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Her beginner tutorial puts public-filming etiquette and personal storytelling before elaborate transitions.
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How to make a travel vlog (the fun beginner way!)
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- 1:11Film quietly, prioritize other people's convenience and avoid unnecessarily recording strangers' faces.
- 4:40Choose a story angle before filming, such as first impressions or whether a destination deserves its reputation.
- 6:54Simple establishing shots can connect scenes without complicated transitions.
- 10:01Put yourself in the scene using wide selfies, a selfie stick or locked-off tripod shots.
- 12:10Share feelings and reactions instead of giving a logistical play-by-play.
- 14:31Katie identifies her older self as the ultimate audience for her travel memories.
The audience Katie Steckly has in mind isn't necessarily waiting for her next upload. "That's my ultimate audience member, is like 80-year-old Katie," she says in "How to make a travel vlog (the fun beginner way!)". Preserving something worth looking back on is the point, even when the views aren't enormous.
The tutorial is the most watched of her five uploads this week, reaching about 23,000 views and carrying the strongest daily momentum on the channel. Drawing on her Katie & Dan in a Van experience, Katie makes the awkwardness of filming in public feel like a practical problem rather than a personality test. Speak quietly with a lapel mic, avoid strangers' faces and, as she puts it, "Inconvenience yourself, not others." The video is sponsored by Storyblocks.
Her storytelling advice is equally direct: find an angle before filming, skip complicated transitions and get yourself into the scene. A first-impressions story gives a trip more shape than a collection of pretty shots. When speaking to the camera, she recommends sharing feelings and reactions rather than reciting the day's logistics.
Viewers have a clear follow-up request: editing. Comments ask how to organize footage, choose music and decide what to leave out. Others describe the tension between feeling conspicuous with a camera and wanting those travel memories later.
Camera choices filled the rest of Katie's week, including "DJI Osmo Pocket 4P vs Insta360 Luna Ultra," an audio test and a horizontal-and-vertical filming upload. The comparison and audio test are her next busiest videos right now. Subscribers grew by about a thousand over the week, though daily channel views are below their usual level. For Katie, the week's clearest draw was less about choosing a camera than finding a reason to take it out.
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What viewers say
pleasssssse give us some more tutorials on how you organize it, assemble, pick music, and what to leave/remove when editing! I am so shy when I'm vlogging, but I want to document more of our trips, even if it's just for ourselves.
@ReganShorterSee it on YouTubeIt's funny because I don't have an issue vlogging my travels because I know those people will never see me again.🤷🏾♀️😂 My issue is in my own city! I never see others walking around with a camera in their faces like you see in other creators' videos.
@MsFox2uSee it on YouTubeI've only been vlogging my solo-travels here in Asia for about a year and if anything, whenever I've been filming in public it's been a great ice-breaker and have met some pretty cool people as a result!
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I CRINGE at myself sometimes but i know I want to document my memories. I don’t want to regret not recording memories just because a stranger who I will NEVER see again is watching me talk to myself 😅
@LoadingOurFutureSee it on YouTubeI need to start doing this. For me, one of the barriers is planning how this one clip will fit into an entire video -- planning all of the filming for a single day.
@ImOuttaHereTravelSee it on YouTubeYes!! Would love the nitty gritty advice on editing! Thank you so much for this video Katie!
@jenontherunnSee it on YouTubeWould love to see more of how to edit these! 😊
@Maria_WilsunSee it on YouTubeAbsolutely love this! Taking your advice even if just to rewatch with my family!
@LaureninWanderlandSee it on YouTubeI love this Katie! I travel so much hosting art retreats, I need to get over the embarrassment and just record myself! I’ve started doing it more just in the last year, but all this is so helpful in putting it all together and I’d love to see more on this topic. And I’d love to look back on my videos years later too. 🥰
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The videos drawing views on Katie Steckly right now
- Channel
- Katie Steckly
- Subscribers
- 408,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 263,364
- Videos published this week
- 5
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 22,610
- Views on its first day
- 10,393
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Which channel does Katie draw on for her travel-vlogging experience?
Katie cites her Katie & Dan in a Van channel at the beginning of the tutorial.