In 2015, having recently left her job at the International Bar Association, Rebecca Lowe was transitioning to freelance journalism. Aiming to collect stories from the Middle East to help build …
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Travel tends to offer rewarding, enlightening, and overall joyful experiences. We come out of them with fresh perspectives, new friends, and an increased understanding of our place in the world. …
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Just as the pandemic was forcing everyone into the confines of their homes and apartments, Laura Coffey found herself jobless and struggling to cope with her father’s terminal illness and …
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At 19, Mike Richards took the traditional gap year of many students, traveling to Southeast Asia. While most of his classmates seemed to lose an interest in travel in the …
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The Travel Writing Podcast
From Tax Accountant to Full-Time Travel Writer: A Conversation With JT Genter
JT Genter didn’t set out to become a digital nomad. He was working as a tax accountant when he and his wife decided they wanted to do some traveling. Looking …
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Years ago, while hiking the Camino de Santiago in Spain, Tim Mathis became fascinated by the idea of the pilgrimage. It was spiritual but didn’t have to be religious, and …
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During her years as a travel journalist, Paige McClanahan has gained hard-won insight into how an industry that accounts for one in ten jobs worldwide operates. From Hawaii to Saudi …
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Creativity and darkness tend to go hand in hand. Many of the most well-known authors in history have struggled with their dark side, a struggle that so often provided the …
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While volunteering on a farm in Voivodeni, a small Transylvanian village, Jennifer Roberts encounters an opinionated manager and makes a connection with two refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Ukraine. …
