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, 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

  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)

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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.