Blake Snow

I write sentences for a living: writer-for-hire, bestselling author, content creator
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Recent travel stories I’ve published for CNN, NatGeo, USA Today, LA Times, and more

Over the last six years, I’ve written and published hundreds of travel articles for CNN, National Geographic, USA Today, LA Times, Lonely Planet, Fodor’s, Orbitz, Frommers, and Paste Magazine. For my most recent articles, click here. For some of my recent favorites, see below:

Best of 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. What!? International travel won’t return until 2024
  4. 11 countries Americans can easily travel to now
  5. 5 border-straddling natural wonders to see from both sides
  6. Going extinct in Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument
  7. Travel shaming: Something else you need to worry about now
  8. National Park versus National Monument: What’s the difference?
  9. What it’s like to visit a theme park in pandemic?
  10. How to travel when you can’t | How to cope with no travel
  11. 6 virtual tours to enjoy from home | Best online virtual tours
  12. The corner of Northeastern Utah that only locals know about
  13. How to see the seedier side of Berlin
  14. How to visit Monument Valley

Best of the rest (2014-2019)

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

Thanks for reading and sharing with anyone that might be interested.

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