updated on November 7th, 2017
Love to travel and want to share your tips and stories? Ready to get started? We’ve put this guide together to help you get through the initial steps of registering a domain, setting up hosting, installing WordPress, analytics, and getting yourself a professional, custom email address. If you want to set up a travel blog for personal or business reasons, the tutorials below are required steps that anyone will need to take and will get you to the starting point.
What this is: This is a technical guide to help new travel bloggers navigate the intimidating first steps on their way to blogging.
What this isn’t: A guide to quit your job and make thousands of dollars in a couple months with a travel blog.
All of that sound good? Awesome, let’s get started!
Setup Topics
If you’re just beginning to set up a travel blog, I recommend following each of these topics in order. If you have any questions, please comment or hit us up on social media! We’re happy to help.
- Begin Step 1 – How to Register a Domain with GoDaddy
- Begin Step 2 – Setting Up Hosting with HostGator
- Begin Step 3 – Installing WordPress on HostGator
- Begin Step 4 – Adding an SSL Certificate from HostGator
- Begin Step 5 – Installing a Theme from ThemeForest
- Begin Step 6 – Installing Google Analytics
- Begin Step 7 – Adding Google Search Console
- Begin Step 8 – Getting a Custom Email Address with G Suite