Authors
The people who write the reviews and guides. Current contributors first.
- Dana Rebmann
Dana Rebmann is a freelance writer who lives in California's Sonoma County wine country. She writes about travel, nature, wine, and anything that makes folks smile for Garden & Gun, Shondaland, Hemispheres, AARP, TravelAge West, Diablo Magazine, Sonoma Magazine, The Press Democrat, The Telegraph.com, and more. She's also the travel correspondent for KRON4 television station in San Francisco. Dana loves adventures that get her outside, especially near or in water, and great gear that keeps her warm doing it.
- Jill Robinson
Jill Robinson is a freelance writer who lives in California and Hawaiʻi. Her articles have been featured in National Geographic, AFAR, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Outside, Sierra, and more.
- Chris
- Leah
Leah specializes in women's outdoor sports as well as our new yoga and SUP focused sections. Her favorite travel accessory are the ones who can pack a punch, do double duty and make traveling with kids easier on everyone! She lives in Idaho with her husband and two sons.
Contributors
- Tim Leffel
Tim Leffel is founder of the Practical Travel Gear blog, as well as the Cheapest Destinations blog and the narrative webzine Perceptive Travel. He is the author of The World's Cheapest Destinations (now in its 4th edition), Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune, and A Better Life for Half the Price.
- Amy
Amy Whitley is a freelance creative and travel writer and founding editor of the family travel website Pit Stops for Kids. An avid lover of the outdoors, Amy makes her home in Southern Oregon, where she, her husband, and three school-aged children spend much of their time backpacking, camping, skiing, and hiking. When not exploring her own backyard, Amy and her family hit the road for travel reviews of resorts, tour operations, and hotels across the country and abroad.
- Ramsey
Ramsey Qubein is a travel journalist who has visited 154 countries covering the hotel and airline industry from every corner of the globe. His work appears in travel publications and outlets including Travel+Leisure, Business Traveller, Airways, Singapore Airlines' Silver Kris, US Airways magazine, Northstar Travel Media, Yahoo Travel, and BBC. He serves as the National Hotels Travel Examiner and writes for numerous blogs and web sites. He travels more than 350,000 miles a year and is highly recognized as an expert in loyalty programs, business travel and the luxury travel segment.
- Kara
Kara Williams covers gear and travel clothing for women or kids and is one of the founders of The Vacation Gals blog. See more at KaraWilliams.com.
- Pam
Pam Mandel has been a contributor to Conde Nast Traveler, Afar, World Hum, Gadling, BlogHer, and Divine Caroline, been featured on National Geographic's Intelligent Travel blog and Perceptive Travel, and written for a handful of food, travel, and in-flight magazines. See her regular updates at Nerd's Eye View.
- Tim Guill
Tim Guill, editor in chief, is an avid traveler who trekked extensively through Asia, Europe, and South America. Tim splits his time between Boise and McCall, Idaho where he enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, running, skiing, wake surfing and spending time in the outdoors. The father of a very adventurous 6 year old girl, Alexandria, Tim is always on the move looking for exciting travel opportunities.
- Ahmed
Ahmed is a professional blogger and a road junkie. Every 3 months, he takes up road trips to explore new places, people, and cuisine, but mostly to stay sane. You can follow him everywhere, social or otherwise.
- JohnG
John Gordon is a Texas-based video producer who travels extensively in search of interesting stories. Technology plays a big role in his work, from digital recording to uploading photos and videos from far-flung places.
- Trevor Main
- Jeff Tobias
- Tristan Drollinger
- Eunil Gadiana
- Christian Parrott
- James Alanano
- Britney Smith
