Write for Us Hotel: Hotel Blog Guest Post Guidelines

Most hotel pitches are travel brochures or lists of amenities guests supposedly want. What this blog wants is the view from behind the front desk: how a small hotel won more direct bookings without fighting the big booking sites, how a bed and breakfast owner turned a run of bad reviews round, how a manager trained a seasonal team to give the same welcome every time.

My readers are business owners, founders and freelancers, and some of them run a hotel, a bed and breakfast or holiday lets. They already read my guides to what to look for in all in one booking website software and whether Hotels.com is legit. A hotel post has to help them fill rooms and keep guests coming back.

60-second hotel guest post check

A strong submission can answer yes to all five points:

• Do you own, manage or advise a hotel, bed and breakfast or guest house yourself
• Can you explain one change with the reason behind it and what happened next
• Does your opening answer the reader's question in the first two lines
• Would a small hotel owner know what to change this week after reading it
• Have you removed any sales pitch for one booking engine, channel manager or agency

Read the guidelines and submit your guest post.

What we publish

• Winning direct bookings alongside the big booking sites
• Reviews: asking for them, answering them and learning from them
• The guest experience from enquiry to checkout
• Running a bed and breakfast, guest house or small hotel
• Hiring and training seasonal and front desk teams
• Hotel marketing on social media, email and search
• Occupancy in the quiet months: what works
• Using AI and software at the front desk without losing the welcome

If your post could be published on any hotel site with the logo swapped, it is not for us.

What we look for in hotel posts

These are the hotel topics that land, and the version of each that gets turned down.

Topic	What gets accepted	What gets declined
Direct bookings	What you changed and how guests responded	A rant about the big booking sites
Reviews	A real reply or process that shifted your rating	Generic advice to respond to every review
Guest experience	One routine that guests mention by name	A list of amenities to add
Staff	How you trained or kept a front desk team	Complaints about seasonal hiring
Quiet months	An idea that filled rooms and what it took	Discount tactics with no results

What we don't accept

• Destination brochures or hotel reviews
• Posts written to sell one booking engine, channel manager or agency
• Lists of amenities with no experience behind them
• Thin posts under 800 words with no first hand experience
• Previously published posts republished from another site

What you get

• Your article in front of an engaged audience of business owners, marketers and founders
• One relevant, contextual link back to your own site
• A byline and the credibility of an established, high-traffic blog
• Editorial help to make the piece as strong as it can be before it goes live

How to submit

Send your pitch or draft through the contact form. Include the topic, the one specific problem the post solves, and a line on your first-hand experience with it. One idea per pitch works best. You will hear back on whether it is a fit before you write the full draft.

What a strong hotel pitch looks like

A weak pitch says "I want to write about the top hotel marketing trends." A strong one says "I run a twelve room guest house, and I want to show the three changes that moved our repeat guests from email back to booking with us directly, the one that annoyed guests, and what we would do first if we started again." One is a brochure. The other is worth reading.

The angles that get accepted fastest

• How you won back direct bookings
• Answering a bad review so future guests trust you
• The welcome routine every new staff member learns
• Filling rooms in the quietest month
• What running a bed and breakfast taught you about guests
• A front desk task you handed to software, and one you never will
• Turning one off guests into regulars
• Working with local businesses to give guests a reason to stay

Looking for more places to pitch? The sites that accept guest posts page helps you build a shortlist, and these guest post examples show what editors say yes to.

Frequently asked questions

Does Lilach Bullock accept hotel guest posts?

Yes. Hotel and hospitality guest posts are welcome from hoteliers, bed and breakfast and guest house owners, hotel managers and hospitality consultants who can share a real decision from running a property. We publish practical articles and decline brochures and vendor promotion.

What hotel and hospitality topics do you accept?

Direct bookings, reviews, the guest experience, running a bed and breakfast or small hotel, hiring and training teams, hotel marketing, quiet months and using AI and software at the front desk. The common thread is a lesson another owner can use.

Do you accept travel guest posts too?

Travel posts written for travellers suit the travel pages better. This page is for people who run hotels and guest houses. Every pitch reaches the same editor, so send the one you have.

How long should a guest post be?

Most accepted posts run between 1,200 and 2,000 words. Length matters less than usefulness: a tight 1,200 word post with one clear lesson beats a 3,000 word overview every time. Use short paragraphs, clear subheadings and at least one real example.

Can I include a link back to my own site?

One contextual link back to your own site is fine when it is relevant and helps the reader. Posts written purely to build a backlink with no real value for the reader are not published.

Do you accept previously published content?

No. Every submission must be original and not published anywhere else first, including your own blog, Medium, LinkedIn or a guest slot on another site. Republished or lightly reworded content gets declined, and we check before anything goes live.

Can I use AI tools to help write my guest post?

You can use AI to help with research or tidying your draft, but the experience, examples and opinions must be yours. Posts that read like generic AI output, with no first-hand detail, are declined.

Do you accept sponsored or commercial partnerships?

Commercial and partnership enquiries are handled separately from editorial guest posts. If you are a brand or agency wanting to work together rather than pitch an article, say so in the contact form and you will get the right details back.

How long does a decision take?

We aim to come back to you within a few working days. If the pitch is specific and clearly written, with the result in the first line, the decision is much faster.

Do you edit guest posts before they go live?

Yes. Every accepted post gets an editorial pass for clarity, structure and accuracy, and you may be asked for an extra example or a missing number. The aim is to make your piece as useful as it can be, not to change your voice.

Can I pitch more than one idea?

Yes, but send them one at a time or as a short numbered list with one line each. The strongest pitch goes first, and a single clear idea with a real result almost always beats several vague ones.

How do I submit a hotel guest post?

Send your pitch through the contact form with the topic, the specific result or lesson you will cover, and a line on your own experience running, managing or advising a hotel, bed and breakfast or guest house. One idea per pitch works best, and you will hear back before you write the full draft.

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