Travel Guidebook

Business Idea: Write A Travel Guidebook in 2024

Updated: October 2nd, 2024

Avg Monthly Revenue
$7.6K
Avg Startup Costs
$11.7K
Market Size
Avg Revenue
Avg Days To Build
45 days

Every travel destination offers a unique experience. Are you passionate about traveling and exploring new locations? You can translate unique experiences into something tangible for other travelers by writing a travel guidebook.

A travel guidebook explains to travelers different things about the destination, including:

  • What is there to do
  • What and where to eat
  • How to get around
  • Where to stay

If you are enthusiastic about your local neighborhoods and townships, you can share a lot of information and market them as ideal travel locations.

Revenue & Profitability

How much do travel guidebooks make?

Examples Of Successful Travel Guidebooks

Successful travel guidebook businesses and case studies

TravelMamas.com founder Colleen Lanin shares how she turned a family travel blog into a business that generates $15K in monthly revenue through ad network sales, affiliate sales, sponsored posts, book sales, public speaking appearances, and media campaigns.

$15K Monthly Revenue
$1.5K Startup Costs
Read by 8,009 founders

Learn how a writer and tour guide turned her niche knowledge of the Spanish island of La Palma into a successful book business, earning ⅓ of her modest income through sales of her self-published guide book to the island's astronomical observatory and other publications, often selling directly to observatory visitors and other outlets, and how the books promote her income-earning work.

$200 Monthly Revenue
Read by 6,632 founders

See full list of successful travel guidebooks.