Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The often-portrayed dream of working as a travel writer features ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

One function of travel writing is to make the reader feel like they're traveling with you, or so I've been taught repeatedly. But if the job of travel writers is to bring the faraway close up, I ...

Contributing editor Megan Michelson is an award-winning journalist who covers travel and the outdoors for a wide range of publications, including Outside, The New York Times, and the San Francisco ...

The third edition of the event created a moving oasis, where readers and authors interacted freely within the small space of a bus from Bhubaneshwar to Puri ...

When you come across a travel story that takes place in India, consider playing a round of Bingo: Goats. Cows. Traffic jams. Colors. People. Poverty. Bingo! Stories set in India frequently read like ...