Travel Features

For many national and international publications.

“Victoria Trott has written freelance material for the award-winning travel pages of The Weekend Australian national broadsheet newspaper since 2013 and is a valued and reliable contributor.” Susan Kurosawa, Associate Editor (Travel), The Australian

Guidebooks

Written and updated more than 30 guidebooks for international brands including The AA, Berlitz, Cool Places, Fodor’s, Frommer’s, Insight, Rough Guides and Thomas Cook. My specialist countries are France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain and Wales.

“I commissioned and edited Victoria for the Rough Guide to Languedoc & Roussillon and Belgium & Luxembourg titles. Victoria was a dream to work with, submitting clean, concise, well-researched copy on time and to word count.” Neil McQuillian, former Commissioning Editor, Rough Guides

Copywriting

Extensive experience of copywriting, including content for Brittany Tourism’s website and promo copy for Visit Wales for Wanderlust magazine.

“This really hits the brief, which is fantastic.” Rosie Fitzgerald, Special Features Editor, Wanderlust

Public Relations

Prior to travel writing, I worked in PR for more than 10 years - both in-house and agency, public and private sector. I am an alumnus of Cardiff University’s School of Journalism’s Postgraduate Diploma in Public & Media Relations and in 2021 I refreshed my skills by studying for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ Professional Certificate in Public Relations.

“I've had the pleasure of working with Victoria as a colleague in university PR departments, and in more recent years she has worked for Weltch Media as an associate consultant. Vicky is an excellent writer, able to sniff out the story and turn it into first-rate copy. She is also a highly talented photographer, and her impressive travel-writing credits speak for themselves.” Andrew Weltch, MD, Weltch Media

Media Training

Training tourism businesses and PRs in how to work with - and get into - the travel media.

“It’s important that our whole media team know how to pitch well, how to write engaging copy and land a story. A day with Victoria where no question is a silly question was the perfect training to hone our team’s skills.” Vicki Spencer-Francis, MD, Cowshed PR

Coaching and Mentoring

Qualified life coach, most recently commissioned by Talking Travel Writing in partnership with the British Guild of Travel Writers to mentor a budding travel writer.

“Victoria demystified travel writing for me. She broke down best practice and idea generation, gave me feedback on my own ideas and an example pitch, and boosted my confidence with her encouragement. I feel much more capable of coming up with good pitches, and I have the insight to understand how to support myself as a writer in this industry. Victoria made the travel industry feel accessible to me, and her reassurance was so helpful in a time when I didn’t believe I could do it.” Julia M-R