Journalists G-L

MIKE GERRARD

I’m a full-time travel and drinks writer, contributing to newspapers, magazines and websites in the UK and worldwide. I’ve written over 40 guidebooks, a podcast, three radio plays, a collection of travel writing (Snakes Alive) and two novels (Hot Aegean Nights; Strip till Dead). I publish several travel websites, two drinks websites and the Beyond Travel Guides. I’m a staff writer on drinks magazine Chilled. I divide my time between homes in Cambridgeshire in the UK and near Tucson in Arizona.   Website    Email

SARAH GILLESPIE
Sarah Gillespie is a Scottish-Filipina travel writer specialising in both Scotland and Philippines travel. She has written for Travel + Leisure, The Times and Sunday Times, the Guardian, The Telegraph, National Geographic Traveller UK and the South China Morning Post. She has won (and been shortlisted for) multiple awards, including at the AITO Awards 2023 and Inspire Awards 2024. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland.

 

MARY JANE GRANT
Author, journalist and photographer with a focus on slow and mindful travel, local simple pleasures, small luxuries, over-50s, food and wine, and how to engage creatively with the travel experience. My 2019 travel memoir A Cure for Heartache (Coronet) describes how I discovered a happier life while travelling solo in the UK and France. My work has appeared in the Mail on Sunday’s YOU magazine, Woman’s Weekly, and previously in the US luxury publication Points North. Based in London, I spend part of each year in Canada, and travel frequently in the UK, France, Europe, and the US.     Website    Instagram    Email


OLIVIA GREENWAY

London-based freelance travel and food journalist with special interest in luxury hotels and hotel industry. Editor of Travel de la Creme hotel website. 90+ countries visited. Strengths are India, USA, Canada, Western Europe, South Africa – especially city guides. Published in Daily Mail, Daily Express, Independent, Sphere, National Geographic Traveller, LandScape and various online sites. Keen tweeter.    Website    Blog    Travel de la Creme    Email


REBECCA HALL (BEX)

Travel Writer for Rough Guides (Greece, Greek Islands and Portugal), creator of Life Beyond Borders Blog and author of Girl Gone Greek, a semi-fictional debut travel novel – now film script and winner Best Feature Fiction Script London Greek Film Festival 2018. Contributor to various online and print travel media including Hotelegraph and American monthly Lifestyle and Travel magazine VIE!, and participate/present at UK literary festivals.  Specialist skills: blogging, social media, guidebook writing, articles.    Website/blog    Contact    Twitter    Facebook    LinkedIn    Google+ 


JULIA HAMMOND

A freelance travel writer with a broad portfolio including Sunday Times Travel Magazine, BBC Travel, in-flight magazines and online sites such as The Discoverer, Just Go Russia and Mundana. Budget, rail and independent travel are areas of expertise.    Website      Email     Twitter    Facebook

SOLANGE HANDO

Freelance travel journalist/photographer covering city breaks, soft adventure, over-50s and family holidays. Specialises in France and Europe, Asia (including Indian subcontinent, Far East, Central Asia). South America (top sights), Namibia and Morocco. Frequent contributor to numerous popular travel magazines, women’s magazines, inflight and francophile publications and travel websites. Member of BGTW and ITWA.   Personal page    Email


JUSTINE JENKINS 

Bristol-based travel blogger and freelance writer with extensive knowledge in UK and European travel. Featured in numerous publications including Teletext Holidays, ROL Cruise, Visit Bristol, Guide to Iceland, Trivago and Refinery29. Works with tourism boards and travel companies to help promote destinations via social media and blog campaigns; previous partners include Visit Cheltenham, Visit Swansea Bay and AndrewsHayes Holiday Park. Former author of a monthly travel column for a branch of local Bristol newspapers. Blog     Twitter     Instagram     Email


CAROLINE JULER

Freelance writer and film-maker with an art background and a special interest in Romania, and after that in Eastern Europe as a whole. Work includes writing two guidebooks on Romania and a travelogue called Searching for Sarmizegetusa. Since they came out I’ve become more interested in environmental/social issues than tourism alone. The BBC has used some of my stories for ‘From Our Own Correspondent’. I live in Wales.    Email

ABIGAIL KING

Abigail King is an experienced journalist and photographer who works with both print and online media. Her work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Lonely Planet, the BBC, CNN, France Today, easyJet Traveller, The Huffington Post and more. She’s written countless city and regional guides. She is one of the leading figures in the UK for new travel media. Her award-winning blog, Inside the Travel Lab, is described by Lonely Planet as “one of the best in the world.”     Website    Blog    Contact

SUZANNE KING

Freelance writer and travel editor for a wide range of UK nationals, glossy magazines and websites; published in Sainsbury’s, Grazia, Thomas Cook Travel, Olive, National Geographic Traveller, MSN Travel, the Guardian, BBC Homes & Antiques, InStyle, BA First Life, Cosmopolitan and many more. Co-author of The Backpacker’s Bible. See also: Authors and Editors pages.    Email

DAVID LECK

Travel writer contributing to a variety of UK magazines and national and regional newspapers (including Marie Claire, Wanderlust, The Independent, The Index, CityAM, Herald Scotland) and guide books (AA/Fodor). Specialises mainly in SE Asia, North America and city breaks. Also a copywriter and project manager, 8 years at BBC press office, and 25 years in PR and marketing. MD of David Leck Associates.    Website    Contact

SARAH LEE

An experienced launch/managing editor, journalist and photographer covering luxury travel, destinations worldwide, cruise and a timeshare and fractional expert. Writes for consumer and B2B titles and takes on corporate communications projects. Co-owner of publisher The Travelers Handbooks. Focusing much of her work on online travel and lifestyle magazine LiveShareTravel.com, for which she’s travelling around Europe, the US and parts of Africa and Asia.    Website    LiveShareTravel     Maia Communications     The Travelers Handbooks        Email

ULRIKE LEMMIN-WOOLFREY

Author of the Moon Guide Living Abroad in Australia, as well as countless articles, features and press releases, I also have contributed to guidebooks about Qatar, Oman and the UAE, and copy-write for regional and international publications including Business Traveller, The Weekly Telegraph, Qatar Airways, Air Arabia and British Midland inflight magazines. Originally from Germany, I have lived in the UK, Qatar, Oman, Dubai and Australia, and am now based in Paris.    Website/blog    Email


EMMA LEVINE

Author, photographer and broadcaster specialising in sporting culture. Extensive knowledge and features from Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Central Asia, Albania, Kosovo, Armenia. Broadcasting regular features on BBC Radio’s From Our Own Correspondent. Author of travelogues on Asian sporting culture; writer & presenter of National Geographic Channel doc series. Author/updater of guidebooks for Wiley/Frommer’s, AA Guides, Insight, Michelin, Footprint. Online travel content for Google. Still adore independent solo travel.  Website   Twitter    Email