Over the last decade, I’ve written and published hundreds of travel stories for CNN, National Geographic, USA Today, LA Times, Washington Post, Lonely Planet, Fodor’s, Expedia, Orbitz, Frommers, Cool Material, and Travel Weekly. For the same period, I’ve been a weekly syndicated travel columnist for Paste Magazine and Utah newspapers, which has taken me to all 7 continents, over 55 countries, countless national parks, and hundreds of cities. In addition to my other published works, here are some of my favorite travel dispatches.

Best of 2025

1. 5 things to know before visiting a nude beach (Fodor’s)
2. Why is over tourism happening? Blame capitalism. (Matador)
3. Cancun all-inclusives: What first-timers need to know (Matador)
4. Visiting the Great Wall of China: Which section is best? (Matador)
5. 5 ways your wasting money on travel (my travel column)
6. Cruise a new megaship for less on MSC World America (my travel column)
7. 5 travel hacks that actually work (my travel column)
8. Niagara Falls is the summer vacation every American needs (my travel column)
9. Do not follow this wretched travel advice (my travel column)
10. The oldest trees on Earth are just a few hours drive from Utah (my travel column)
11. Kids menus: A well-intentioned by bad idea (my travel column)
12. See European-like Alps, Patagonia-like views at Glacier National Park (my travel column)
13. North America’s finest fjord rivals Norway (my travel column)
14. This rust belt city is one of the prettiest in America (my travel column)
15. Eagle Point is what family skiing used to be like (my travel column)
16. Volcanos, in-room infinity pools, 24-hour butlers at Jade Mountain (my travel column)
17. Ipanema is the greatest beach in the world (my travel column)
18. Lake Powell is magic, even for first-time houseboaters (my travel column)
19. First-class bathrooms: Yes, you can use them! (my travel column)
20. Oh, there’s no place like Europe for the holidays (my travel column)
21. Marriott Traveller: 5 quick nature escapes in the U.S. | Best places to fish
22. Cool Material: Chicago | Aspen | Miami | Vegas | Honolulu | LA | SF | London | Paris
23. Sponsored Content: 6 winter activities in Minnesota | 5 spring festivities in Yosemite

Best of 2024

1. My Journey to Antarctica with National Geographic (Paste)
2. A fanny pack is the only travel bag you need (Washington Post)
3. You don’t hike” Utah’s Fiery Furnace. You get lost in it. (LA Times, syndicated on Aol)
4. How to keep phone service while traveling abroad (Lonely Planet)
5. Sailing Scandinavia on the most “Viking” cruise in the world (Paste)
6. The Grand America hotel lives up to its name (Paste)
7. Hollywood basics: Tinseltown’s top attractions (Paste)
8. 5 lessons learned after visiting every country (Blake Snow)
9. 5 reasons to sail Greece and Turkey with Royal Caribbean (Paste)
10. Eating my way through Chicago’s most famous foods (Paste)
11. Why can’t I poop on vacation? 5 ways to avoid travel constipation (Paste)
12. Ski resort in summer? Montage Deer Valley delivers (Paste)
13. Classic Cairo: 5 Things to Know Before Visiting The Pyramids of Giza (Paste)
14. 11 things to do in Las Vegas with kids (Marriott Traveler)
15. Cancun, Cabo, or Vallarta: Which Mexican resort is right for you? (Washington Post)
16. Eating my way through Detroit’s most famous foods (Paste)
17. Garden of the Gods: I can’t quit Colorado’s top-rated park (Paste)
18. Is it safe to travel outside of America? (Paste) | 5 ways to sleep on planes (Paste)

Best of 2023

1. What I’ve learned after 10 years of travel writing
2. 5 funny ways Europe differs from America
3. With war next door, I hiked 50 miles into Petra on the Jordan Trail
4. Is Fairbanks the best place in America to see the Northern Lights?
5. 5 things to love about Celebrity Apex
6. The most cosmopolitan cities in the world
7. 5 things to know before road-tripping to Southern Colorado’s National Parks
8. Why some New Yorkers never visit the Statue of Liberty
9. Tokyo: What my family learned in the world’s largest and safest city
10. 18 travel tips that actually work
11. The best way to visit Paris with kids
12. Amsterdam: Cozy canals and the “Garden of Europe”
13. Everything you need to know about the 7 wonders of the world
14. Safari with kids: Seeing Africa’s “big game” on a budget
15. Ultra-long haul flights: How I survived 16 hours in the sky
16. Wasting away again at Margaritaville’s newest Cancun all-inclusive
17. Will travel for music: Beck and Phoenix in sunny California
18. Is skydiving the most physiological rewarding form of travel?

Best of 2022

1. When traveling this year, don’t over prepare. Just go.
2. Hiking Half Dome, America’s Most Demanding-and Perhaps Deadliest-Day Hike
3. The Cheap, Doctor-Recommended Way of Turning Coach into First-Class
4. Stop Underrating Brazil: Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Avoid South America’s Jewel
5. A Tale of Two Canyons: One Colossal, One Confined, Both Awe-Inspiring
6. Misjudging Madrid on Foot, Scooter, and Bougie Range Rover
7. Hawaii: Seven Days, Four Islands, One Cruise
8. It’s Okay to Just Hang Out at the Hotel and Do Absolutely Nothing on Vacation
9. Despite Significant Delays, We Still Enjoyed America’s Most Scenic Train Ride
10. 5 Cool Things about Virgin Voyages, the New Adults-Only Cruise Line
11. Loyalty in Lisbon: Going to Portugal with Travel’s Largest Points Program
12. You Don’t Have to Be a Patriot to Love Washington, D.C.
13. Say Hello to America’s Newest National Park, New River Gorge
14. 5 reasons to unwind at Cancun’s “newest” all-inclusive resort
15. The 20 Best National Parks in America
16. Here’s Why Mexico City Is One of the Trendiest Places to Visit Right Now
17. Explore Utah with these proven transportation tips
18. Everything you need to know before visiting: Table Mountain | Christ The Redeemer

Best of 2021

1. Get out there: My new monthly travel column
2. America’s greatest hut hike is among the world’s best
3. A slice of vintage Vallarta in Las Palmas by The Sea
4. 10 reasons this might be America’s greatest lake
5. Wasting away at Magaritaville’s first all-inclusive
6. 9 travel myths you shouldn’t believe
7. Is this the best beach in mainland America?
8. Best of the Big Easy | 12 museums to visit before you die
9. 5 ways this trendy reservoir rivals Lake Powell
10. America’s coolest caves | 5 “southern” cities that never get old
11. Berlin’s abandoned spy station is the most dystopian thing ever
12. 8 epic bucket list items in the Mountain West
13. Utah: Best roadtrips | national parks | things to do | time to visit

Best of the rest (2014-2020)

1. What I learned from a lack of travel this year
2. What it’s like to hike among 5,000 year old trees
3. 5 border-straddling natural wonders to see from both sides
4. Going extinct in Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument
5. How to travel when you can’t
6. How to see the seedier side of Berlin
7. Top 10 of 2019 (various)
8. Cliff-jumping The Atlantic: Ireland’s best coasteering spots
9. Japanese zen: Hiking one of the oldest trails in the world
10. Top 10 cycling cities
11. 7 takeaways after cruising the Mediterranean with my kids
12. Video: 6 ways to overcome your fear of travel
13. Is Newfoundland the next Iceland?
14. Which Utah National Park is right for you?
15. Everything you need to know before visiting Machu Picchu
16. What coasteering feels like
17. Staying in President Trump’s #1 rated hotel
18. Hiking the Alps: 10 days, 3 countries, 1 epic mountain
19. Critic turned fan: My Disneyland conversion story
20. What 10,000 miles from home feels like
21. Went skydiving today. Didn’t die.
22. Why Americans don’t travel abroad
23. 5 reasons travel is overrated
24. What I learned hiking Patagonia with National Geographic
25. Why a monotonous view is better than none
26. What I learned crossing South Africa by train
27. 5 things I learned after visiting New Zealand
28. The best of Australia
29. 5 reasons cliche Costa Rica is still “Pura Vida”
30. What it’s like crossing America’s Loneliest Road
31. The greatest mountain wilderness you’ve never heard of
32. My very best travel columns (so far)

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