Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The often-portrayed dream of working as a travel writer features ...

One function of travel writing is to make the reader feel like they're traveling with you, or so I've been taught repeatedly. But if the job of travel writers is to bring the faraway close up, I ...

Ben Stubbs does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Nabila Ismail works at GoodRx by day and blogs about travel at night. Her side hustle started to pick up speed once brands reached out to partner. She hopes to make solo travel more popular, ...

In today’s overtouristed world, should a professional traveler broadcast his discoveries or hide them away? Credit...Simon Bailly Supported by By Pico Iyer As soon as a secret gets widely distributed, ...

When you come across a travel story that takes place in India, consider playing a round of Bingo: Goats. Cows. Traffic jams. Colors. People. Poverty. Bingo! Stories set in India frequently read like ...

There once was a time when a travel writer could get on a long train, or a series of them, and write a book about the experience. But travel writing has changed. In an age when a huge portion of the ...