Blake Snow

writer-for-hire, content guy, bestselling author

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Recent travel articles I’ve published for CNN, NatGeo, USA Today, LA Times, and more

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

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Recommended reading: The best travel listicles I published recently

Courtesy Sam Dean/Visit Rapid City

Excluding non-bylined commercial work, here are my recent published works for news media:

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Blake Snow: The best things I published last month

Excluding my commercial writing, here’s what I published last month:

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Published works: My first book, European biking cruises, writing for hometown papers


Excluding non-bylined writing for commercial clients, here’s what I published this month:

  • Log Off, my first book! Landing page here, Kindle here, paperback here. Thanks for considering it.
  • Why you should bike on your next European river cruise. Written for Frommer’s after a wonderful 8-day biking cruise with my 11-year old daughter.
  • Coming home to Carrollton. Op-ed I wrote for my former hometown paper.

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Published works: The greatest Utah wilderness you’ve never heard of

Courtesy Clay Wood

I just published my first story for Frommers, the storied travel guide magazine that changed the way Americans traveled in 1957 after Arthur Frommer published his seminal Europe on 5 Dollars a Day.

My story isn’t that big nor will it make nearly as many waves, but I’m still proud of it and the friends that made it possible by joining me recently on a weekend backpacking trip into the High Uinta Wilderness, which I deem “the best western wilderness you’ve never heard of.”

Hope you enjoy it.