Making money selling travel photos?

I haven't experienced selling travel photos but I do enter them in contests and lucky for some I win. Try to enter them on contests first before selling them.

You'll also probably find while the TZ series can take good photos, enlarging those photos might show the flaws in the camera. Many people who buy photos want them for a large print.

Agree with #1, try some contests and see how you go. It will give you some good feedback.

Sites such like Alamy, Getty Images, etc, where people and businesses go to buy their images will not accept images taken with P&S cameras due to image quality issues.
Cameras accepted by Alamy:
http://www.alamy.com/contributor/help/recommended-digital-cameras.asp

Images will undergo quality control, they have to sharp, no excessive noise, zero sensor dust, etc.

Different sittes different rules, Getty fro example requires exclusive rights, Alamy doesn't.
On top of that you will need a stock of 2000-3000 (good!) images online to sell and earn some money. Key wording is very important too and unless you take the time and do it properly you won't sell anything.
It's a LOT of work.
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You mention that "a few of my photos" might be good enough to sell. You need way more than a few...in order to be considered by any reputable agency, you need hundreds, if not thousands, of high-quality, technically superior images. And you need to be able to produce them on a regular basis. If I were you, my first place to look would be Alamy.

Just one comment about keywording: If you get accepted into a managed library, they will do your keywording for you!

Brian
Brian Cruickshank Photography

Thanks for the advice!

Are there any other sites where amateur photographers can sell photos, perhaps to make some 'pocket money' rather than any real income?

I will try the competitions as well. Any recommendations on where to find competitons beyong simply Googling?

There are so-called "micro stock" sites that pay tiny amounts per images (pennies)....I personally have never used them and cannot make any specific suggestions, but they exist. As far as competitions: enter them if you want to, but they will have no bearing on the saleability of your images or help you with an agency or library.

Brian

I have been with www.istockphoto.com for two years and make pocket money out of selling my images. Istock do accept good quality images taken with any camera and it is very satisfying when you make a sale. (I've sold 400 images so far). They are pretty strict on quality and you should invest in some software so that you can reduce noise (I use neat image and am very happy with it). Browse the site and see what sells. One guy took a photo of a xmas tree and made $13,000 from it. With microstock it is not a case of offering pretty photos of sunsets but of photos that will illustrate magazines and websites.
Hope that helps

Jeremy

Quality control of istockphoto and similar microstock agencies is similar to Alamy or Getty images, only the 'sales model' is different (well, Alamy has the option to sell royalty free nowadays as well btw).

Indeed pretty sunsets, beaches or temples aren't selling too well - you will need images that are useful for potential buyers.
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Tools...in no way would I put Getty and Alamy in the same category. From personal experience with both, Getty is much, much, much harder to get into and the QC is very high. Just my two cents.

Brian