Meet our TravelUpdate bloggers! A diverse and unique group of people from around the world in different stages of their life but all with the same goal: to travel. Read their tips, tricks, opinions and personal stories by clicking on any of the bloggers listed below. Don’t forget to stay up to date and follow them on social media and see what they are posting about today.
Travel Update with Barb
An accomplished newspaper journalist (USA TODAY staff 2002-2013) and relentless social media enthusiast, Barb wakes up at dawn seven days a week to search for, write and edit stories that resonate with travelers and travel business insiders. She craves stories that teach us something about life or business, make us laugh, shed light on our future or help make our journeys a little easier– or at least more interesting.
299 Posts
The Short Final
Dominic is a full-time consultant who aims to bring you news and inspiration about the best travel experiences, destinations, and industry insights without all the unnecessary fluff. Focus is on American AAdvantage and Starwood / Marriott loyalty programs.
112 Posts
Max Prosperi
Max Prosperi is a business major based out of the Midwest. A college student stuck with the task of receiving an education, he still makes time to fly throughout the world. He’s learned how to maximize earning points and miles and travel cheaply even in premium cabins.
226 Posts
Points Miles and Bling
Points Miles and Bling (PMB) is for those that like to optimize their points for luxury travel. With a focus on loyalty program analysis, travel advocacy + consulting, PMB has built a community that leans on collective learning. On this blog, PMB shares personal travel wins and gaffes - come along!
503 Posts
The Millennial Traveler
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Conrado has been a passionate AvGeek as long as he can remember. He travels often between his two homes- one in Philadelphia, where he is a full-time law student at Villanova University School of Law, and the other in San Juan, where his family lives. He says "I want to inspire my generation to get on their feet and explore the world, and help them maximize their time, money, and points to make these experiences within their reach."
329 Posts
Travel Gadget Reviews
This HappyFlyer is a self-proclaimed tech enthusiast with a passion for travel. She will be writing about her interest in travel gadgets and sharing her best travel tips and unique perspective on travel and other experiences.
287 Posts
The Flight Detective
Trent is a European based author covering airlines in the oneworld alliance, plus those flying in the Irish, British and Australian markets. He also produces comprehensive and unbiased flight reviews. For variety, Trent intersperses all of this with pieces on aviation history, commentary on current industry happenings and travel tips for frequent and infrequent flyers.
1733 Posts
Takeoff To Travel
Hi everyone! The travel bug hit me at the age of eight on my first flight and ever since then I’ve loved planning vacations for my friends and family. My goal is to try out new hotel chains and sample the many airline cabins out there. Having been both a city boy and living in the suburbs, I love traveling to all destinations both big and small.
351 Posts
The Hotelion
Hotel & Casino Specialist. I pride myself on economic perspective and efficient travelling, and most recently - restaurant reviews. My goal is to make your travel money go further and experiences more fulfilling.
285 Posts
Bucket List Traveler
Bucket List Traveler is a New Jersey native who has lived on the East Coast, West Coast, Hawaii, and currently resides in Germany. He has traveled to 95 countries and loves backpacking, camping, and photography.
88 Posts
MJ on Travel
Marshall Jackson is an aviation enthusiast and avid cruiser. After 10 years in the airline business, Marshall moved on to a new career that includes plenty of travel and plenty of cruises, and that’s just the way he likes it.
2768 Posts
@travelblawg
Mark is an attorney, professor, coach, runner, world traveler & coffee drinker, as well as the founder and chief blogger for travelblawg, inc. The goal of travelblawg is to provide visitors like you with a place to land to find guides, tips, news, and information related to travel + law, two of his biggest passions. Enjoy!
383 Posts
What A Trip To Travel
Jane Lasky has covered travel and lifestyle in all media for nearly four decades. Her weekly sojourning column ran in 40 newspapers for 20 years, her magazine articles have appeared in such publications as Esquire, Metropolitan Home, Vogue and Bon Appetit. She appeared on Oprah as a tipping expert, she commuted between LA and Hong Kong for three years while acting as travel editor for the South China Morning Post's Sunday magazine, and she authored a dozen books, including LA Woman. Jane always travels with her pillow.
14 Posts
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3 Posts
Play Your Cards Right
Anthony is a money saving enthusiast and aspiring traveler. Since graduating from Florida Atlantic University in 2015, Anthony has observed the travel, credit card, and banking industries, teaching himself about credit cards in the process. His goals are to travel for as little as possible using credit card rewards, airline and hotel status, and loyalty programs. The purpose of Play Your Cards Right is to help people travel further and more often for less money.
277 Posts
TravelCharlie
Over the years, I have slowly learned the in’s and out’s of the travel industry from my day job as a marketing manager which requires me to travel frequently. With all of my day job travel, I’ve reached Delta Diamond Medallion, United Gold and Marriott Platinum Elite status. After several inquiries from my friends and family asking me for travel help. I decided I wanted to share my knowledge and techniques to more people. My intent is to share my knowledge and experiences to empower readers to explore the world as cheaply as possible. You don’t have to be wealthy to enjoy a lavish travel experience. With a strong passion of East and South East Asia culture and history, my voice will be in deals and unique experiences in that region.
27 Posts
Expat Adventures
Deborah Bernstein began her career as a journalist in upstate New York. She worked in the travel industry for more than two decades, representing airlines, international destinations and hotel companies. A former managing editor for Hotline and Hyatt’s Regency Magazine, her stories and photographs have appeared in newspapers and magazines throughout the U.S. Deborah, who has lived in London and New York, has traveled to more than 45 countries and the list keeps growing. She now calls Belgium home.
79 Posts
The Points Pundit
Ashish's quest to travel the world was fueled by an insatiable appetite to experience language, culture, people and music all over the world. By using miles, points and loyalty programs astutely, he has now traveled to 6 continents! A marketing executive by profession, he leverages his marketing acumen to analyze the business side of loyalty programs and travel industry trends.
609 Posts
Family Flys Free
After igniting his passion for award travel while planning his honeymoon, Ian now enjoys using points and miles to see the world with his wife and three internationally adopted kiddos. He loves dissecting loyalty programs to find maximum value. His goal is to demonstrate that extraordinary travel is possible for the ordinary family. When he's not chronicling his latest adventures with his kids, you might catch him musing over the ever-changing travel industry or complaining about the woes of regional flights.
718 Posts