About us
Who we are, what this site is for, and how it pays for itself.
The Next Postcard is a small independent publication about cities, slow routes, rail & road. Every piece here starts from a question a reasonable person might ask and tries to answer it completely enough to be useful.
What we cover
The site is organised into 5 sections:
- Cities — Places that reward a long stay, and how to read them once you are there.
- Slow Routes — Journeys where the travelling is the point rather than the cost of arriving.
- Rail & Road — Trains, ferries and long drives — how they actually work for a traveller.
- Coast — Shorelines, islands and the seasons that decide whether they are worth it.
- Travel Craft — Packing, paperwork, money and timing, treated as skills rather than tips.
Everywhere except India, which belongs to Traveology. Keeping the remit narrow is deliberate; a title that covers everything covers nothing well.
How we work
We check things. When a subject is genuinely unsettled, the piece says it is unsettled rather than picking the tidier answer. When advice depends on your circumstances — and it usually does — the article says which circumstances matter.
Our full editorial policy sets out how pieces are researched, reviewed and corrected.
How this site is funded
We pay for this with advertising. It is worth being plain about what that does and does not mean — advertisers have no say in the editorial, they see nothing before you do, and no article here is paid placement. Anything that ever is will say so at the top.
Who publishes it
The Next Postcard is published by Batra Digital, a business owned and run by Ansh Batra, registered in New Delhi, Delhi, India. It has been publishing since 2020.
The registered address appears on our contact page and in our terms and conditions. The quickest way to reach the editorial desk is the form on the contact page, or editorial@thenextpostcard.space.
Photography
Photographs are licensed from Pexels and credited to the photographer beneath each image. We do not use generated imagery, and we do not present a photograph as documentation of the specific thing an article describes unless the caption says so.