What We Learned at the Women In Travel Summit | #WITS17

 

DO: Bring business cards, ask questions, take notes, network, make friends, meet people, and follow them on social media immediately! You can even do it in front of them. It helps to remember those people even better and strengthen your relationship!

DON’T: Be a wallflower. Conferences can be overwhelming and stressful because they are crowded and the schedules are crazy. It’s easy to make one friend and stick with that person the entire time. Especially after a full day of meetings, networking, and speakers all you want to do is go back to your room to relax BUT don’t. Push yourself outside of your comfort zone to network and meet people, meet different people, meet all the people! There’s usually an after hours dinner or networking event and make yourself go! Trust me, you’ll have fun and it’ll be worth it.

The main point of these conferences besides learning about how to excel in the industry is networking. It’s the perfect place to network with not only brands but other travel writers and bloggers. I love getting to meet everyone and making those connections. It’s nice to be around like minded people. So I’ve asked these new friends to share something they learned from WITS17!

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“WITS is truly the most amazing congregation of wanderful women, vivacious vagabonds, and terrific travelers.  We all share a common love for adventure in new uncharted territories.  I loved the connections as much as I loved the sessions.  I had the added responsibility of closing out this amazing conference as a keynote presenter.  I based the outline of my presentation on the oft-quoted JRR Tolkein line, “Not all those who wander are lost.”  I shared my entrepreneurial journey of both being driven to get somewhere and sometimes feeling hopelessly lost.”  

Valisha K Bogart / @LionessTravelCo

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So take it from me and the advice of these lovely travel bloggers, it is a great idea to attend this conference! You will learn, network, and grow into more of the writer you want to be and possibly reach the goals you never thought you could once achieve. I had an awesome time and strongly encourage you to attend.

Have you ever attended this conference or something like it? Have any advice, tips, or takeaways? If so, we would love to hear from you in the comments section below!