MARY JANE GRANT
Author, journalist, and photographer with a focus on mindful travel, small luxuries, over-50s, food and wine, and the joy of life’s simple pleasures. My book ‘Happier Here & Now’ (Hodder) describes how I discovered a new kind of happiness while travelling solo in the UK and France. My work has appeared in the Mail on Sunday’s YOU magazine, Woman’s Weekly, Canada’s Globe & Mail, and more. Based in London, I spend part of each year in Canada, and travel frequently in the UK, France, Europe, and the US. Instagram Email
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
REBECCA HALL (BEX)
Travel Guidebook creator and updater for Lonely Planet (Greece) and Rough Guides (Greece, Greek Islands and Portugal), creator of Life Beyond Borders travel site 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 & Best Feature Fiction Script 2020 Santorini Film Festival. Contributor to various online and print travel media including Hotelegraph, American monthly Lifestyle and Travel magazine VIE!, Various airline magazines and Greek specialist speaker presenting at UK literary festivals and luxury cruises. Website/blog Contact Amazon Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Instagram
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
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
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