Travel writing has taught me to be better at a number of things in all aspects of my life. Here’s the short list of things I do better now than I did before I started travel writing: 1. I ask for what I want. I have learned that if I want lodging at a 5-star hotel,...

Publications are like puzzles, built of specific pieces which come together in a particular way to create a cohesive whole. Every week or month—or whatever the frequency of the publishing schedule is—the editorial team sits down and starts to put their “puzzle”...

I remember the exact moment I knew I would become a travel writer. Laying on a beach in Bali enjoying my first holiday in over a decade, a small “ding” signaled the arrival of an email. It changed my life. The past five years in the Navy had been a blur, and,...