
16 Best Blogging Tools to Improve and Perfect Your Travel Blog
Building a travel blog can be fun and rewarding. Below are some of the best tools athat you can use to help you build, grow and monitze your blog.
1. Content Creation & Writing
Grammarly – AI-powered grammar and style checker.
Hemingway Editor – Improves readability and clarity.
ChatGPT (or Claude AI) – Helps brainstorm ideas, outlines, and drafts. The ChatGPT app is also very good for using as an AI checker to keep AI content creation to a minimun especially when outsioursing content writes and journalists.
TravelFeed
2. SEO & Keyword Research
Ahrefs (or SEMrush) – Best for keyword research and backlink analysis. Both programsa are on the expensive side but are well worth it to spy on competitors and find low hanging fruit as far as what to blog about.
Google Keyword Planner – Free keyword tool by Google Ads.I feel that this powerful tool is underused. MAke sure to check it out
Yoast SEO (WordPress plugin) – Optimizes posts for SEO. All in One SEO is another free good plug-in option. PS - They both also offer paid versions.
3. Blogging Platforms & CMS
WordPress – Most flexible CMS for blogging.
Ghost – Lightweight, SEO-friendly alternative.
Medium – Great for reaching an existing audience.
4. Design & Visuals
Canva – Easy graphic design for featured images, infographics, and social media.
Unsplash/Pexels – Free high-quality stock photos.
Remove.bg – Instantly removes image backgrounds.
5. Performance & Analytics
Google Analytics – Tracks blog traffic and user behavior. Another great free alternative to Analyics is Statcounter.com
Google Search Console – Monitors search performance and indexing.This is an important hub for Google to communicate site issues with webmasters anbd site owners.
Hotjar – Heatmaps & user session recordings.
6. Monetization & Growth
Ezoic (or Mediavine/AdThrive) – Ad revenue optimization.
ConvertKit – Email marketing for bloggers.
Travelpayouts (for affiliate links – hotels, flights, tours).
Bonus: Must-Have Travel Apps
Polarsteps – Auto-tracks your trips.This is a very cool app to plan and track your trips with their exclusive itineray builder. You can also turn your adventures into a travel book that you can sell and monitize.
XE Currency – Real-time exchange rates.
Google Translate – Helps with language barriers.