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, and Travel Weekly. For the same period, I was the weekly travel columnist for Paste Magazine, which took me to all 7 continents, over 50 countries, an equal number of national parks, and hundreds of cities.
For recent clippings, click here. For some of my personal favorites, take these:
Best of 2024
- My Journey to Antarctica with National Geographic (Paste)
- A fanny pack is the only travel bag you need (Washington Post)
- You don’t hike” Utah’s Fiery Furnace. You get lost in it. (LA Times, syndicated on Aol)
- How to keep phone service while traveling abroad (Lonely Planet)
- Sailing Scandinavia on the most “Viking” cruise in the world (Paste)
- The Grand America hotel lives up to its name (Paste)
- Hollywood basics: Tinseltown’s top attractions (Paste)
- 5 lessons learned after visiting every country (Blake Snow)
- 5 reasons to sail Greece and Turkey with Royal Caribbean (Paste)
- Eating my way through Chicago’s most famous foods (Paste)
- Why can’t I poop on vacation? 5 ways to avoid travel constipation (Paste)
- Ski resort in summer? Montage Deer Valley delivers (Paste)
- Classic Cairo: 5 Things to Know Before Visiting The Pyramids of Giza (Paste)
- 11 things to do in Las Vegas with kids (Marriott Traveler)
- Cancun, Cabo, or Vallarta: Which Mexican resort is right for you? (Washington Post)
- Eating my way through Detroit’s most famous foods (Paste)
- Garden of the Gods: I can’t quit Colorado’s top-rated park (Paste)
- Is it safe to travel outside of America? (Paste) | 5 ways to sleep on planes (Paste)
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Courtesy Lindsey Snow
Last month, Paste Magazine unexpectedly and suddenly shuttered their travel section and (along with it) my weekly column. After 126 consecutive and wonderful stories, the news was devastating.
More than just money (which admittedly wasn’t much), the perk-filled gig served as a weekly source of education, inspiration, and a renewed understanding of writing for mainstream audiences again. Furthermore, it took me and sometimes even my friends and family to five different continents, dozens of countries, countless destinations, and introduced me to hundreds of interesting people.
Although I’ve yet to find a replacement, I have some promising leads for the unpublished and upcoming articles in the pipe. And I’m determined and confident that I’ll be able to find a new suitor for my column, which was read by over 900,000 monthly individuals, according to a November 2016 estimate by the nation’s fourth largest tourism board (i.e. Visit Orlando).
Until then, here are the stories I am most proud of—the best of my travel column so far: Continue reading…
Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism
An edited version of this story first appeared on USA Today
North American is known for a lot of things. Transcendent, soaring, and gaping fjords isn’t one of them. For that, most travelers understandably head to Norway, New Zealand, or Chile first—all renowned for their glacier-carved “canyons” that outlet into swallowing seas.
But the northern half of the continent has its fair share of majestic cliffs cut by frozen (instead of liquid) water, especially in parts of southern Alaska and Canada. As a bonus, they’re more proximitous than Europe’s beloved Grainger Fjord, less travelled, and still rate at least 4.5 out of 5 stars, according to average visitor reviews on Google and Tripadvisor.
Behold, the most fantastic fjords of North America: Continue reading…
