1875“The other day I read an interview," says Melvin Boecher, who runs the excellent travel website Travel Dudes. "I can’t even remember who that was, maybe Steve Jobs or someone like that. The guy said this. For me it’s very similar with travel blogging.

"A lot of people are trying to be professional travel bloggers and it looks so easy, to have a website, to write something, to take photos. But to make an actual living out of it is so tough.

“I would always recommend to stick to it, have passion for it. It’s hard, but it’s possible.”

Taken in Porto, Portugal during the TBU travel blogging conference.