September 2024 Featured Destination: Visit Port Arthur
Port Arthur is the official Cajun Capital of Texas. We already knew, but the state made it official. Since 1927 Cajuns have migrated to our corner of Texas, where marsh meets the Gulf of Mexico. Cajun hospitality here means gumbo, crawfish, music, and dancing. Fish Sabine Lake, bird Sabine Woods and enjoy Pleasure Island views. […]
2024 August Featured Journalist of the Month: Janet Rae-Dupree
Janet Rae-Dupree is a freelance writer and editor based in Half Moon Bay, a vacation destination coastal community just south of San Francisco and northwest of Silicon Valley. A fourth-generation California native, Janet grew up on the beaches of Los Angeles and has explored nearly every corner of the Golden State over the years. After […]
2024 August Featured Journalist of the Month: Danny Sinopoli
An award-winning lifestyle journalist with over three decades of experience, I have covered travel, wellness, food and design for many of North America’s leading publications, both as a staff writer and a freelancer. From 2009 to 2015, I served as the Style editor of The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper; from 2018 to 2021, I […]
2024 July Featured Journalist of the Month: Eugenia Lazaris
Eugenia Lazaris is a freelance travel writer and editor based in Southern California. She is a graduate of the University of La Verne with a degree in psychology, but her passion is in travel and exploring the world’s nooks and crannies. Her lifelong love of travel has taken her to nearly every state and 20+ […]
July 2024 Featured Destination: Visit Jacksonville
If you had to sum up Jacksonville in a nutshell, it would be a boiled peanut: a secret recipe, an unexpected delight, a reason to pause instead of passing through. Yes, we have 22 miles of beaches, year-round sunshine, world-class museums, and all the extras you’d expect from a city our size, but Jacksonville offers […]
2024 July Featured Journalist of the Month: Rich Warren
Columbus, Ohio-based travel writer Rich Warren travels the country and the world looking for offbeat and off-the-beaten-path stories. He is a graduate of the Elf School of Reykjavik and can tell you what the Amish wear to the beach in Florida! Credits include Saturday Evening Post, National Geographic, Fodor’s.com, AAA World, AAA Explorer, Garden and […]
June 2024 Featured Destination: Visit Big Bend
The Big Bend of Texas is home to a few remarkable communities: Marathon, Study Butte, Terlingua, Lajitas, and Big Bend National Park. The communities offer services, amenities, and entertainment for all types of travelers with accommodations running the range from convenient and comfortable to resort luxury. A variety of outdoor activities are also available like […]
2024 June Featured Journalist of the Month: Michael Mucci
To take people along the exploration journey, globetrotters Michael Mucci and Kati Weiss bring the ultimate thrill with their travel blog, “Live Fun Travel.” Having toured 70 countries across six continents, Michael and Kati showcase their love for new experiences. However, their story extends beyond exploring different locations; they are deeply committed to promoting awareness […]
2024 June Featured Journalist of the Month: Alice Ford
Alice is a passionate world traveler, conservationist, and explorer rooted in storytelling, writing, and filmmaking. Growing up in the woods of New Hampshire, Alice has always had a love for nature, animals, and adventure. From a very young age, she had the joy of experiencing some of the world’s most special and beautiful places, starting […]
May 2024 Featured Destination: San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau
Say farewell to worry and stress and say hello to the mellow island vibe, a temperate year-round climate, and long, lazy hours of doing just what you want. Count on temperatures around 70° in the summer and 40° in the winter. A happy confluence of weather systems also accounts for the high level of air […]