Membership Criteria

Media Members include travel writers (print and electronic), editors, book authors, broadcasters, photographers and commercial web producers. Membership in TMAC does not preclude membership in other organizations such as SATW or PWAC.   

Applicants for media membership must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants of Canada.  They must provide hard copies of tear sheets or comparable proof of publication, together with the names and phone numbers of purchasers, with permission to verify that their material was purchased.

Material for which you were not paid cannot be used to qualify for membership. 

Editors of publications, website owners, TV and radio producers and owners of other media who do not pay (in cash or in kind) for travel editorial material do not qualify for media membership themselves.    

Media members must re-qualify for membership every two years by submitting tear sheets and supporting documentation as outlined above relevant to the previous two years (e.g. if you first qualify in December 2003, you will have to reapply in December 2005 providing backup for pieces produced since December 2003).

Upon submission of application, members must remit membership fees in full, together with a passport size photo, to be used for TMAC Membership Card.

Industry Members include representatives of tourist boards, airlines, hotel companies, public relations agencies, attractions, tour operators and wholesalers. TMAC does not undertake to speak for this segment of the travel industry; rather, TMAC activities create a forum for communication and mutual benefit.  Industry membership is not limited to Canadians but foreign members must be willing to serve the needs of Canadian writers.  In order to serve on TMAC's Board, however, you must be a resident of Canada. 

Applicants must be in the active promotion of travel and tourism and in a position to provide guidance/information to the media; access to reduced rate travel; and access to photography