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A Conversation with Ellen Barone

Ellen Barone’s popular group travel blog, Your Life is a Trip (which she co-founded with Judith Fein), was born with the belief that there is no division between your travels, your life, your soul,

An Interview with Leif Pettersen

If you’ve ever been to Eastern Europe, Italy, or Spain and touted a Lonely Planet guidebook in your luggage, you were probably traveling–in a small way–with Leif Pettersen. Having just finished updating the latest

A Conversation with Ramsey Qubein

Ramsey Qubein is a travel journalist who covers the hotel and airline industry from every corner of the globe. His work appears in consumer and industry publications like Travel+Leisure, Business Traveller, US Airways magazine,

An Interview with Robert Reid of Lonely Planet

As the U.S. Travel Editor for Lonely Planet, Robert Reid–who is also a writer and blogger himself–knows the ins-and-outs of the travel industry! In this interview, he talks about how he weaseled his way

An Interview with Benny Lewis

When I met Benny, he told me that everything he owns–literally everything–fits into one suitcase. (I wouldn’t be surprised if he knows more languages than he has shirts). He is the kind of traveling