Ernest Hemingway once said, “Writing at its best is a lonely life.” Sorry, Mr. Hemingway, I have to disagree. While it’s true that we spend hours at the computer alone, we’re not alone in this writing life. It’s been 11 years since I launched my travel-writing career,...

Before I became a travel writer, I remember wistfully looking at the international departure screens at the airport wondering what it was like to fly to those places. At the time, I was working 40+ hours a week with limited vacation time. Between traveling to visit...

There are plenty of reasons to be a travel writer. Obviously it brings more travel to your life. The satisfaction of seeing your byline online and in print and the wealth of experiences that come your way as a writer rank pretty high up on the list, too. 

But over...

It’s a question I get often, “What’s a typical day like for you as a travel writer?” And it’s a question that really doesn’t have an answer. While most jobs have a routine, travel writing doesn’t. Sure there are days when I’m not traveling when I’ll spend hours at my...

For most of my life, I’ve felt like I’m either climbing up a mountain… or heading down the other side, wondering what my next climb will be. There’s something very special about this. And I can’t tell which part I like more—the climb up, or the relaxing, reflecting...