YouTube is currently one of the most visited platforms when it comes to travel content. While blogs are where people go to find itineraries and other details about a trip or a destination, YouTube is where they turn for informational travel video and beautiful visuals.
There are a lot of reasons to make travel videos too. Even when you are just a casual traveller, producing an incredible travel video could land you anything from a free trip to thousands in advertising revenue. Here are some of the best tips you can use to get started.
Tell a Story
Forget about filing your travel video with beauty shots. People may be amazed by gorgeous shots of epic destinations, but what they are really looking for is a good story. You can be very personal when telling stories about your trip; in fact, a good, personalized story is what will set your video apart from the thousands of other travel videos.
Let’s say you are visiting Dubai on an extended trip. Anyone can visit Dubai and make a travel video. What you want to do is stick with your unique perspective and tell a personalized story. Use cool visuals to further advance your story and keep the audience glued to their screens.
Make sure you have a few shots of you speaking into the camera; this is something that a lot of people would be interested in – they can get normal visuals anywhere online. Tell your audience where you are going or what you are doing, and introduce others as well.
Add Drone Shots!
Drone shots are more of a necessity than an option when it comes to making travel videos today. Of course, not every traveller owns a drone, like DJI Mini 2, and can take stunning shots using one. Although I do recommend checking a good drone buying guide, or even getting a drone under 200 dollars