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Daily Inspiration:
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- Proceed as if success is inevitable.
- Practice the skills you learn. Apply yourself to the basics and surround yourself with like-minded people.
- If hate wasn’t possible it would make love that much easier.
- Focus on simply doing things with love.
- Food speaks a universal language.
- Visualize your way to the top and be willing to put in the work for your business.
- If you wait for something that inspires you, you could be waiting for years. The solution is just to start working.
- Travel is the fast-track to the university of life.
- There is no reason why we have to be cookie cutter versions of who we are.
- If you work at it, you’re only bound to grow.
- Work for your dreams.
- It’s a real skill to stay optimistic and persevere no matter which obstacles come across your way.
- I truly believe that we can be, do and have anything we want when it’s aligned with our passions and we take action.
- We tend to forget about what’s on our doorstep and sometimes all it takes is a few hours in a car or on a train to discover a new, beautiful place.
- The best thing you can do is keep shooting.
- Listen to advice, but listen closer to yourself.
- The freedom to be able to think of anything and turn it into a reality is very inspiring.
- it’s important to try everything, you won’t know what kind of photographer you are until you try it.
- Leave the busy-ness and monotony of everyday life behind, get rid of our barriers, and experience every moment to its fullest.
- There won’t be another photographer like you.
- Don’t be afraid for people to see your weaknesses – flaws make us human and most artists, and people, are not perfect.
- It’s not about having time. It’s about making time.
- Photography helps us focus on the world around us.
- Just do you and give people something interesting to talk about.
- Everything that’s worthwhile takes effort and devotion.
- Use your talent to express what you sometimes can’t do with words, just know that it takes time and patience.
- There’s always another adventure around the corner.
- Creativity can solve anything, you just need to be willing and open-minded. The rest will follow.
- Don’t try to be perfect; just try your best.
- Pursue passions with reckless abandonment.
- Sometimes as artists, we feel trapped. So, free your mind. It’s time to go.
- Travel promotes new outlooks, helps you build character, and gives you incredible experiences that can change your life.
- Stand out by being true to yourself and authentic to your craft.
- Stay relevant by constantly evolving, growing, and changing to do better.
- Gain inspiration from those around you but never let them bring you down.
- Learn the business and don’t burn bridges.
- Keep your niche original but don’t stop evolving, don’t copy other people and keep your aesthetic on check.
- The best part of photography is the opportunity to spend time outside without an agenda.
- Realize your potential and understand that the blueprint for success is your own passion for what you want to do.
- The biggest hurdle is beginning.
- The best things in life are placed just beyond terror.
- Don’t let other people’s opinions affect your decisions, do whatever you feel and make what you want to hear.
- Success is helping people achieve their goals.
- Stay true to yourself and your audience.
- Travel inspires photography.
- The strongest and most motivational people are around you when going to work or the store every day.
- Stay authentic, inspired, and driven.
- There’s always another adventure around the corner.
- The best photo is the one you’ll take tomorrow.
- You can’t just like it, you have to love it.
- Create your own style and identity. Leave your own unique mark in this world.
- Fashion is the best version of you.
- True success is a ripple effect into areas beyond your reach.
- Photography has a start, but there is no end. There always is and forever will be room for self-improvement in photography.
- You can create the best things when you are pushed to think outside the box.
- A great creative needs to understand the tools of creation.
- It’s all about continuously working, creating, and improving.
- Find inspiration in all things.
- Food can inspire people to live a healthier life.
- Never stop creating, whether it’s paid or not.
- Life is more fun when you can break out from your comfort zone and dabble into a life of uncertainty.
- Photography gives you that platform to showcase your voice to the world in a visual way.
- Real life is so beautiful and the inspiration to be found there is so abundant and endless.
- Through food, we have the ability to taste tradition.
- Be real. Be raw. Be original.
- Discipline determines your destiny.
- The bigger the sacrifice the better the reward.
- Traveling is the best education and it always broadens one’s horizon.
- It’s about capturing moments that are gone forever.
- Belief is a compass to help you navigate hardships along your path.
- Even if it’s not obvious at the time, every experience plays a role in making the next project a success.
- Believe in your work and it’ll speak back to you.
- Photography if done right can show us how similar we are as humans, no matter where we’re from.
- Everything around us can become a source of inspiration.
- With the right time-management tactics, intensity and vision – you can do it all.
- Some people ride waves, others create waves, you decide what type of person you want to be.
- Money will grow back, memories will not.
- We acquire the strength we have overcome.
- Present your best self. When people don’t know you, you can always be who you want to be.
- Always remember the best camera you have is the one you have on you.
- If you’re not haunted by something, as by a dream, a vision, or a memory, which are involuntary, you’re not interested or even involved.
- Keep your niche original but don’t stop evolving, don’t copy other people and keep your aesthetic on check.
- No one else can be you and that is a beautiful thing.
- Most importantly, go after your dreams no matter what it takes.
- Photographing the world means always bringing a camera.
- Vision is like a foreign language and photography is the translation.
- Leave your own unique mark in this world.
- Find a good balance between consistency but also “thinking out of the box”.
- Good photographers take photos, great photographers make the photos.
- The biggest hurdle is beginning. Try not to think of everything at once!
- Just keep creating.
- Understand your strengths and weaknesses.
- Learn what you like and don’t like.
- Stretching, training and challenging your brain is just as doing the same for your body.
- Do whatever you feel and make whatever you want to hear.
- You can be selfish – do what you want.
- There is a lot of technical “right and wrong” ways to do things, but at the end of the day it’s your art.
- You can’t make great progress all at once.
- It’s really all about having interest in what you do.
- Have passion for your work and compassion for all human beings.
- Don’t waste your time or time will waste you.
- In leaving what you know, there’s the chance to live free from judgement.
- Don’t rush art. Don’t rush life.
- Success is using technology to contribute to a healthier, more informed society.
- Cooking at its core is comprehensive meditation with the assurance of a good, healthy meal as the reward.
- You are manipulating your own reality and capturing it to show to the world in your own interpretation.
- Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.
- This is a fun journey, but plenty of work at all times.
- Change the hearts and minds of those who feel that destruction is greater than creation.
- There is beauty in the present moment.
- Strip free of belongings; you don’t realize how much belongings weigh you down until you free yourself of them.
- Our family of four from Australia has a deep love of America and a willingness to explore and share that with our global online community that extends into the millions.
- When I travel, I look to be comfortable and feel attended wherever I go.
- I get the biggest kick out of empowering others by turning them on to the healthy, affordable, diverse and delicious dishes they can make for themselves!
- Traveling made me realize just how vast the world is, and gave me a much better perspective of life.
- Remove yourself from family and friends because when people expect you to be who you always were, there’s little room to grow and change.
- Traveling has taught me to take things day by day.
- Being That Adventurer is all about going off the beaten path, living with locals and discovering the real side of a country.
- Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.
- There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
Who We Are
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Ever since company founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler stapled together their first guidebook after an epic trip across Asia, Lonely Planet has put travellers at the heart of everything we do, informing and inspiring them with trusted content for print and digital from experts who visit every destination.
We publish travel guides, ebooks, phrasebooks, a range of gift, food and children’s titles, and a magazine.
Online
Our award-winning website gives you the tools to plan your next trip: in-depth information on destinations; inspiring ideas on what to see and do; the Thorn Tree forum to connect with other travellers; and travel guides and other products in our shop.
Responsibility
Lonely Planet believes that responsible travel can be a force for good. As a company, the only thing we want to do more than explore the world is protect it for future generations of travellers.
Our story
The story of the world’s most iconic travel guides begins with Tony and Maureen Wheeler’s overland odyssey from London to Australia, an adventure that prompted them to publish their first guidebook – Across Asia on The Cheap – and found Lonely Planet.
1973
The Wheelers publish their first book – Across Asia on the Cheap – and the brand is born after Tony mishears a mention of a ‘lovely planet’ in Joe Cocker’s song ‘Space Captain’.
Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler holding a copy of their first book, Across Asia on the Cheap.
1975
Two years later, the Wheelers’ second major journey leads to the publication of Southeast Asia on a Shoestring, a title still going strong today.
1981
India – Lonely Planet’s most ambitious title to date – appears for the first time.
1984
The first US office opens in Oakland, California.
1991
The first edition of USSR is published… just as the Soviet Union collapses.
1994
Lonely Planet TV show airs for the first time and attracts a cult following.
1995
Lonely Planet’s website goes live, followed shortly after by the Thorn Tree travel forum.
The intro to the original Lonely Planet television show, which first aired in 1994.
2004
Lonely Planet's landmark title, The Travel Book, appears for the first time and becomes a bestseller.
2008
Lonely Planet magazine launches in the UK.
2010
100 millionth guidebook printed (Australia).
2011
Launch of Lonely Planet’s first children’s books.
2013
Lonely Planet celebrates its 40th anniversary.
2013
Lonely Planet’s email newsletter database reaches 1 million.
2014
Lonely Planet's Best in Travel campaign, our annual pick of the best destinations for the year ahead, reaches its 10th anniversary
2015
Lonely Planet launches a US version of its magazine, the 12th international edition.
2016
Lonely Planet’s combined social media community reaches 10 million.
2017
Lonely Planet launches Mobile app “Guides” reaching 1 million downloads and covering 100 cities and counting.
Work with us
Every single person at Lonely Planet lives and breathes travel, which explains why we’re so passionate about encouraging others to explore every day. If that sounds like you, check out some of our opportunities below.
Become a contributor
Lonely Planet works with the best writers, photographers and content creators in the world of travel – and we’re always looking for talented freelance contributors.
Our people
“Working with such a talented team, every day is a learning curve at Lonely Planet. I’ve been able to take on some exciting opportunities in a wonderfully supportive and positive working environment and love coming into work to tackle the next challenge! “
MARIA MCKENZIE
Social Media Manager – London
“Working with such a talented team, every day is a learning curve at Lonely Planet. I’ve been able to take on some exciting opportunities in a wonderfully supportive and positive working environment and love coming into work to tackle the next challenge! “
MARIA MCKENZIE
Social Media Manager – London
“Working with such a talented team, every day is a learning curve at Lonely Planet. I’ve been able to take on some exciting opportunities in a wonderfully supportive and positive working environment and love coming into work to tackle the next challenge! “
MARIA MCKENZIE
Social Media Manager – London
Press
As the world’s leading travel authority, Lonely Planet can provide expert comment and advice for travel and business media. Find our latest news and releases below, as well as contact details for our press offices around the globe to arrange interviews with our worldwide team of destination experts, receive details about the business or request images and review copies.