Half of successful travel bloggers say blogging is their full-time job, according to a recent report from the Abbi Agency.

The report was based on data from a survey of more than 100 "high influence" travel bloggers selected by the Abbi Agency.

Some 70% of respondents say they get paid to blog, and 40% say they have accepted free gifts/trips from brands.

Most respondents (90%) say they are willing to do sponsored posts on their blogs.

Other key findings:

• 79% of travel bloggers also write about other topics. 
• 78% say photo posts are their best-performing content type. 
• 53% of post 3+ times a week to their blog. 
• 81% say Facebook is the social network that sends the most traffic to their blog.
• Respondents say their top pet peeve with PR agencies is irrelevant pitches/press releases.

Check out the infographic for more insights from the report:

About the research: The report was based on data from a survey of more than 100 "high influence" travel bloggers selected by the Abbi Agency.