Profile: Ron Gluckman, a travel writer in Asia

Ron Gluckman is an American journalist who has been based in Asia for 16 years, working out of Hong Kong, Beijing and Bangkok. He’s travelled around Asia extensively and written for publications including Time, Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal. Ron’s break in travel writing came by accident when he was researching background for a [...]

Lonely Planet’s Tom Hall picks his top five destinations

Working for one of the world’s largest travel guide companies has its perks, and for Tom Hall, as an editor and spokesperson for sustainable and responsible travel, it’s allowed him to fulfil his travel dreams.
Tom first started working for Lonely Planet eight years ago, and he’s enjoyed the experience.
He said: “I’ve been working for Lonely [...]

Health advice for travellers

Claire Stringer, Travel Health Nurse Advisor
Offers advice to the medical industry on issues around travel health
How would the travel advice you give to a volunteer differ to from that you give to an ordinary traveller?
The circumstances can be very different and varied, we would give specialist advice to those who are volunteering. If they are [...]

David Browne: Stay safe while travelling

This article was written by David Browne:
1. How can you stay safe while out and about in the town while travelling?
Look like you belong in the area, blend in, don’t make it obvious
that you are lost, helpless and desperate, even if you are. Don’t go
round with a map in front of your nose all the [...]

How to be a travel writer

David Browne
Travel journalist
1. How long have you been a travel journalist?
Nine years so far. I was previously a staff journalist at the BBC and
left on a redundancy/early retirement deal, to pursue my travel
interests as a freelance.
2. How did you start out as a travel journalist?
I started by doing research projects, updating guide book entries.
This is [...]

Travel advice: Travel writing

Rolf Potts, adventurer, explorer and travel writer, offers advice on how to break into travel writing. Example of question:
 
Although I’ve assembled plenty of advice for aspiring travel writers on my websites over the years, I still get a steady stream of queries – often from college students – asking about how to land a travel [...]