionals.
Free but approval is required.
🔗 www.travmedia.com
Google Trends
ℹ️ Google Trends is a powerful, free-to-access tool for content ideation, helping creators identify trending topics and audience interests in real time.=
🔗 https://trends.google.com/trends/
Pixabay
ℹ️ Pixabay offers a large collection of free stock photos, videos, illustrations, music, and sound effects.
🔗 https://pixabay.com
Partner with DriveShop
ℹ️ DriveShop specializes in matching automotive experts and leading lifestyle influencers with the right brand and model vehicle.
🔗 https://www.driveshop.com/
Free Swim Classes
ℹ️ Swim 1922 was created by Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority to provide opportunities for youth and adults within the African-American community to learn water safety in general and swimming specifically.
🔗 https://www.sgrho1922.org/SGR/sgr/Service/Swim_1922_In_Partnership_With_USA_Swimming.aspx
Wayfair Creator Program
ℹ️ Be a part of the Wayfair Creator Program where you can earn while sharing your favorite home decor products.
🔗 https://influencers.wayfair.com/connect/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=TGA+++Wayfair+%7C+Creator+Leads+%7C+Sign+Ups&utm_content=Video+1&utm_id=120230659312360177&utm_term=120230659312390177&fbclid=PAdGRleANjp1lleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqyUl9KRc8QGnKpuaSrFmt6DO1biVqVFdi3m1DsfKgb903X0FiLO-IN8Cd6-5YuRrE3QWpEg_aem_7uQwFGr0UWnR73_yfj-hpg#start
Submit Your Work for the Telly Awards
ℹ️ The Telly Awards recognise excellence in video and television across all screens
Final entry deadline is 2.20.26.
🔗 https://www.tellyawards.com/
Resources for Furloughed Federal Employees
ℹ️ Many organizations, banks, and companies are offering assistance programs — from short-term loans and deferred payments to free meals and grants.
🔗 https://docs.google.com/document/d/16FIcLHDt-exSe-tTopADwUt_Wsjll5XE0vdxvaMtGdw/edit?usp=drivesdk