A Better Way for Creators to Monetize their Efforts

Most creators we know love making content… and quietly hate how hard it can be to actually make money from it. As creators ourselves, we designed a solution.

The Lockwood family sitting in a safari jeep, surrounded by African wildlife

Why you might need something new for revenue

Let’s be honest about the current sitch:

  • As more creators enter the space, brand deals and ad revenue get split thinner and thinner
  • Traditional affiliate programs often:
    • convert poorly
    • pay small commissions
    • have questionable attribution (looking at you, Honey / PayPal)
  • A lot of monetization options require a ton of work for very little return
  • And half the time, you’re pitching stuff you don’t actually care about (VPNs, eSIMs, therapy apps, mobile games, random AI tools… you know the list)

It’s exhausting—and it doesn’t feel aligned with why most of us started creating in the first place.

What could be better

Travel, as it turns out, checks a lot of boxes:

  • Travel is a universal dream and something people already budget for
  • Travel pays meaningful commissions
  • If you’re a travel creator, you’re already doing the hardest part:
    • choosing destinations
    • building itineraries
    • showing people what’s possible
      Why not give your audience an easy way to book the exact experience you’re featuring?
  • And for creators in any niche, group trips still offer a powerful way to:
    • connect with your audience in real life
    • fund your own travel
    • earn commissions without selling random junk

Three great ways to monetize your audience’s attention

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Hosted influencer trips
These are more involved—but incredibly rewarding, financially and creatively.
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One-click conversion of your travel content
Turn your past, current, or future trip content into commissionable booking requests.
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Global commissions
Referring visitors qualifies you for commissions across any ABC Trips offers, not just the ones you feature.

How ABC Trips works with creators

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1. Simple, transparent tracking
Send visitors to any page on our site and earn commissions on virtually anything they end up booking.
Our tracking window is 7 months, giving people time to think, plan, and come back—without you losing credit.
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2. Creator-specific landing pages
We build clean, interactive landing pages for your past, current, and future trips. These pages give you a clear call-to-action you can drop into long-form videos, Shorts, Reels, Stories—anywhere your content lives.

See an example →
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3. Hosted trip support, end to end

If you want to host a trip, we help with everything:

  • gauging audience interest
  • choosing destinations and dates
  • understanding budgets
  • sourcing and pricing the right options

Our goal is simple: make the trip free for you, while maximizing commissions—without you having to become a travel agent overnight.

Interested?

If this sounds like something that could work for you, click below and let’s talk. No pressure, no hard sell—just a conversation to see if it’s a good fit.

We’re the Lockwoods

We’re a luxury travel family, creators of YouTube’s Always Be Changing network, and founders of the ABC Trips travel agency. Together, we’ve spent six years exploring all seven continents and dozens of countries—while attracting 700,000 followers and millions of views along the way.

We understand the challenges creators face because we've experienced them ourselves.
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