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Take 20% off EVERYTHING in our "Get Paid to Travel" library of products.

For the remainder of August -- through Labor Day, September 1, 2008 -- we're discounting the whole kit and caboodle by 20%.

These resources put the best travel opportunities in the world within your grasp. And they show you how you can easily, quickly, and enjoyably grab them.

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Photography Programs

Travel Programs

Writing Programs


Turn Your Pictures into Cash: A Comprehensive Program in Taking and Selling Amazing Photographs

Can You Take a Simple Photograph?

If yes, you could make $200-$2,000 a week taking snap shots in your own backyard… on your family vacations… or anywhere in the world you care to travel. 

You don't need fancy equipment. And you don't need to know a thing about photography to get started.  You don't even have to quit your day job (if you don't want to, that is).  Most photographers I know are turning a picture here and a snapshot there into an extra $150...$400...even $800 in their spare time.

Click here to turn your pictures into cash.


The Ultimate Summer Photo Guide: 70 Easy Tips for Taking Amazing Photographs this Summer

Discover super-easy tips for taking your best summer photos ever. Tips that reveal how to:

• Take heart-stopping portraits of people, pets and wildlife

• Take the perfect photo outdoors-using Mother Nature's lighting for best results

• Capture amazing shots of the beach and even underwater shots too

• Take the best firework shots... shots so good, they sizzle in print

With these tips, you'll even shock yourself with how good your photos look.

Click here to learn more about this great guide!


How to Look 10 Years Younger and 20 Pounds Lighter in Every Photo You Take

Want to look like a star in every photo you take? Appear slimmer, younger, healthier, and more natural whenever that camera flash goes off?

With this new e-report, you’ll learn tips like how to pose, what to wear, what colors to choose, and how to use lighting to your advantage in your photographs as well as pro Photoshop techniques to conceal any imperfections you/your subject may have.

Whether you’re doing the photographing, the posing – or both – this report unlocks the secrets to more flattering photographs for everyone!

Click here to access this report today!


The Ultimate Holiday Photo Guide: 83 Quick Tips for Taking the Best Holiday Photographs Ever

In just 23 short minutes you can learn to snap expert-quality family portraits and transform standard-issue Thanksgiving dinner shots into pictures you’ll pass down from generation to generation.

You’ll also learn the best techniques for photographing kids in the snow, opening presents, giving Grandma a kiss… and you’ll walk away with amazing photographs of holiday lights, fireworks and more…

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Photo Tip Cards: The Next-Best Thing to Your Own Personal Photo Expert

Wouldn't it be nice if you had an expert to look over your shoulder when you snapped pictures? You know, somebody who could tell you, "Hey, change that f-stop for a much better shot." or "That'll come out quite nicely if you focus on something farther away."

We can ship you a set of our Photo Tip Cards. These pocket-sized "cheat sheets" will ensure you get the best possible pictures all the time.

Sunsets, beaches, people, sports, waterfalls -- whatever you're shooting, just grab the card for that situation and it'll tell you which camera settings to use, what to look for, the pitfalls to avoid, and exactly how to get the best images.

Click here to start taking great, saleable photographs.


Money-Making Travel Photography:Train Yourself to Take Saleable Photos in 15 Minutes or Less

Photos can be a remarkably strong sales tool when you’re approaching an editor with a story. They can significantly increase your chances of getting published (and earning extra income) — that is, if you know how to take the kinds of photos editors like.

In Money-Making Travel Photography you’ll find out the simplest and best camera to take with you (you don't want to be lugging a trunk full of equipment)... ways to take saleable shots of overly photographed places… how to photograph people... and more.

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An AWAI Exclusive... Pet Photography DVDs with Ren Netherland and Shelly Perry

In this three-part DVD series, you'll learn to combine your love of animals with the ease of digital photography to turn your snapshots into cash:

You'll Discover:

  • How to use a pet "handler" to get your dog to sit still
  • Incredibly easy photo editing techniques that make any photographer look like an expert
  • How to fix a dog's eyes and hair in Photoshop
  • How to work with light to get professional quality portraits
  • How to sell your portraits for stock

Learn how to turn people's urge to pamper their pets into a profitable income-earner that's not just fun, but lucrative, too...

Click here to get started now.


AWAI's Loyalty Club

Have fun this year, next year, and every year for the rest of your life.

And -- hey -- get a great deal while you're at it.

Join Loyalty Club today and you'll get:

** One FREE-admission pass to any one of our "Ultimate Series" Workshops

** Big discounts on all our photography and travel writing expeditions (up to $1,400 off)

** Plus half-price products for life...

You'll find all the advantages to being a part of our Loyalty Club here.


Travel Around the World: How to Design, Book, and Enjoy the Ultimate Adventure… and Even Make it Pay for Itself

Want to Take a Trip Around the World?

This report includes contact details for ticket brokers, step-by-step instructions for planning your trip, packing lists, and a list of destinations where the U.S. dollar still goes a long way... so the money you save on airfare could potentially fund the whole rest of your trip.

Learn more about booking cheap around-the-world tickets by clicking here.


Travel Better for Less 101 Secrets for Traveling Well (And Even Getting Paid to Do It)

Start living it up like a world traveler with this report!

In it, you'll learn valuable travel and money-saving tips like:

  • How to get your passport - FAST...
  • How to Avoid jet-lag... even on the longest long-haul...
  • How to get around hotel phone surcharges...
  • How to get a good deal on your rental car...

...and much more!

Gain access to the full list of helpful travel tips here.


The Lucrative Traveler’s Import/Export CDs

Want to Turn a Passion for Travel into Profit?

Turn your “mini shopping excursions” abroad into a business with our Lucrative Traveler’s Import/Export cds! Learn the secret behind making your travels lucrative adventures and turning your trips into instant tax write-offs today!

Go here to start funding your travels today.


How to Bag the Best Freebies: 5 Real-World Tips for Scoring VIP Travel Perks...

Imagine exploring the globe on somebody else's dollar... touring places not yet spoiled by madding crowds... exploring foreign lands where you can still feel like a traveler, not a tourist... enjoying a life most people only dream of... and getting all kinds of perks and freebies while you're at it.

Learn how to work the system and enjoy a five-star lifestyle with this e-report full of travel industry secrets today!

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How To Get a First Class Seat -- For Less -- On Most Every Flight You Take

Deals exist, if you know how to find them. In fact, there are 7 insider secrets that will have you flying up front, for less -- secrets that many airline reservationists and travel agents may never tell you.

If you plan to fly anywhere in the next 12 months -- whether it’s for business or pleasure -- you need to read this report immediately... while the information is up-to-date. After all, why fly in cramped-up coach... when you could fly in luxury without paying top dollar for it?

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The Ultimate Travel Writer's Program

The cornerstone of AWAI's Travel Writer Program is The Ultimate Travel Writer's Program where you'll learn -- at your own pace, wherever and whenever you wish -- every technique, every secret, everything there is to know about how to turn an idea into a publishable piece... get what you've written into print... and then get paid for it...

This program includes:

  • A 330 page comprehensive self-study guide that includes seven travel article templates you can model for your own articles.
  • Bonus Guide -- Money-Making Travel Photography: Train Yourself to Take Saleable Photo in 15 Minutes or Less

Click here to read more about the benefits travel writers enjoy.


Couldn't Join Us in San Francisco this year for Our Annual Ultimate Travel Writer's Workshop?

It's not too late to get every one of the secrets, techniques, and real-world advice our experts delivered...

Jump-start your travel writing career now and enjoy the rest of the summer, fall, and winter on your own terms ... with our 2008 Workshop-At-Home Package.

Order today and receive 6 FREE reports!


Steenie’s Little Shortcut: Write Less, Double Your Sales

An Unbelievably Easy Way to Turn Your Travel Adventures at Home into Huge Bucks Overseas

With the decline in value of the US dollar, more and more foreigners are traveling to the United States on the cheap... so, naturally, foreign publications are covering more and more US destinations.

And they’re looking for insider coverage. Exactly the sort of thing you can easily provide.

It’s not only fun to write about places you know well… but, when you sell to publications outside the States, it can be incredibly lucrative, too.

Go here for details!


Breaking into Airline In-flight Magazines:

Secrets, Tips, and Tactics to Quickly and Easily Crack one of the Industry’s Most Lucrative (and Glamorous) Markets

Ready to start living the extraordinary lifestyle travel writers enjoy – traveling with VIP treatment… even vacationing compliments of the house… and then getting paid to write about it!

Click here to learn more about getting started in this lucrative market!


Get Paid to Eat Well… All Over the World

Love to Travel? Love to Eat? Want to get paid to do both?

As the “food trend” gains more and more popularity these days, food –- and the dining experience as a whole—has taken on a more important role in travel coverage everywhere!

And not to be blunt: But if you're not including food in your travel articles, you're missing out big time. Because this is one of those niches where the freelance action is "hot."

Get a jump-start with our new food writing program titled, Get Paid to Eat: How to Quickly and Easily Break into Food Writing and Turn Your Dining Adventures into Cash. In it, you’ll get all the secrets about writing for this growing niche– what to look for, the questions to ask, formulas for writing well about food and dining—and much more!

Click here to get started today!


Join the International Travel Writers & Photographers Alliance (ITWPA) Today!

Want to turn your travel dreams into a reality—fast? Gain all the resources you need to start exploring, writing, snapping pictures, (and positioning yourself for benefits) with membership in the ITWPA.

Gain the look of a “pro” when you join this network of professional travel writers and photographers today and start benefiting from all of the perks and advice members receive!

Click here to learn how membership can benefit you!


GET PAID TO TRAVEL

Right now, you could be enjoying a week at a tiny hotel on a small Caribbean island, relaxing on a fine stretch of white sand, listening to the palms rustle overhead... for FREE. In fact, you could be getting paid to do it.

If you've always dreamed of far-flung travels... on someone else's dime... then this is your opportunity to make it happen.

I'll show you how you can get started -- and reveal to you real-world strategies to access this lifestyle -- for less than $20

Click here to get started now.


Computer Basics for Writers and Photographers

FINALLY! A Concise, Easy-To-Understand “How To” Guide Written Specifically for Writers and Photographers

As a writer or photographer all you really need is a layman’s knowledge of how to turn on and use your computer plus a reliable and accurate reference guide to keep on your shelf should a problem arise.

Introducing -- Computer Basics for Writers and Photographers.

• Need to resize a photo? No problem, turn to page 121.

• Want to insert pictures into your travel article so an editor can see the complete package? Turn to page 129.

• Getting frustrated because your computer keeps freezing and forcing you to reboot? Flip to page 135.

• Think you have a virus? Read page 137.

• Can’t find instructions for getting pictures off your camera and on to your computer? See page 89.

… and that’s just for starters.

Go here to learn more.


The Writer's Tax Guide: A Money-Saving Manual for Travel Writers and Other Freelancers

Find out where you can save... what the IRS really needs to know... how to make the most of those deductions for travel, meals, entertainment, home office, and more.

This guide also includes practical worksheets you can use to make sure you're paying as little as possible to Uncle Sam. 

Here's what others have to say about the guide.


The Business of Writing Guide: A Practical Guide for Travel Writers (and Other Freelancers) Ready to Turn Words into Profits

This guide includes everything you need to know about the business of writing.

Learn how to find the best story ideas and places to publish them…how and when to follow up with an editor…what you need to know about buying rights, contracts, and agreements…how to use syndication to increase your exposure and boost your earnings... and more.

Click here for a complete table of contents.