Travel conferences are incredible opportunities for bloggers, influencers, and content creators. These events bring together tourism boards, travel brands, and fellow creators, creating valuable space for networking, learning, and building lasting relationships that can elevate your travel brand to the next level. From hands-on workshops and expert-led panels to meaningful conversations and one-on-one meetings with brands, they provide the inspiration, education, and connections you need to turn your passion for travel into a thriving business—while staying up to date on the latest travel trends.

If you’re serious about growing as a travel blogger, content creator, or influencer, attending a travel conference can be a smart investment. The networking and exposure you will get often outweigh the cost — especially when you approach the event with clear goals in mind. Whether you are there to learn, meet new connections, or explore potential parterships, travel conferences offer valuable benefits including a real opportunity to build lasting relationships within the industry.

Note that this event is not open to the general public and is only open to travel professionals. For influencers to attend, they must be considered travel journalists, digital publishers, or content creators/influencers with a strong editorial focus. They typically need to have a blog, YouTube channel or publication, a media kit with audience stats and reach, examples of past travel coverage, and a clear plan for post-event coverage to get approved.

Here are some ways influencers can attend:

• Being hosted or invited by a toursim board/DMO

• Partnering with a travel brand or destination that has a booth or presence at IPW

• Register under an organization

• Submit an application - you must be well-established with a large international reach or high-value audeiince that can demonstrated influence beyone social metrics

Here are a few things WITS offers:

• Beginner Bootcamp (add-on)

• Educational workshops and panel presentations

• Training sessions with professionals (add-ons)

• Media Marketplace - pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with brands and destinations

• Tours, meetups, and FAM trips

Pro Tip: If you plan to attend, purchase your ticket early—WITS offers discounted early-bird pricing. Wanderful Creator Members also receive an additional discount, making membership well worth it. Members gain access to valuable community resources, educational webinars, special events, member chats and discussion boards, travel advice, writing and travel opportunities, exclusive deals, and more

TravelCon is widely recognized in the travel industry as a flagship conference for travel content creators—offering far more than a typical creator meetup. It serves as a true business and networking hub, connecting creators with brands and tourism boards/DMOs. By recently partnering with the Travel Goods Association (TGA), TravelCon expanded its reach and has now positioned itself within one of the largest and most influential travel conferences in the U.S.

Designed specifically with creators in mind, TravelCon focuses on helping attendees build successful, sustainable travel businesses through masterclasses, educational sessions, networking events, one-on-one meetups with brands and destinations, and FAM trips.

The information below is designed to help you choose which conferences align with your goals and are the best fit for you.

• TBEX, IPW, and VidCon are better for more established creators and can feel overwhelming due to its size, and Travel CreatorsX is more industry driven making it not ideal.

Side-by-Side Comparison of Conferences

Southern Travelers Explore

• Strong emphasis on Southern destinations

• Smaller intimate setting

• Good access to DMOs and tourism boards.

Travel CreatorsX

• Better for creators than bloggers

• Heavy focus on short-form videos and reels like Instagram and TikTok

• Good if you’re actively monetizing content

TravelCon

• Good for bloggers and creators at all levels

• Focuses on education e.g. SEO, blogging, monetization

• Great for strengthening your business foundation

TBEX

• Strong focus on content quality and storytelling

• Often held internationally

• Great for destination partnerships

VidCon

• Best for video creators - YouTubers, TikTokers

• Huge conference that is not just travel-specific

• Video-first strategy

• Not great if you are focused on travel partnerships

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