A travel blogger’s influence extends across multiple channels where they share stories, destination highlights, tips and recommendations that targets people moving through each of the five stages of travel. How can you then collaborate with travel bloggers in a way that maintains the integrity of their story, yet tap into their influence to showcase your destination, and commit them to visiting? Caroline (‘Caz’) Makepeace shared her insights into how they effectively marketed destinations on their road trip while keeping it very real to their own story. She offered tips on how to create these campaigns, choose the right bloggers and how to effectively work with them. Caz is the co-founder of yTravel blog with her husband, Craig. They’ve just finished an 18-month road trip around Australia with their children, collaborating with many tourism boards along the way. They’ve been featured on Lonely Planet, National Geographic Online, Virgin Australia, Expedia, and the Today Show. Their reach extends into the millions. yTravel have partnered with brands such as Nissan, Ford, Qantas, Amex, and Canon. They were invited as one of the top travel bloggers in the world to attend the first ever travel summit at the White House and regularly speak at travel, blogging, and social media conferences.