Newsletter
I email on the second Tuesday of every month to share my thoughts and reporting on the travel industry, as well as fun travel-related books, articles, shows and other links. Thanks so much for joining me!
Our last chance
13.03.2024
Glacier tourism; breaking up with spring break; Israel-Palestine resources.
Doing what scares me
13.02.2024
Getting ready for my book launch; a solar eclipse; The Geography of Bliss.
Back on the rails
09.01.2024
New Year's Eve on the Champs Élysées; enthusiasm for rail; stories that move.
Where are you off to in 2023?
10.01.2023
Travel plans for the year; a biography I can't wait to read; and a deep dive on Bolivia.
Better than space
13.12.2022
Finding beauty among the crowds; Iceland's new tourism slogan; the Afghan tour guide who blew me away.
Doom tourist
08.11.2022
What do we learn by visiting places that are disappearing? Plus: Hong Kong, Spain, and village tourism in India.
The mayors of Mont Blanc
11.10.2022
Should everyone get access to the high mountains? Plus: Key West, Kyoto and Kenya
India + an invitation
13.09.2022
What I learned in India; the podcast returns; a free event coming up
Everything has led to this
09.08.2022
Hawaii; Heatwaves in Europe; and two travel novels to enjoy
Some news
10.05.2022
An announcement! Plus, paragliding, trains vs. planes, and more.
Where in the world is Rick Steves?
11.11.2021
A trip to Paris, podcast updates, and a chat with an American travel guru.
Introducing The Better Travel Podcast
29.09.2021
If you love to travel and you want to have a positive impact on the world, then this is the show for you.
Do travel writers go to hell?
12.08.2021
Home again, Chapel Hill, and two travel books I highly recommend.
Flight club
29.06.2021
Flying again, Disneyland, and welcome back to Europe.
And off we go
07.05.2021
The return of tourism, a family gap year, and the travel industry under the microscope.
Where do you belong?
17.03.2021
The Eiger, Pompeii, and what it means to be home.
Come on over
01.02.2021
An announcement, vicarious travel, une saison blanche, and more.
What I'm going to miss
08.12.2020
A lift-free ski season, pressure on Europe's national parks, early Bill Bryson, and more.
November in the Alps
19.11.2020
Le reconfinement, a virtual trip to Iceland, a thrilling mountaineering story, and more.