Write for Doorkey.

We commission roughly one outside dispatch a week. Rates are honest, deadlines are kind, and we read every pitch.

What we’re looking for.

Hotel reviews from places we haven’t covered. Cabin reviews from the front of long-haul aircraft. Cruises that aren’t theme-park ships. Field notes from a city you know intimately. Object reviews for The Edit — durable, beautiful, packable.

We don’t publish round-ups, AI-assisted itineraries, or anything based on a press trip you accepted in the last twelve months.

Rates.

£1.20 per word for online dispatches (1,200–2,400 words), £1,800 flat for hotel reviews including a one-night reimbursable stay, and £2,400 flat for the long print essays we run quarterly. We pay on filing, not on publication.

How to pitch.

Two paragraphs. First: what the piece is and why it matters now. Second: why you. Send to pitches@doorkey.co with Pitch: in the subject line. We respond inside two weeks, even when it’s a no.