GOT Contributors
Meet our talented contributors!
We are thrilled to work with a talented team of more than 50 travel writers, bloggers and photographers who write for a variety of print and online sites, in addition to our magazine.
Irene S. Levine
Irene S. Levine, Publisher and Editor of GettingOnTravel, is an award-winning journalist, author and blogger. After a career as a psychologist, she transitioned into full-time…
Hilary Nangle
In between authoring three Moon-series Maine guidebooks, "Maine Travel Maven" Hilary Nangle has skijored for Snow, cast a line for National Geographic Traveler, breakdanced an…
Anita Breland & Tom Fakler
Brewing mint tea on a rooftop in Morocco’s Fez medina, or sipping port overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Portugal, Anita and Tom contemplate their next…
Debbra Dunning Brouillette
Debbra Dunning Brouillette is a native Midwesterner who fell in love with sun, sand and sea at a young age. A scuba diver and avid…
Lori Tripoli
Lori Tripoli is an accomplished freelance writer and editor focusing on law and the legal business, environmental policy and sustainability, higher education and travel. Lori…
Alison Abbott
Alison Abbott is a travel and lifestyle writer with a focus on sustainable shades of green luxury. As the Boston Local Expert for AFAR Media,…
Ann Nelson
Ann Nelson is a San Diego-based journalist and photographer. When creating an article, Ann’s goal is to deliver practical and compelling stories. Her writing showcases…
Barbara Radcliffe Rogers
When she’s not kayaking in the Bay of Fundy or exploring castle ruins in Portugal, Barbara Radcliffe Rogers writes about travel and food from her…
Barbara & Jim Twardowski
Barbara and Jim Twardowski met in college where they both majored in journalism. Their articles and photos have run in PBS Next Avenue, AAA Home…
Beth Reiber
Beth Reiber has been a full-time freelance travel writer for more than three decades, including seven years based in Germany and Japan. She caught the…
Bonnie Carroll
Bonnie Carroll is publisher and editor-in-chief of "Bonnie Carroll's Life Bites News." She is a PR professional-turned-writer, mother, grandmother and lover of fine food, lifestyle…
Deborah Burst
Deborah is an award-winning freelance writer and photographer who has more than 1,000 published articles and twice as many photographs, including national covers. A New…
Debra Smith
Debra Smith is a travel writer and photographer from Calgary, Alberta. A true blue Canadian, she visits Hawai'i in the winter as often as possible…
Doreen Pendgracs
Doreen Pendgracs is an expert in the niche of chocolate travel at "Chocolatour." She has been dedicated to experiencing the most amazing chocolate experiences around…
Dorothy O'Donnell
Dorothy O’Donnell is a writer based in San Francisco. Her travel articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on the popular Bay Area…
Doug O'Neill
Three things Doug O’Neill cannot live without: his hiking boots, portable coffee mug and any kind of e-reader. O’Neill has held full-time positions at Canadian…
Elizabeth R. Rose
Based in the Phoenix, Arizona area, Elizabeth Rose travels throughout the West and beyond writing about destinations, services, accommodations, events, and cuisine. She has been…
Kathy Newbern & J.S. Fletcher
Husband-wife travel writers Kathy M. Newbern and J.S. Fletcher live by the credo “every day’s a honeymoon if you make it one.” So it’s no…
Francesca Spizzirri
Francesca Spizzirri, known to over 200,000 followers as Travelista73, is a freelance journalist, magazine writer, women’s retreat host, globetrotter, culture-hound and social media influencer whose…
Fyllis Hockman
Fyllis Hockman is a multi-award-winning travel journalist who has been traveling and writing for over 35 years -- and is still as eager for her…
Ginger Dingus
Bitten by the travel bug in the 1970s when she snagged a college teaching gig with a semester at sea, Ginger Dingus rates ships as…
Gwen Pratesi
Gwen Pratesi is a James Beard Foundation Award Finalist in Journalism and an award-winning travel writer. She is the author of PratesiLiving.com with her husband…
Jacqueline Swartz
Jacqueline Swartz grew up in San Francisco, has lived in Athens and Paris, and now parks her laptop in Toronto. Writing about politics from Athens,…
James Ross
James Ross is an author and freelancer who loves adventure – his escapades have just become a little less extreme with age. Ross writes for…
James McAfee
James McAfee is a veteran travel writer who specializes in reviews of golf resorts. He is the retired editor of The Knox County News-Courier, a…
Jan Schroder
Jan Schroder is an Atlanta-based travel writer and Editor in Chief of The Travel 100, a monthly digital publication. She also publishes the Girl on…
Janice Chung
Janice Chung is a retired school administrator who has travelled to France more than 26 times. She created the blog "France Travel Tips" to share…
Janice Mucalov
Janice Mucalov, a co-founder of GettingOnTravel, is an award-winning writer. A lawyer, she discovered her true passion in travel writing. She's written hundreds of travel…
Jennifer Bain
Jennifer Bain is an award-winning journalist from Canada who has proudly been to all 10 provinces and three territories. She spent 18 years at the…
John & Sandra Nowlan
John and Sandra Nowlan are award-winning travel writers and photographers based in the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. John is a retired public television…
Judy and Len Garrison
Judy and Len Garrison are Seeing Southern. Both writers and photographers, they capture the spirit and culture of this incredible world. Both have contributed to…
Judy Freedman
Judy Freedman is pursuing her passion for writing and travel during her second act after retiring from her 30+ year corporate career. Her award-winning lifestyle…
Judy Kirkwood
After shoveling snow in Madison, Wisconsin, for 35 years, Judy Kirkwood moved to Florida, living on both the Atlantic and now the Gulf coasts. Her…
Karin Leperi Pezo
Karin Leperi Pezo (aka K.D. Leperi) is an award-winning writer and photographer with bylines in over 150 outlets that include magazines, newspapers, radio, internet and…
Kathryn Streeter
Kathryn Streeter is a lifestyle freelance writer living in Washington, DC. She’s moved over twenty-five times, living in cities including Atlanta, Austin, Indianapolis and Washington,…
Laura E. Kelly
Laura E. Kelly’s job as the Global Editor-in-Chief of Reader’s Digest Books took her to many interesting places around the world, but she much prefers…
Laura Paquet
Laura Byrne Paquet's first encounter with the written word was not auspicious: her birth announcement appeared in the local newspaper classifieds under the heading “Livestock…
Len Rutledge
Len Rutledge has been writing about travel for 40 years. During that time, he's written thousands of newspaper articles, a syndicated travel column for 20…
Linda Barnard
Linda Barnard is a former Toronto Star staff movie writer who left the newsroom to pen a new life script. Now based in Victoria, British…
Lori Sorrentino
Lori Sorrentino is an award-winning photographer and freelance travel writer, who loves slow food and travel. Together with her husband Angelo, they Eat Local, Travel…
Mark & Elizabeth Rudd
Mark and Elizabeth Rudd are the talented couple behind Compass & Fork. Corporate runaways and empty nesters, they are eating their way around the world…
Mary Gilbert
Mary Gilbert tells stories about people, places, and passions on her website/blog, The Roads Traveled. For Mary, travel begins whenever she walks out her front…
Melinda Crow
Melinda Crow and photographer husband Gary spend half of their year operating a lakeside cabin and RV resort and the other half traveling. All twelve…
Michael Solender
Michael J. Solender explores personalities and back stories behind destinations to reveal intimate snapshots of life often missed by visitors on heavily scheduled agendas. His…
Michele Peterson
Michele Peterson is an award-winning travel writer specializing in food, drink and sun destinations such as Mexico and the Caribbean. Born in the northern Canadian…
Patti Morrow
“Above all, life should be fun!” is Patti’s motto. Born with incurable wanderlust and thirst for adventure, she left her job as a lobbyist to…
Penny Sadler
Penny Sadler is a professional makeup artist by day, who began a quest to find beauty and adventure through travel and wine in 2010. She’s…
Robin Catalano
Robin Catalano specializes in coastal travel, the Northeast US, and Spain. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, TIME, Smithsonian, AFAR, Conde…
Rose Palmer
Rose Palmer is an award-winning travel writer and photographer who shares her stories on her website Quiltripping.com – Life is a Patchwork of Experiences. After…
Sandy & Ira Bornstein
Sandy and Ira split their time between skiing and trekking in the Colorado Rockies and traveling. They have visited more than 40 countries. Sandy lived…
Sheila Berrios-Nazario
Sheila Berrios-Nazario is a small business owner and Master’s student based in Lakewood Ranch, Florida (originally from Puerto Rico). A biology major and quality assurance…
Sheryl Nance-Nash
Sheryl Nance-Nash is a freelance writer specializing in travel, lifestyle, personal finance and business. Her work has appeared on Newsweek.com, CNTraveler.com, Fodors, Afar.com, ShermansTravel, Global…
Sheryl Kraft
Sheryl Kraft is a freelance journalist and blogger who specializes in health, nutrition, wellness, fitness and spa travel for major publications and websites. Her work…
Sue Reddel & Diana Laskaris
Sue Reddel and Diana Laskaris created "Food Travelist" to connect food travelers around the world with relevant brands, destinations and experiences. As Certified Culinary Travel…
Sue Campbell
Though based in Montreal, Quebec, Susan abhors the cold, so has made it her business to become a Caribbean specialist to escape the frigid temps…
Susan Manlin Katzman
Susan Manlin Katzman has a multi-faceted background. Her food and travel writing credits include: syndicating columns to over 125 major metropolitan newspapers; authoring five books;…
Suzanne Stavert
Suzanne Stavert is a freelance travel writer, brand ambassador, and culinary explorer who enthusiastically inspires empty nesters (and others) to #findadventure wherever they go. She…
Theresa Storm
Theresa Storm is fuelled by new adventures, culture, nature and ecotourism. Her down-to-earth point-of-view conveys anyone can embrace adventure, not just the kamikaze few. But,…
Victor Block
Victor Block has been a travel journalist for more than four decades and has traveled to nearly 80 nations. He has written for many major…