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What Instagram Can’t Capture: How to (and Why) Write About Travel

By Kristine Fonacier
1 Session
September 27, 2026
1PM to 3:30PM
2F Comuna bldg, 238 Pablo Ocampo Sr. Ext, Makati City, 1203, Metro Manila

A quick photo shows what a place looked like on a good day, in the perfect light. It doesn’t remember what the air smelled like, what the woman at the next table said, or your thoughts as you asked a stranger for directions. Social media rewards the prettiest image, posted fastest. Writing asks for the opposite: a pause first, and then an honest account of what actually happened.

This session is for people who love to travel and want to write about it, whether or not anyone else ever reads a word. You’ll leave with practical tools for noticing, remembering, and shaping your experiences into stories. You may also leave looking a little harder at the world, staying curious after the photo is taken, and caring enough about the places you pass through to try to get them right.

This class may be taken for PHP 1500.

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Kristine Fonacier

Kristine Fonacier is a widely published journalist, editor and author whose work spans travel, lifestyle, business and politics. Much of her career has been shaped by travel storytelling: she was the founding editor of Grid, a Philippine travel magazine, and editor of Smile, Cebu Pacific’s inflight magazine. She has also served as editor in chief of the Philippine editions of Esquire and Entrepreneur, and as regional editor of Tatler Asia’s Most Influential. Across print and digital media, her work has focused on people, places and the stories that make them worth paying attention to.
Kristine Fonacier

By the end of this session, you will...

Identify the details, encounters, and observations that can become compelling travel stories

Use sensory memory and personal reflection to write with greater specificity

Develop a more curious and thoughtful approach to writing about places and people

This class is for…

  • Travelers who want to write beyond the usual itinerary, review, or Instagram caption
  • Beginners who want practical tools for turning travel experiences into stories
  • Writers who want to sharpen their observation, memory, and sense of place

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What Instagram Can’t Capture: How to (and Why) Write About Travel

A quick photo shows what a place looked like on a good day, in the perfect light. It doesn’t remember what the air smelled like, what the woman at the next table said, or your thoughts as you asked a stranger for directions. Social media rewards the prettiest image, posted fastest. Writing asks for the opposite: a pause first, and then an honest account of what actually happened.

This session is for people who love to travel and want to write about it, whether or not anyone else ever reads a word. You’ll leave with practical tools for noticing, remembering, and shaping your experiences into stories. You may also leave looking a little harder at the world, staying curious after the photo is taken, and caring enough about the places you pass through to try to get them right.

This class may be taken for PHP 1500.

INQUIRE NEXT